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Detecting Distortion: Bridging Visual and Quantitative Reasoning on Similarity Tasks
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Cox, Dana C.; Lo, Jane-Jane – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2014
This study is focused on identifying and describing the reasoning patterns of middle grade students when examining potentially similar figures. Described here is a framework that includes 11 strategies that students used during clinical interview to differentiate similar and non-similar figures. Two factors were found to influence the strategies…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Middle School Students, Interviews, Thinking Skills
Visibility and Differentiation: Systemic Testing in a Developing Country Context
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Hoadley, Ursula; Muller, Johan – Curriculum Journal, 2016
Why has large-scale standardised testing attracted such a bad press? Why has pedagogic benefit to be derived from test results been downplayed? The paper investigates this question by first surveying the pros and cons of testing in the literature, and goes on to examine educators' responses to standardised, large-scale tests in a sample of low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Developing Nations, Visual Discrimination
Three- to Six-Year-Old Children's Recognition of Geometric Shapes
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Aslan, Durmus; Arnas, Yasare Aktas – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2007
The main purpose of this research was to determine three- to six-year-old pre-schoolers' recognition of basic geometric shapes, the criteria they use to distinguish members of a shape class and whether or not those criteria change in relation to age. Participants were 100 children aged three to six. Data were gathered from individual interviews…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Preschool Children, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception
Self-Report in Functional Assessment of Low Vision.
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Szlyk, J. P.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
This study assesses the validity of an interview questionnaire designed to predict performance by low-vision adults (N=41) on tasks of finding, detecting, scanning, and tracking. Subjects' ratings of difficulty with these tasks were compared to ratings of trained professionals. Results indicate self-report may be of some value in predicting…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Partial Vision
ACADEMIC AND READING ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO READING DIFFICULTIES.
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GAINES, EDITH M.; HINDS, LILLIAN R.
THE SELECTION AND TRAINING OF TEACHER AIDS FOR CLEVELAND'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE DESCRIBED. EIGHTY WOMEN WERE CHOSEN FROM THE AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN ROLLS AND WERE ENROLLED IN A 5-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM WAS UNIQUE IN ITS PLAN TO TRAIN WOMEN WITH LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM WERE TO DEVELOP HIGH…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Communication Skills, Experimental Teaching, Interviews
Audio-Visual Correspondence and Its Role in Attention and Memory.
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Grimes, Tom – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1990
Describes study of undergraduates that measured the effect of audiovisual channel correspondence during television news programs on attention and memory. Learning variables in multimedia presentations are discussed, reaction time with visual and auditory probes is examined, factual memory and visual memory tests are described, and implications for…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention, Educational Media, Higher Education