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Lau, Sing; Cheung, Ping Chung; Lubart, Todd; Tong, Toby M. Y.; Chu, Dennis H. W. – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
This study examined possible bicultural effects on creative potential of children in four groups of Chinese and French children in Hong Kong and Paris. An international battery of widely used divergent measures (Wallach-Kogan Creativity Tests; WKCT) and newly constructed divergent-plus-integrative measures (Evaluation of Potential Creativity;…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Creativity, Asians, Comparative Analysis
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Weber, Keith – Research in Mathematics Education, 2013
This paper presents the results of an experiment in which mathematicians were asked to rate how persuasive they found two empirical arguments. There were three key results from this study: (a) Participants judged an empirical argument as more persuasive if it verified that integers possessed an infrequent property than if it verified that integers…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Mathematical Logic, Persuasive Discourse, Numbers
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Walker, Scott L.; McNeal, Karen S. – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2013
The Climate Stewardship Survey (CSS) was developed to measure knowledge and perceptions of global climate change, while also considering information sources that respondents 'trust.' The CSS was drafted using a three-stage approach: development of salient scales, writing individual items, and field testing and analyses. Construct validity and…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Surveys
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Misirli, Zeynel A.; Akbulut, Yavuz – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
The use of emerging technologies shape learners' knowledge creation and transformation processes. In this regard, this study aimed to develop a scale to investigate 8 th graders' competencies regarding the educational technology standards based on ISTE-NETS. After a review of relevant literature, an item pool was prepared. The pool was improved…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Technological Literacy, Test Construction, Educational Technology
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Adamski, Aurora; Fraser, Barry J.; Peiro, Maria M. – Learning Environments Research, 2013
We investigated relationships between students' perceptions of parental involvement in schooling, their Spanish classroom environment and student outcomes (attitudes and achievement). Modified Spanish versions of the What Is Happening In this Class?, Test of Spanish-Related Attitudes-L[subscript 1], a parental involvement questionnaire and a…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Factor Structure, Hispanic American Students, Correlation
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Bennett, Jessica G.; Gardner, Ralph, III; Rizzi, Gleides Lopes – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
Strong correlations exist between signed and/or spoken English and the literacy skills of deaf and hard of hearing students. Assessments that are both valid and reliable are key for researchers and practitioners investigating the signed and/or spoken English skills of signing populations. The authors conducted a literature review to explore which…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Sign Language, Language Skills
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González, Carlos – Informatics in Education, 2013
While researchers working within the "Student Learning Research" framework have developed or adapted questionnaires to gather information on students' experiences of blended learning, no questionnaire has been developed to enquire about teachers' experiences in such learning environments. The present article reports the development and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Instruction, Undergraduate Study, College Faculty
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James, Okoro – International Education Studies, 2013
This study assessed the strategies for enhancing the teaching of ICT in Business Education programme as perceived by Business Education lecturers in universities in south south Nigeria. Three research questions and six hypotheses guided the study. The design of this study was a descriptive survey. The population which also served as a sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Business Administration Education, College Faculty
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Ozturk Demirbas, Cagri – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The objective of this study is to present the perceptions of preservice social sciences teachers regarding the concept of geography. In the study, the study group consists of 46 preservice social sciences teachers, who receive education at Ahi Evran University. The data were collected in December, 2010. Mind maps were used as data collection tools…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Qualitative Research, Social Sciences, Geography
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Basol, Gulsah; Evin Gencel, Ilke – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to adapt Reflective Thinking Scale to Turkish and investigate its validity and reliability over a Turkish university students' sample. Reflective Thinking Scale (RTS) is a 5 point Likert scale (ranging from 1 corresponding Agree Completely, 3 to Neutral, and 5 to Not Agree Completely), purposed to measure reflective…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reflection, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Randolph, Justus J.; Crawford, Linda M. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2013
The alarmingly high rate of attrition in online courses results in many negative consequences for students, faculty, online institutions, and for society as a whole. One reason theorized for this attrition is a lack of a sense of community in online courses; however, there is much theoretical and empirical debate on what factors contribute to that…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Reliability, Validity, Factor Analysis
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Asarta, Carlos J.; Schmidt, James R. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2013
Patterns in student accesses of online materials and their effects upon student performance in a blended course are examined. Our blended course is an introductory business and economic statistics course where lectures are only available online while the traditional class period is used for complementary learning activities. Timing, volumes,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Access to Information, Educational Resources, Introductory Courses
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Miller, John W., Jr.; Kuykendall, John A.; Thomas, Shaun A. – School Community Journal, 2013
The current study addresses certain limitations in prior analyses of teachers' perceptions of parents' involvement in education. In our analyses, we draw on teachers' responses to the School Community Survey (SCS) as well as information on school characteristics to address two limitations in prior studies. The SCS is a descriptive tool that…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Attitude Measures
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Fletcher-Watson, Sue; Leekam, Susan R.; Findlay, John M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are principally characterized by impairments in social functioning. Experimental investigation often is conducted using methods measuring social attention, social cognition, and social communication. In this study, we instead measured interest in social information, making a distinction between basic-level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Interpersonal Competence
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Pawl, Andrew; Teodorescu, Raluca E.; Peterson, Joseph D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
We have developed simple data-mining algorithms to assess the consistency and the randomness of student responses to problems consisting of multiple true or false statements. In this paper we describe the algorithms and use them to analyze data from introductory physics courses. We investigate statements that emerge as outliers because the class…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Test Reliability, Physics, Introductory Courses
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