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Strategies in Responding to the New TOEFL Reading Tasks. TOEFL Monograph Series. MS-33. ETS RR-06-06
Cohen, Andrew D.; Upton, Thomas A. – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
This study describes the reading and test-taking strategies that test takers used in the Reading section of the LanguEdge courseware (ETS, 2002a). These materials were developed to familiarize prospective respondents with the new TOEFL®. The investigation focused on strategies used to respond to more traditional single selection multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Test Items, Courseware, Item Analysis
Yushau, Balarabe – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2006
As the pedagogical-effectiveness of information technology (IT) in mathematics education is carefully established the topic of discourse among mathematicians and mathematics educators is no longer a dispute about whether or not to use IT in the teaching and learning of mathematics but a shift to some debate about the when and how of its usage.…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Use, Familiarity, Mathematics Teachers
Forster, Greg – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2006
This scientifically representative poll of 1,200 Floridians finds that public opinion about K-12 public education spending is seriously misinformed. Floridians think public schools need more money, but the main reason is that they are badly mistaken about how much money the public schools actually get. Key findings of the study include: (1) Half…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Employees, Elementary Secondary Education, School Construction
Kossek, Ellen Ernst; Leana, Carrie; MacDermid, Shelley; Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie; Raskin, Patricia; Secret, Mary; Sweet, Stephen – Sloan Work and Family Research Network, 2006
The contents of this module have been prepared to address some of challenges associated with teaching about work-family issues from a human resource management and employment perspective. The goals of this module are: (1) To develop an understanding that work-family policies are part of a human resource management system and the employment…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Familiarity, Organizational Effectiveness, Family Work Relationship
Boulter, Lyn T.; Swann, Martha – 1992
A total of 271 students in the 2nd, 7th, and 12th grades from the midwest, northeast, and southeast regions of the United States were surveyed. The survey consisted of fact-based questions about the recent events in the Persian Gulf, and questions designed to elicit value judgments about the international role and current leaders of the United…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Elementary School Students

Willis, Jo – Education in Science, 1997
Describes a means for determining student knowledge in science. Written in student-level language, WALLS contains statements about science knowledge within bricks on a worksheet. Students shade in bricks they know or activities they have done and part-shade any they are unsure about, giving a differentiated starting point that allows them to plan…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, British National Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Caspers, Mary Lou; Roberts-Kirchhoff, Elizabeth S. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2003
In their senior year, biochemistry majors at the University of Detroit Mercy take a senior seminar course entitled "Recent Advances in Biochemistry Related to Societal Issues." Students read papers selected from the current literature and take turns presenting these papers to the class. Papers are grouped into units dealing with molecular biology,…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Majors (Students), Seminars, Familiarity
Leibowitz, Brenda – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2005
This article reports on an exploratory qualitative study on 37 students' acquisition of language and literacy. The study closely analyzes a linguistics assignment written in English, the dominant language, given to students at University of the Western Cape belonging to groups speaking English, Afrikaans, or an African language. The study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Multilingualism, Learning Experience, Familiarity
Seçken, Nilgün – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
The changes in the society related to the developments in science and technology underline the importance of the need for education. Technological developments broaden and accelerate communication, too. The opinion that rapid and unpreventable developments in technology today lead to many environmental problems and contribute to increases in…
Descriptors: Global Education, Environmental Education, Familiarity, Science and Society
Liu, Jun – International Journal of English Studies, 2004
Do methods still have a place in 21st century language teaching? To answer this question, an international survey was conducted in the summer of 1999. A sample of 800 language teachers world-wide randomly drawn from 17,800 TESOLers were each given a 2-page survey. The return rate was 58.5% with the actual usable data set of 448, which was analyzed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grammar
Griffin, Patrick; Woods, Kerry; Dulhunty, Mark – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
This paper examines Australian students' knowledge of Asia, and reports on a national survey of Year 5 and 8 students. Knowledge was measured by using a combined set of subtests tailored to each state and territory curriculum and reported in terms of a standards referenced framework. The survey collected data from more than 7000 students in over…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Policy, National Surveys, Knowledge Level
Shabaya, Judith – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2005
The study used a qualitative approach to examine the development of metacognitive awareness strategies among student writers. The purposes of the study were to determine the indices of metacognitive awareness strategies used by students, the role of preservice teachers, and the relevance of instructional strategies. Participants were preservice…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Preservice Teachers, Urban Language, Metacognition
Crawley, Jacqueline N. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
The importance of genetic factors in autism has prompted the development of mutant mouse models to advance our understanding of biological mechanisms underlying autistic behaviors. Mouse models of human neuropsychiatric diseases are designed to optimize (1) face validity, i.e., resemblance to the human symptoms; (2) construct validity, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Animals, Autism, Seizures
Foster, Brian L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
The transition from faculty to administration is a cultural as well as organizational shift.
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Administration, Administrator Role, Administrator Characteristics
Jones, Lesley; Evans, Nici – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
An exploration of health professionals' perceptions of the concept of shared learning and of the belief that shared learning can improve professional relationships in practice. A shared learning event was arranged as a forum for information exchange within an NHS trust. Ten per cent of total staff (87 people) attended. Questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Health Services, Cooperative Learning, Beliefs, Questionnaires