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Collins, Mauri P.; Berge, Zane L. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discussion of electronic journals focuses on the founding of "IPCT Journal" (Interpersonal Computing and Technology). Topics addressed include scholarship and scholarly journals; effects of the print model on the electronic model; and problems with electronic journals, including credibility, accessibility, technical issues, and questions…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Credibility
Arent, Ruth P. – Learning, 1991
Discusses what teachers should do when older elementary students lie. Guidelines for handling the situation are presented along with suggestions for making children feel good about telling the truth. Three activities for encouraging truthfulness in the classroom are suggested. (SM)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics, Credibility
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Brown, Jean; Sheppard, Bruce – Emergency Librarian, 1998
Focuses on findings from studies investigating leadership for change in schools and districts which indicate that teacher- librarians must be mirror-images of other teachers if they are to have credibility with teachers and principals. Discusses the essential characteristics of knowledge base; technical skills; personal, interpersonal and team…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Credibility, Educational Change, Educational Development
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Paterson, Margo; Higgs, Joy – Qualitative Report, 2005
This paper is targeted primarily at doctoral students and others considering hermeneutics as a research strategy. Research using hermeneutics was carried out with occupational therapy educators and clinicians in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. A total of 53 participants engaged in focus groups and individual interviews over a one-year.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Hermeneutics
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Baylor, Amy L.; Ryu, Jeeheon – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
The purpose of this experimental study was to test the role of image and animation on: a) learners' perceptions of pedagogical agent persona characteristics (i.e., extent to which agent was person-like, engaging, credible, and instructor-like); b) agent value; and c) performance. The primary analysis consisted of two contrast comparisons: 1)…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Economics Education, Preservice Teachers, Outcomes of Education
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Hobbs, Renee; Broder, Sharon; Pope, Holly; Rowe, Jonelle – Health Education Research, 2006
While they demonstrate some ability to critically analyze the more obvious forms of deceptive weight-loss advertising, many girls do not recognize how advertising evokes emotional responses or how visual and narrative techniques are used to increase identification in weight-loss advertising. This study examined how girls aged 9-17 years…
Descriptors: Advertising, Females, Prior Learning, Geographic Regions
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Schrodt, Paul; Turman, Paul D.; Soliz, Jordan – Communication Education, 2006
This study tested two theoretical models of perceived understanding as a potential mediator of perceived teacher confirmation and students' ratings of instruction. Participants included 651 undergraduate students who completed survey measures. Results of structural equation modeling provided greater support for the confirmation process model,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Models, Structural Equation Models, Credibility
Eastmond, Nick; Wood, R. Kent – 1993
Definitions and short explanations of key concepts in the field of instructional evaluation are presented. Evaluation is defined as the process of determining the value of programs, projects, materials, and personnel. It is distinguished from research in that the aims of research are less time- and situation-specific, attempting to uncover…
Descriptors: Credibility, Curriculum Evaluation, Definitions, Educational Assessment
Magolda, Peter M.; Robinson, Brenda M. – 1993
The harm that can transpire during and after the fieldwork phase of research is examined, and the ethical obligations of qualitative researchers to respond are explored. Recognition that research has the potential to harm has led the research community to develop philosophical guidelines for ethical conduct. Qualitative researchers have also…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Confidentiality
Marcus, Alan R. – 1992
This study analyses reasons given by the Canadian government for undertaking and administering relocations of Inuit (Eskimos) in 1953-55. The study, based on interviews and a review of government files, corroborates oral testimony by surviving Inuit, who said they suffered years of neglect following their resettlement from Quebec to the High…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Canada Natives, Children, Credibility
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Bridgeforth, Brian W. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2005
The history of academic inquiry into leadership as a discipline has yielded the unintended consequence of compounding confusion and perpetuating the myth of leadership as mystical. This paper takes that acknowledgement and inquires into the past and future of leadership theory development from a systemic perspective to define the concept, propose…
Descriptors: Leadership, Social Attitudes, Misconceptions, Definitions
Yager, Geoffrey G.; And Others – 1987
Concurrent and construct validity of six instruments designed to assess counselor effectiveness was studied. Participants included 139, male and female, undergraduate general studies and education majors. Consistent with social influence theory, four videotaped counselor role conditions (non-expert, not-attractive, non-trustworthy, and…
Descriptors: Competence, Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity, Correlation
Mettee, Dorothy L. – 1983
Noting that new approaches must be found to decrease the numbers of inmates returning to United States prisons and to provide means for productive changes that will result in self-improvement and new options for inmates both inside and outside the prison after their release, a drama program was established in 1979 for inmates at the Federal…
Descriptors: Acting, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
American Assembly, New York, NY. – 1979
A report on the integrity of higher education concludes that public confidence in higher education has eroded in recent years, due to both internal and external problems. The ethical behavior of educators can and should be called into question whenever breaches of conduct occur, such as: plagiarism by both teachers and students; exploitation by…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrators, College Faculty, College Students
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: factors affecting group decisions regarding attributions of responsibility; a model of message-attitude-behavior relations; effects of the communicative process on perceived source…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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