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DeVeney, Shari L.; Cress, Cynthia J.; Reid, Robert – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
The investigators compared two techniques for teaching expressive vocabulary to late talkers: modeling with an expectant pause and modeling with an evoked child production. They also explored the influence of neighborhood density on children's real word learning. Three late talkers (ages 25-33 months) received two alternating vocabulary treatments…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Preschool Children, Teaching Methods
Leezenbaum, Nina B.; Campbell, Susan B.; Butler, Derrecka; Iverson, Jana M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This study investigates mothers' responses to infant communication among infants at heightened genetic risk (high risk) of autism spectrum disorder compared to infants with no such risk (low risk). A total of 26 infants, 12 of whom had an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder, were observed during naturalistic in-home interaction and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hsu, Yuling; Liang, Chaoyun; Chang, Chi-Cheng – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
This study, based in Taiwan, aims to explore what psychological factors influence imagination stimulation of education major students, and what the relationship is between these factors and imagination. Both principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were employed to determine the most appropriate structure of the developed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Majors, Imagination, Correlation
Poldner, Eric; Van der Schaaf, Marieke; Simons, P. Robert-Jan; Van Tartwijk, Jan; Wijngaards, Guus – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
Students' reflective essay writing can be stimulated by the formative assessments provided to them by their teachers. Such assessments contain information about the quality of students' reflective writings and offer suggestions for improvement. Despite the importance of formatively assessing students' reflective writings in teacher education…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, Essays
Zayac, Ryan M.; Paulk, Amber L. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Although previous research has found interteaching to be an effective form of instruction, all of the currently published data have been collected in courses that have allowed for a minimum of 48 hours between class sessions. In the current study, we examined the effectiveness of interteaching compared to traditional lecture during a six week…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods, Course Descriptions
Kurz, Alexander; Elliott, Stephen N.; Kettler, Ryan J.; Yel, Nedim – Educational Assessment, 2014
This study provides initial evidence supporting intended score interpretations for the purpose of assessing opportunity to learn (OTL) via an online teacher log. MyiLOGS yields 5 scores related to instructional time, content, and quality. Based on data from 46 middle school classes, the evidence indicated that (a) MyiLOGS has high usability, (b)…
Descriptors: Diaries, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Educational Opportunities
Kayapinar, Ulas – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Problem Statement: There have been many attempts to research the effective assessment of writing ability, and many proposals for how this might be done. In this sense, rater reliability plays a crucial role for making vital decisions about testees in different turning points of both educational and professional life. Intra-rater and inter-rater…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Essay Tests, Writing Tests, Grading
Dowdy, Erin; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Felix, Erika D.; Morovati, Diane; Carnazzo, Katherine W.; Dever, Bridget V. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2014
The practice of screening students to identify behavioral and emotional risk is gaining momentum, with limited guidance regarding the frequency with which screenings should occur. Screening frequency decisions are influenced by the stability of the constructs assessed and changes in risk status over time. This study investigated the 4-year…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Risk, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
Wall, Dianne; Taylor, Cathy – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
In this article we first summarise the main points raised by Morrow (1979) in the publication that formed the core of the Communicative Language Testing discussions at the original Language Testing Forum (1980). We take into consideration issues raised by the 1980 Forum participants when appropriate. We apply Morrow's ideas and issues emerging…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Tests, Test Validity, Course Descriptions
Passig, David; Cohen, Lizi – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2014
Background: Many tools have been developed to measure the ability of workers to innovate. However, all of them are based on self-reporting questionnaires, which raises questions about their validity Purpose: The aim was to develop and validate a tool, called Ideas Generation Implementation (IGI), to objectively measure the style and potential of…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking, Cognitive Style, Engineering Education
Escobar-Rodríguez, Tomás; Carvajal-Trujillo, Elena; Monge-Lozano, Pedro – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Social media technologies are becoming a fundamental component of education. This study extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to identify factors that influence the perceived advantages and relevance of Facebook as a learning tool. The proposed model is based on previous models of UTAUT. Constructs from previous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Models, Student Attitudes
Crawford, Linda M.; Randolph, Justus J.; Yob, Iris M. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2014
In this study, we sought to confirm the theoretical framework underlying an Online Graduate Mentoring Scale by establishing the scale's factorial validity and reliability. Analysis of data received from doctoral students and alumni/ae of the College of Education of one large, online, accredited university reduced the initial theoretical…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
Svennberg, Lena; Meckbach, Jane; Redelius, Karin – European Physical Education Review, 2014
Research shows that teachers' grading is influenced by non-achievement factors in addition to official criteria, such as knowledge and skills. Some grading criteria are internalised by the teacher, who is sometimes unable to verbalise the criteria used and refers to what is called a "gut feeling". Therefore, transparency, validity and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Grading
Coombe, Christine; Davidson, Peter – Language Testing, 2014
The Common Educational Proficiency Assessment (CEPA) is a large-scale, high-stakes, English language proficiency/placement test administered in the United Arab Emirates to Emirati nationals in their final year of secondary education or Grade 12. The purpose of the CEPA is to place students into English classes at the appropriate government…
Descriptors: Language Tests, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Nguyen, Satoko; Tirrito, Teresa S.; Barkley, William M. – Educational Gerontology, 2014
In developed countries, healthy retirees can fulfill their life, but may fear growing old. Yet, there is little empirical data on the relationship between this fear and life satisfaction. This cross-sectional, correlational survey study tested whether a new, summated measure of Fears About Growing Old (FAGO)--derived from exemplifications of…
Descriptors: Fear, Predictor Variables, Life Satisfaction, Foreign Countries