The impact of friendship on synchronous collaborative retrieval tasks in the primary school     

Jérôme Dinet  Robin Vivian 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2012,43(3):439-447

Two experiments aim at describing the impact of friendship during a synchronous collaborative information retrieval (SCIR) with young pupils (recruited in Grade 3). In the first study, 68 pupils were asked to look for 13 answers in one of the three following conditions: on an individual basis (condition “Single”), as part of a designed duo with social friendship (condition “Affinity +”), or as part of a designed duo without social friendship (condition “Affinity ?”). In the second experiment, we investigated more precisely the impact of friendship on verbal interactions between partners. Main results obtained in these two experiments are the following: (1) pairs retrieved effectively more answers, more correct answers and were more efficient than singles; (2) pairs composed of pupils without social friendship retrieved more answers, more correct answers and were more efficient than pairs composed by friends; (3) pairs composed of friends produced significantly more irrelevant queries; and (4) pairs composed of friends produced more verbalisations related to conflicts, while pairs composed of pupils without social friendship are engaged in a great deal of consensus seeking. Finally, educational implications are discussed.  相似文献   

Multiple dimensions of family engagement in early childhood education: Evidence for a short form of the Family Involvement Questionnaire   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

John Fantuzzo  Vivian Gadsden  Feifei Li  Faith Sproul  Paul McDermott  Dirk Hightower  Ashley Minney 《Early childhood research quarterly》2013

The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate a short form of the 42-item Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ) for use in preschool. Empirical evidence derived from a representative sample of preschool programs in a large city in New York State with the original version of the FIQ was used to select the items for a 21-item short form. A representative sample of 590 Head Start families was also identified from a large Head Start program in Pennsylvania to serve to validate the short form. Confirmatory factor analysis of the short form substantiated the three robust dimensions of family involvement from the original FIQ. Concurrent measures of parental satisfaction and assessments of children's literacy and mathematics skills along with an examination of family demographic variables supported the validity of the confirmed dimensions. Implications for the use of this multidimensional, short form of family involvement in large-scale program evaluation were discussed.  相似文献   

Being Mortal: Medicine and what matters in the end,By Atul Gawande     

Vivian W. Mott 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(3):234-235

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A comparative study on oxidative stress and antioxidant status in ischemic stroke patients with and without diabetes     

Benedicta D’Souza  Vivian D’Souza  S. Sowmya  G. Seema  C. N. Hemalatha  M. Anu  G. Sajana 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2008,23(3):218-222

The study was conducted to find out the extent of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in ischemic stroke patients (ISPs) with and without diabetes. Malondialdehyde (MDA) was studied as a marker of lipid peroxidation. Glutathione (GSH), uric acid and ceruloplasmin were estimated to study the antioxidant potential of ISPs. Significantly higher levels of MDA were found in both the groups of ISPs and the increase in MDA was more in ISPs without diabetes. GSH levels were decreased significantly in both the groups of ISPs and maximum decline was found in ISPs with diabetes. Uric acid levels were significantly increased in both the groups of ISPs. Ceruloplasmin levels were increased significantly in ISPs without diabetes, whereas its levels were slightly decreased in ISPs with diabetes. A negative correlation was found between MDA and the antioxidants GSH, uric acid and ceruloplasmin in ISPs with diabetes. This study suggests that there is an association between ischemic stroke and increased oxidative stress and the antioxidant potential is impaired in both the groups of ISPs with and without diabetes.  相似文献   

Decisions Hispanic families make after the identification of deafness     

Steinberg A  Bain L  Li Y  Delgado G  Ruperto V 《Journal of deaf studies and deaf education》2003,8(3):291-314

This study examines the decision-making process for Hispanic families living in the United States who have a child with a hearing loss. Twenty-nine families in four geographical areas shared their experiences in searching for appropriate interventions and making choices regarding communication and education. We explored the impact of language, culture, minority status, and access to information and services on the decision-making process. The results indicate that the deliberations of Hispanic parents are often complicated by language and cultural barriers and by limited access to information, resources, and a full range of options. The communication method chosen tended to be the one recommended by professionals, usually a combination of spoken English and sign language. Parents frequently expressed the hope that their child would learn Spanish as well. These subjects displayed a higher degree of assertiveness in obtaining services for their children than other studies have suggested.  相似文献   

Using Constructivist Instructional Design Featured in Two Online Courses: Notes From the Field     

Vivian Rossner‐Merrill  Drew Parker  Carolyn Mamchur  Stephanie Chu 《Educational Media International》2013,50(4):282-288

Abstract

We thought that the close integration of theory and practice offered by constructivism promises unique opportunities to maximize learning in online courses using interactive software as the primary medium of communication. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to examine the ‘goodness of fit’ between principles drawn from constructivist theories and the design and implementation of the interactive online course.  相似文献   

Stressors,family environment and coping styles as predictors of educational and psychosocial adjustment in Palestinian children     

Vivian Khamis 《Educational studies》2013,39(4):371-384

This study investigated the contributions of child and parents’ sociodemographics, daily stressors, family environment, and coping strategies, to academic achievement, cognitive functioning and aggression in a sample of 600 children at the intermediate grade levels from Gaza Strip. Each of the predictor variables exhibited a different pattern of relations with the outcome domains. Although the study highlights the negative consequences of stress on children’s development, certain daily stressors had a positive effect. Optimal family relationships predicted better developmental outcomes. More emphasis on personal growth, control and organisation in the family predicted less optimal child development except for personal growth and achievement. More reliance on positive coping and less reliance on negative coping is associated with better academic achievement. The clinical and research implications of the findings are discussed.  相似文献   

Partnership for Faith-Based Leadership Development: An Educational Model     

Janis Fine  Vivian Hopp Gordon  Marla Susman Israel 《The Educational forum》2013,77(2):138-150

Parochial school leaders traditionally rise from the ranks of the teaching staff into the principal position, even if unprepared. Through a unique collaborative model, an outside partner and a university developed a program for formally preparing individuals to be Jewish day school leaders. The process of creating this model resulted in a reconceptualization of school leadership.  相似文献   

Career Development Issues and Strategies for Counseling African Americans     

Vivian J. Carroll McCollum 《Journal of Career Development》1998,25(1):41-52

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Changing from a special school to an inclusion service     

Carol Bannister  Vivienne Sharland  Vivian Upton  David Walker  & Gary Thomas 《British Journal of Special Education》1998,25(2):65-69

Members of the Somerset Inclusion Project and Gary Thomas (professor and reader in education at the University of the West of England, Bristol) discuss the need for schools to become more inclusive in response to the Government's recent Green Paper (DfEE, 1997), which emphasises that special schools need to work in different ways and to provide services to local mainstream schools. The notion that inclusion is right and segregation is wrong led the staff to convert the Princess Margaret School (PMS) in Taunton, Somerset to an inclusion service.  相似文献