Measuring the mind: Conceptual issues in contemporary psychometrics, by Borsboom, D.     

Jacqueline P. Leighton 《Journal of Educational Measurement》2008,45(1):91-94

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A behaviour‐genetic analysis of orthographic learning,spelling and decoding     

Brian Byrne  William L. Coventry  Richard K. Olson  Jacqueline Hulslander  Sally Wadsworth  John C. DeFries  Robin Corley  Erik G. Willcutt  Stefan Samuelsson 《Journal of Research in Reading》2008,31(1):8-21

As part of a longitudinal twin study of literacy and language, we conducted a behaviour‐genetic analysis of orthographic learning, spelling and decoding in Grade 2 children (225 identical and 214 fraternal twin pairs) in the United States and Australia. Each variable showed significant genetic and unique environment influences. Multivariate analyses revealed very high genetic correlations among the variables, indicating that the same genes are involved in their aetiology. These genes are partly independent of those contributing to intelligence. A further analysis indicated that the covariation between decoding and orthographic learning is mediated by shared genes rather than by a direct causal path. The authors argue that a learning parameter, most directly assessed by orthographic learning in this study, underlies all three literacy variables. The results are also discussed in relation to Share's self‐teaching hypothesis, which may require modification.  相似文献   

The status of training and performance research in the AECT journals     

Cynthia A. Conn  Jacqueline Gitonga 《TechTrends》2004,48(2):16-21

“HPT has had a significant impact on the instructional design and technology field.” Cynthia Conn is working on her Ph.D. in educational technology at the University of Northern Colorado Jacqueline Gitonga is currently working on her Ph.D. in human resource education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests are in training and development, instructional design and human performance technology.  相似文献   

What is a real story? Investigating the perceptions of Key Stage One children   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jacqueline Harrett Corresponding author Senior Lecturer Primary English  Theresa Benjamin 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2005,25(1):31-42

This small‐scale piece of research stemmed from a larger study on oral storytelling and the responses of children to stories told and read to them. In the larger study several children expressed preferences for stories from picture books, as told stories were not real stories. This concept of real stories and what constitutes a real story in the eyes of an infant child, aged between five and seven years, is what led to the basis of the research. One hundred and thirty‐five children between the ages of five and seven years old were involved in the research. The investigation was conducted in three different schools in South Wales, UK. It was hoped that the research would give some insights into the literacy habits of children today. The children were asked some basic questions about home practices relating to storytelling and story‐reading and about preferences in relation to oral stories and picture books. Finally they were asked if they thought oral tales were real stories. This essay gives an overview of some of the literacy practices of the children and deliberates on their comments as they wrestle with the concept of a real story.  相似文献   

The Immigrant Paradox in the Problem Behaviors of Youth in the United States: A Meta-analysis     

Jacqueline L. Tilley  Stanley J. Huey Jr.  JoAnn M. Farver  Mark H.C. Lai  Crystal X. Wang 《Child development》2021,92(2):502-516

This meta-analysis synthesizes the empirical data on problem behaviors among foreign- (G1) and U.S-born (G2+) youth and explores the effects of immigrant status on youth internalizing and externalizing problems. A random effects meta-regression with robust variance estimates summarized effect sizes for internalizing and externalizing problems across 91 studies (N = 179,315, M_age = 13.98). Results indicated that G1 youth reported significantly more internalizing problems (g = .06), and fewer externalizing problems than G2+ youth (g = −.06). Gender and sample type moderated the effects. The findings provide a first-step toward reconciling mixed support for the immigrant paradox by identifying for whom and under what conditions the immigrant experience serves as a risk or protective factor for youth.  相似文献   

Critical Viewing of Television News: the impact of a Dutch schools television project     

Marcel W. Vooijs  Tom H.A. Van Der Voort  Jacqueline Hoogeweij 《Learning, Media and Technology》1995,21(1):23-35

Using a quasi‐experimental pretest‐posttest control group design, the study investigated the educational effects of a six‐programme schools television series designed to teach children aged 10‐12 that television news broadcasts give a selective and thus subjective and incomplete impression of the news. Results indicated that the schools television series led to an increase in children's knowledge of the selection processes involved in the production of news programmes, and an increase in children's proficiency in recognizing the moments of selection in news items. However, the television series did not result in a decrease in the level of credibility children attribute to television news broadcasts. The reason for the latter finding probably is that the series showed that the makers of news programmes are conscious of the selection processes involved in making news programmes and do their utmost to make the choices in the most responsible way possible. As a result, the series may have unintentionally created the impression that the problem of selectivity can be satisfactorily solved.  相似文献   

Lifelong learning and the reform of the teaching practicum in Australia     

Ron Toomey Corresponding author  Judith Chapman  Janet Gaff  Jacqueline McGilp  Maureen Walsh  Elizabeth Warren 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2005,33(1):23-34

This paper reports the findings of a project—‘Lifelong learning and teacher education’—undertaken by the Centre for Lifelong Learning, Australian Catholic University, under the auspices of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training. The study was designed to investigate the operationalization of lifelong learning in Australian teacher education. The study revealed that there is a range of existing, innovative practices regarding partnerships between schools and higher and further education that are in keeping with emerging ideas about lifelong learning. Moreover, some of these take the form of collaborative action research projects focused on improving the learning occurring in the partnership schools. This paper describes some current approaches in Australia to collaborative action research by teacher educators' and their partnership schools and shows how they contribute to lifelong learning. The approaches are then analyzed to suggest ways of advancing lifelong learning within Australian Education Faculties thus helping to make lifelong learning more of a reality for all.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Lennart Cervall  David Hamilton  Jacqueline Lublin  Jindra Kulich 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1990,36(4):495-503

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Text density level as a design variable in instructional displays     

Gary R. Morrison  Steven M. Ross  Jacqueline K. O’Dell 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1988,36(2):103-115

Presenting narrative text in computer-based instruction (CBI) is more difficult than in print lessons due to limited screen resolution and display area. The present research aimed at achieving a more compatible match between lesson content and the attributes of the presentation media. Subjects received either a print or CBI statistics lesson containing low-density (concise) narrative text, high-density (conventional) text, or the density type they preferred (learner-control). Results showed the low-density lesson to reduce completion time relative to the high-density version, while yielding equivalent achievement. Subjects receiving the lesson in the print mode had shorter completion times and higher achievement than their CBI counterparts. Attitude results showed that CBI was favorably regarded, but perceived as longer and slow-moving than print. Implications of results for designing instructional material in accord with CBI attributes and learner characteristics are discussed.  相似文献   

OFSTED's Spiritual Dimension: An analytical audit of inspection reports     

Jacqueline Watson 《Cambridge Journal of Education》2001,31(2):205-219

The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) continues to judge schools in England and Wales to be generally unsuccessful in providing opportunities to pupils and students for spiritual development. This article reports on a study of OFSTED inspection reports for Norfolk state secondary schools. The study aimed to understand what was going wrong with spiritual development and how things might be improved. The study noted OFSTED's guidance to its inspectors on spiritual development, but then audited inspectors' assessments of spiritual development as they saw it in the field. After a close analysis of the reports the study concluded that inconsistencies in inspectors' reporting, particularly of spirituality across the broader curriculum, meant that both the mechanisms for assessment and for raising standards were not clear. The article discusses possible reasons for that lack of clarity and suggests that increased dialogue between inspectors and teachers might help raise standards in this area.  相似文献