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NICHY News Digest Second Edition, 1997
Designed to respond to the information needs of parents of children with disabilities, this digest includes articles on coping with and raising a child with a disability. In the first article, "You Are Not Alone" (Patricia McGill Smith), a parent of a child with a disability speaks candidly about the emotions that many parents of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Day Care, Disabilities
Graham, Laura; Pajares, Frank – 1997
Two studies illustrate the concern that the connection between teachers' beliefs and their instructional practices can be a troublesome one if beliefs are informed by formalist thinking related to truth and caring in the teaching conversation. Subjects, 21 middle school language arts teachers and 216 eighth-grade students were asked what they…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Communication, Creative Writing, Criticism
Kennedy, Rosa – 1993
This case study of a biracial student who was actually pushed out from the regular school system focuses on the student's perceived reality. The theory supporting the study is Labeling Theory, which asserts that the way in which a student is labeled is dependent on the social context of the student. The subject, a biracial 14-year-old in an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Shoemaker, Caryn R. – 1991
This survey determined the proportion of Arizona high school 1989 graduates who continued their educations, became employed, enlisted in the military, or chose another alternative. Of the 5,000 graduates originally selected, 1,380 graduates from 64 high schools responded to a mailed survey. Females, whites, and students with a high grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Armed Forces, College Bound Students, Educational Experience
Bass, Angela L. – 1991
The critical aspects of a training model used in a program called Turning Point are described. The program allows teachers to make appropriate paradigm shifts that empower them to analyze their own teaching styles and student expectations in an effort to address their students' learning styles more effectively. The training model makes it possible…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
1997
This document contains four papers from a symposium on integrity in human resource development (HRD). "The Effects of Blame Attributions and Justice Violations on Revenge and Forgiveness in the Workplace" (Murray O. Bradfield, Karl Aquino, Doug Stanwyck) describes a test of a mediated model, postulating that thoughts of revenge mediated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Educational Research, Ethics
Saarni, Carolyn – 1999
The concept of emotional competence entails resilience, self-efficacy, and acting in accord with one's sense of moral character. This suggests argues that emotional competence is demonstrated by the self-efficacy in emotion-eliciting encounters and identifies eight key emotional skills that support its acquisition in interpersonal contexts. The…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Development, Context Effect, Cultural Influences
College Entrance Examination Board, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
This document is a compilation of background readings for the user of Computerized Placement Tests (CPTs) developed by the College Board for student placement purposes. CPTs are computerized adaptive tests that test the individual abilities and backgrounds of examinees. CPTs are part of the ACCUPLACER student information management system. The…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Community Colleges
Schultz, Matthew T.; Geisinger, Kurt F. – 1992
Research efforts have established that the Mantel-Haenszel procedure (MHP) is an effective method for detecting the presence of test items exhibiting differential item functioning (DIF). While the MHP has been advocated for situations where item response theory based methods may not be usable, recent findings have suggested that the performance of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Equations (Mathematics)
Smith, H. Carlton; And Others – Special Parent/Special Child, 1992
This newsletter issue focuses on the specific concerns of many parents as their special child "ages out" of protected special education environments and moves into the adult world. It highlights the practical aspects of the transition years as well as the emotional components involved in "letting go." The newsletter's articles…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Aging (Individuals), Anxiety, Attachment Behavior
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von Davier, Matthias – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
Probabilistic models with more than one latent variable are designed to report profiles of skills or cognitive attributes. Testing programs want to offer additional information beyond what a single test score can provide using these skill profiles. Many recent approaches to skill profile models are limited to dichotomous data and have made use of…
Descriptors: Models, Diagnostic Tests, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Fuller, Deborah Ann – 1987
A case study examined the effects of primary trait scoring on evaluating seventh grade students' compositions. Primary trait scoring as used in the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township in Indianapolis is innovative in that (1) the scoring guide is assignment specific, written after adult raters read and discussed many papers; (2)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Grover, Burton L.; Post, Richard L. – 1984
The Arlington, Washington, School District--a mostly rural district with enrollment of 2,790--conducted a survey of its public using both blanket mailing and random sampling procedures in order to compare the views of the total population with the views of the typically small percentage who mail back a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 29…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Comparative Analysis, Data Interpretation
Lyman, Lawrence – 1987
This paper examines factors that promote and diminish teacher trust in the instructional supervision process. Trust--key to the supervisor's success in helping teachers change behaviors--is correlated with such factors as confidentiality, approach to dealing with complaints, and the development of collaboration and participation in supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Hensley, Wayne E. – 1986
A study investigated the validity and usefulness of the Affective Communication Test (ACT) which measures a person's ability to project a nonverbal message to others. The ACT test was reduced to 10 items and administered to 130 college students. The results were analyzed for interpersonal display of effect, public display, and small group display.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Body Language, Communication Apprehension
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