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Goswami, Usha – Child Development, 1991
Children's analogical reasoning has traditionally been measured by classical four-term analogy tasks or problem-solving tasks. Current theories of analogical development and the evidence on which they are based are reviewed. It is concluded that structural views of analogical development are wrong, and knowledge-based accounts of what develops are…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Analogy, Children
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O'Connor, Mary Catherine; Michaels, Sarah – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Revoicing as a classroom technique is considered. Three examples illustrate the potential of the classroom discourse strategy revoicing to position students with regard to propositions and allow them to claim or reject the positions; share reformulations to credit students with teacher inferences; and scaffold and recast problem-solution…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inferences, Literacy
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Treanor, Laura J. – Strategies, 1996
One of the ways cooperating physical education teachers can assess student teachers is through high-inference techniques, but they need knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of such techniques. The paper describes the techniques of intuitive assessment, eyeballing (taking a tour through the gym), anecdotal notes, checklists, and rating…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Inferences
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Elder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2002
Outlines the differences between inferences and assumptions in critical thinking processes. Explains that as students develop critical intuitions, they increasingly notice how their point of view shapes their experiences. (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Developmental Studies Programs, Inferences
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Best, Rachel M.; Rowe, Michael; Ozuru, Yasuhiro; McNamara, Danielle S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
Many students from elementary school through college encounter difficulty understanding their science textbooks, regardless of whether they have language disorders. This article discusses some of the particular difficulties associated with science text comprehension and possible remedies for facilitating and enhancing comprehension of challenging…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Sciences, Reading Comprehension, Readability
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Thomas, Scott L.; Heck, Ronald H.; Bauer, Karen W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2005
Institutional researchers frequently use national datasets such as those provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The authors of this chapter explore the adjustments required when analyzing NCES data collected using complex sample designs. (Contains 8 tables.)
Descriptors: Institutional Research, National Surveys, Sampling, Data Analysis
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Hock, Mike; Mellard, Daryl – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
This study extends the knowledge garnered from work with younger populations to determine the reading comprehension strategies most important to adults' success on outcome measures and to align them with previously researched interventions. According to an analysis of competence-based standardized tests of literacy (such as the General Educational…
Descriptors: Inferences, Standardized Tests, National Competency Tests, Metacognition
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Sheldon, Deborah A.; DeNardo, Gregory – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2005
High school students aspiring to become music educators (n = 116) and upper-level music education majors (n = 130) took part in this investigation comparing higher-order thinking skills in an observation analysis task. We used certain procedures from previous investigations (Sheldon & DeNardo, 2004; Standley & Madsen, 1991). Upperclassmen…
Descriptors: High School Students, Thinking Skills, Music, Music Teachers
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Martin, Ingerith; McDonald, Skye – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
Individuals with Asperger Syndrome (AS), a high functioning variant of Autism, are often noted to possess intact language ability, yet fail to use this language capacity to engage in interactive communication. This difficulty using language in a social context has been referred to as a deficit in pragmatic language. In particular, difficulty…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Pragmatics, Inferences, Figurative Language
Kopriva, Rebecca J.; Wiley, David E.; Emick, Jessica – Online Submission, 2007
The goal of the current study was to examine the influence of providing more optimal testing conditions and evaluate the effect this has on the validity of the score inferences across ELL students with different needs, strengths, and levels of language proficiency. It was expected that the validity of the score inferences would be similar for 3rd…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Test Format, Inferences, Test Validity
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Moss, Pamela A.; Piety, Philip J.; Gamson, David; Spillane, James P.; Miele, David B.; Knapp, Michael S.; Copland, Michael A.; Swinnerton, Juli A.; Ikemoto, Gina Schuyler; Marsh, Julie A.; Firestone, William A.; Gonzalez, Raymond A.; Resnick, Lauren; Besterfield-Sacre, Mary; Mehalik, Matthew; Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Halverson, Erica; Erickson, Frederick; Little, Judith Warren; Diamond, John B.; Cooper, Kristy; Hickey, Daniel T.; Anderson, Kate T.; Gitomer, Drew H.; Duschl, Richard A.; Carr, Peggy; Dogan, Enis; Tirre, William; Walton, Ebony; Thorn, Christopher; Meyer, Robert H.; Gamoran, Adam; Gee, James Paul; Phillips, Denis C. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2007
Much of the methodological literature currently influential in the education policy community has focused on research studies and assessments intended to support generalizable conclusions about "what works" or what students "know and can do." Until recently, far less attention has been paid to how educators actually interpret and use this…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Yearbooks, Decision Making
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McCoy, Wendy K.; Edens, John F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Putative ethnic group differences in various forms of psychopathology may have important theoretical, clinical, and policy implications. Recently, it has been argued that individuals of African descent are more likely to be psychopathic than those of European descent (R. Lynn, 2002). Preliminary evidence from the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth…
Descriptors: African American Children, Whites, Youth, Ethnic Groups
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Lee, Michael D. – Cognitive Science, 2006
We consider human performance on an optimal stopping problem where people are presented with a list of numbers independently chosen from a uniform distribution. People are told how many numbers are in the list, and how they were chosen. People are then shown the numbers one at a time, and are instructed to choose the maximum, subject to the…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Inferences, Numbers, Cognitive Processes
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Davidson, Lisa – Cognitive Science, 2006
A core area of phonology is the study of phonotactics, or how sounds are linearly combined. Recent cross-linguistic analyses have shown that the phonology determines not only phonotactics but also the articulatory coordination or timing of adjacent sounds. In this article, I explore how the relation between coordination and phonotactics affects…
Descriptors: Phonology, Articulation (Speech), Phonemes, Contrastive Linguistics
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Rowold, Jens; Schilling, Jan – Career Development International, 2006
Purpose: Within the framework of learning in organizations, the concept of career-related continuous learning (CRCL) has gained increasing attention from the research community. The purpose of the present study is to explore the combined effect of job- and career-related variables on formal CRCL activities. Design/methodology/approach: The study…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Satisfaction, Identification (Psychology), Lifelong Learning
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