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Burns, Hobert W. – Educational Theory, 1970
Descriptors: Children, Knowledge Level, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
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Krawiec, T. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
This is a brief overview of 65 responses to a request for speculations about things truly known in psychology along with delineations of areas of ignorance about human behavior. The author concludes with some of his own musings about the future role of teachers of psychology.
Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Psychology
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Vensel, George J. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1981
Twenty-three preservice special education teachers were not generally favorable to the prospect of computers in the classroom, but a demonstration of a microcomputer system produced a large shift in their attitudes. (CL)
Descriptors: Computers, Disabilities, Knowledge Level, Microcomputers
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Ma, Grace X; Tan, Yin; Feeley, Rosemary M.; Thomas, Priya – Journal of Community Health, 2002
Assessed Asian Americans' knowledge levels regarding the health risks of tobacco use. Surveys of Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cambodian smokers and nonsmokers indicated that most respondents recognized the association between smoking and increased risk for lung, mouth, throat, and esophageal cancer and heart disease. There were significant…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cancer, Health Behavior, Knowledge Level
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Shadish, William – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 1999
Illustrates the basic and theoretical issues in evaluation with which aspiring evaluators should be familiar to claim they know the knowledge base of the profession. The issues are discussed in question and answer format. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluators, Knowledge Level, Program Evaluation
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Beven, Fred – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Examined the knowledge used by motel office personnel to manipulate computer software for everyday tasks. Results suggest that many of the competencies identified were context-specific, and that it may not be possible to apply generic knowledge if the user cannot relate it to the context. (SLD)
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Software, Databases, Employees
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Caracci, O. Kathleen – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1992
Surveyed female nurses (n=281) regarding consumption and alcohol knowledge. Although vast majority of subjects were abstainers or light drinkers and percentage of heavy drinkers lower than that suggested in literature, the results indicated need for some concern about alcohol-related behavior of some nurses. Scores on knowledge inventory supported…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Females, Knowledge Level
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Spelke, Elizabeth S.; And Others – Psychological Review, 1992
Three experiments involving 80 infants provide evidence that infants at 2.5 and 4 months represent objects and surfaces that they no longer perceive and that they operate on their representations to derive information about an event they have never perceived. Experiments suggest that cognition develops concurrently with perception and action. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Infants, Knowledge Level
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van Buuren, Stef; de Leeuw, Jan – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1992
Application of equality constraints on the categories of a variable is a simple and useful extension of multiple correspondence analysis. Equality is an easy way to incorporate prior knowledge. A procedure to deal with unequal category numbers and with subsets of variables is outlined and illustrated. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Knowledge Level, Mathematical Models, Multivariate Analysis
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Bye, Lynn; Jussim, Lee – Psychology in the Schools, 1993
Presents review of approaches to social intelligence; model of acquisition of social knowledge; and model of use of social knowledge. Highlights importance of social knowledge exclusive of social skill or social competence. Discusses role of environment, physiology, and information-processing factors in the acquisition and use of social knowledge.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Knowledge Level, Models, Social Cognition
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Tanaka, James W.; Taylor, Marjorie – Cognitive Psychology, 1991
Categorizing performance of 12 expert and 12 novice subjects was compared in 3 experiments for feature listing; object naming; and category verification. In all, 15 dog experts and 16 bird experts participated. Implications for research concerning the basic level for categorizing objects are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Knowledge Level
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Halpern, Diane F.; Smothergill, Daniel W.; Allen, Mary; Baker, Suzanne; Baum, Cynthia; Best, Deborah; Ferrari, Joseph; Gersinger, Kurt F.; Gilden, Eugene R.; Hester, Maureen; Keith-Spiegel, Patricia; Kierniesky, Nicholas C.; McGovern, Thomas V.; McKeachie, Wilbert J.; Prokasy, William F.; Szuchman, Lenore T.; Vasta, Ross; Weaver, Kenneth A. – American Psychologist, 1998
Proposes a five-part definition of scholarship in psychology. Includes original research (creation of knowledge), integration of knowledge (synthesis and reorganization), application of knowledge, the scholarship of pedagogy; and the scholarship of teaching in psychology. Contains 10 references. (MMU)
Descriptors: Definitions, Instruction, Knowledge Level, Psychology
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Crouter, Ann C.; Bumpus, Matthew F.; Davis, Kelly D.; McHale, Susan M. – Child Development, 2005
Cluster analysis was used to identify groups defined by the patterning of fathers' and mothers' sources of knowledge about adolescents' experiences in a sample of 179 families with adolescents (M=16.5 years). Three clusters emerged for fathers (relational, relies on spouse, relies on others) and mothers (relational, questioners, relies on others).…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Multivariate Analysis, Mothers, Fathers
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Barr, Dale J. – Cognitive Science, 2004
How do communities establish shared communication systems? The Common Knowledge view assumes that symbolic conventions develop through the accumulation of common knowledge regarding communication practices among the members of a community. In contrast with this view, it is proposed that coordinated communication emerges a by-product of local…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Knowledge Level, Interpersonal Communication, Interaction
Lim, Doo H.; Yoon, Seung Won; Son, Su Jin; Park, Sunyoung – Online Submission, 2007
Based on extensive literature review, this study reports the result of a meta analysis of learning outcome studies and presents an integrated typology of content types and learning outcomes. Examining the ERIC database for learning studies conducted from 1992 until 2006 shows that most empirical studies have assessed the learning outcome at lower…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Classification, Meta Analysis, Educational Research
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