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Obidzinski, Michal; Nieznanski, Marek – Annals of Dyslexia, 2017
The presented research was conducted in order to investigate the connections between developmental dyslexia and the functioning of verbatim and gist memory traces--assumed in the fuzzy-trace theory. The participants were 71 high school students (33 with dyslexia and 38 without learning difficulties). The modified procedure and multinomial model of…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Memory, Orthographic Symbols, Semantics
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Nguyen, Le Thi Cam – TESOL Journal, 2015
This article reports on a study which examined the effectiveness of a 7-minute writing technique whereby students regularly wrote as much as they could in 7 minutes three times a week for a period of 10 weeks. The study was conducted with four classes of first-year and third-year students at a university in Vietnam. The study looked at the…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Writing Improvement, Writing Strategies, Timed Tests
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Jenkins, Lyndsay N.; Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick – Contemporary School Psychology, 2016
Some evidence suggests that teachers may have a negative bias against and be less accurate in academic judgments of students with behavioral characteristics of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Thus, examining the accuracy of their judgments is an important area of investigation. The current study examined the accuracy of teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Bias, Academic Achievement, Children
Pobocik, Tamara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The use of technology and electronic medical records in healthcare has exponentially increased. This quantitative research project used a pretest/posttest design, and reviewed how an educational electronic documentation system helped nursing students to identify the accurate related to statement of the nursing diagnosis for the patient in the case…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Technology Integration, Clinical Diagnosis, Records (Forms)
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Bailey, Benjamin; Arciuli, Joanne; Stancliffe, Roger J. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2017
This study explored the effects of an evidence-based literacy program, ABRACADABRA, on the spelling abilities of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Twenty children with ASD aged 5-11 years were assigned to matched instruction and waitlist control groups. Children in the instruction group received 26 hrs of individualized, home-based…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Spelling Instruction
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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study was designed to investigate the effects of age of onset and type of instruction on ultimate EFL attainment at the end of the period of normal schooling in Switzerland, measured in terms of written fluency, complexity, morphosyntactic accuracy, vocabulary size, and listening skills. Data were gathered from four groups of 18-year-old…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Predictor Variables, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language)