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Anketell, Pamela M.; Saunders, Kathryn J.; Gallagher, Stephen M.; Bailey, Clare; Little, Julie-Anne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Anomalous visual processing has been described in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) but relatively few studies have profiled visual acuity (VA) in this population. The present study describes presenting VA in children with ASD (n = 113) compared to typically developing controls (n = 206) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in a…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Acuity, Comparative Analysis
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Pompon, Rebecca Hunting; McNeil, Malcolm R.; Spencer, Kristie A.; Kendall, Diane L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: The integrity of selective attention in people with aphasia (PWA) is currently unknown. Selective attention is essential for everyday communication, and inhibition is an important part of selective attention. This study explored components of inhibition--both intentional and reactive inhibition--during spoken-word production in PWA and in…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Task Analysis, Inhibition, Interference (Language)
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Zaranis, Nicholas; Synodi, Evanthia – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate the effectiveness of computer assisted teaching of geometry shapes and an interactionist approach to teaching geometry in kindergarten versus other more traditional teaching methods. Our research compares the improvement of the children's geometrical competence using two teaching approaches. The…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Silvey, Brian A.; Wacker, Aaron T.; Felder, Logan – International Journal of Music Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of baton usage on college musicians' perceptions of ensemble performance. Two conductors were videotaped while conducting a 1-minute excerpt from either a technical ("Pathfinder of Panama," John Philip Sousa) or lyrical ("Seal Lullaby," Eric Whitacre) piece of concert…
Descriptors: Musicians, College Students, Student Attitudes, Music Activities
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Birgül, Arzu Ergisi; Zeteroglu, Elvan Sahin; Derman, Meral Taner – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the activities enhanced concerning time concept on time concept acquisition of children. The research is a quantitative study in experimental model with pretest-posttest control group aiming to examine the effect of the activities enhanced concerning time concept on time concept acquisition of…
Descriptors: Time Perspective, Concept Formation, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
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Fey, Marc E.; Leonard, Laurence B.; Bredin-Oja, Shelley L.; Deevy, Patricia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: Our purpose was to test the competing sources of input (CSI) hypothesis by evaluating an intervention based on its principles. This hypothesis proposes that children's use of main verbs without tense is the result of their treating certain sentence types in the input (e.g., "Was 'she laughing'?") as models for declaratives…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Hypothesis Testing, Intervention, Form Classes (Languages)
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Burgio, F.; Benavides-Varela, S.; Arcara, G.; Trevisson, E.; Frizziero, D.; Clementi, M.; Semenza, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: This study aimed to identify the mathematical domains affected in adults with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and the impact of the numerical difficulties on the patients' activities of daily living. Methods: We assessed 28 adult patients with NF1 and 28 healthy control participants. All participants completed the standardised battery of…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Adults, Mathematics Skills
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Blik, H.; Harskamp, E.G.; van Leeuwen, S.; Hoekstra, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
Intellectually disabled (ID) students in secondary education are often taught in an individual setting where video instruction is used. Especially, when the instruction is about complex assignments, many students may forget parts of it. In this study, we tried to find out if prompting ID students to explain video instruction would help them to…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Intellectual Disability, Assignments, Task Analysis
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Moore, Tara; Shaffer, Suzanne C. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Lifelong learning skills have been shown to benefit students during and after college. This paper discusses the use of the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) in a first-year composition course. Reflective writing assignments and pre- and post-semester ELLI data were used to assess student growth as lifelong learners over the course of a…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Academic Achievement, Freshman Composition, College English
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Ulatowska, Joanna – Educational Psychology, 2017
This study aimed to test beliefs about cues to deception and the ability to detect lies in a group of teachers with different teaching experience. Their results were compared with the results of non-teachers matched in age and with the results of educational studies and psychology students. Both the beliefs of deception indicators and overall…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Deception, Cues, Ethics
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Kauschke, Christina; Renner, Lena F.; Domahs, Ulrike – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: German participles are formed by a co-occurrence of prefixation and suffixation. While the acquisition of regular and irregular suffixation has been investigated exhaustively, it is still unclear how German children master the prosodically determined prefixation rule (prefix "ge-"). Findings reported in the literature are…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Control Groups, Age Differences, Foreign Countries
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Asmus, Jennifer M.; Carter, Erik W.; Moss, Colleen K.; Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Bolt, Daniel M.; Born, Tiffany L.; Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; Brock, Matthew E.; Cattey, Gillian N.; Cooney, Molly; Fesperman, Ethan S.; Hochman, Julia M.; Huber, Heartley B.; Lequia, Jenna L.; Lyons, Gregory L.; Vincent, Lori B.; Weir, Katie – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of peer network interventions to improve the social connections of 47 high school students with severe disabilities. School staff invited, trained, and supported 192 peers without disabilities to participate in individualized social groups that met throughout one semester. Compared to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Severe Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
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Meloni, Carla; Fanari, Rachele; Bertucci, Andrea; Berretti, Sara – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of a supplemental early numeracy skills training program for typically developing middle-income pre-school and kindergarten children (age 4-5) enrolled in a standard educational program. Three conditions were compared: cooperative learning training; individual learning training; and no…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Instruction, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
Van Drie-Yockey, Sandra Jayne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) use student evaluations of teaching (SET) to evaluate and improve teaching quality; to gather data for faculty, department, or institutional planning; and to provide data on the students' satisfaction with their educational experiences. As a cost-saving measure, many IHEs have moved to providing SET in an…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Online Courses, Online Surveys, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Copeland, Armon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The study site of a transition nursing program included a single tertiary medical center agreed to serve as the study site is a 335-bed, not-for-profit, facility located on the Florida "Treasure Coast". Participants must have been employed by the study site as a Registered Nurse (RN) not more than 30 days before the enrollment period of…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Nurses, Nursing Education, Clinical Experience
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