Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 170 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 1190 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 2833 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 5409 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 303 |
| Researchers | 300 |
| Teachers | 192 |
| Administrators | 39 |
| Students | 28 |
| Parents | 27 |
| Policymakers | 21 |
| Counselors | 16 |
| Support Staff | 4 |
| Community | 3 |
| Media Staff | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| Turkey | 218 |
| Canada | 174 |
| Australia | 164 |
| United Kingdom | 148 |
| United States | 146 |
| China | 141 |
| Germany | 123 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 98 |
| Netherlands | 91 |
| Japan | 75 |
| Sweden | 70 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 6 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 10 |
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
Download full textRANKIN, HAROLD J. – 1966
IN 1963, THE JAMESVILLE-DEWITT BOARD OF EDUCATION ORDERED THE INVESTIGATION OF VARIOUS SCHOOL ORGANIZATION PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE WHICH PROGRAM OFFERED THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT GROWTH. THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT A MIDDLE SCHOOL ORGANIZATION (5-4-3 GRADE DIVISION) WOULD MORE EFFICIENTLY FULFILL STUDENT GROWTH NEEDS. SIXTH-GRADE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Groups, Building Innovation, Curriculum Development
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1980
If youth employment programs for rural areas are to be successful in helping rural youth to find employment that is both desirable and developmental, the diversity of ability, skills, needs, life goals, and particular circumstances of these young people must be taken into consideration. According to a 1976 study by Kuvlesky and Edington, there is…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Counselors, Employment Opportunities
Schroeder, Anthony B. – 1979
An analysis of interpersonal communication research supports the existence of the notion "communicative style," the method or manner by which an individual interacts with others. Scholars concerned with interpersonal behavior acknowledge that individuals develop habitual styles of interactive behavior that tend to produce optimal…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Higher Education
Scheuneman, Janice; Mitchell, Blythe C. – 1979
Data collected during the standardization of the 1976 Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) were examined to provide information on sex differences in prereading skills. The MRT are designed for administration either at the beginning of kindergarten or between kindergarten and first grade. Performance on the six subtests and the total test on both…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Females, Grade 1, Individual Differences
Ramsey, Wallace Z., Ed. – 1967
A compilation is made of reports from a conference dealing with workable administrative practices which provide for individual differences. The nature of individual differences as they operate in reading instruction is defined, and various dimensions, such as growth ages, sex differences, intelligence, cognitive abilities and styles, are discussed…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Classes (Groups of Students), Elementary Schools, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1967
The importance and consequences of raising the average ability level (IQ) of the population requires consideration of the ability level that society requires, how the relevant abilities are distributed, and the efficiency of the current educational process. Within the framework of these factors, the document discusses the determinants of mental…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Children
Taber, Julian I.; and Others – 1965
Programed instruction applies what is known about learning to educational psychology. The success of programed learning is determined by the material used and by the construction of this material. In order to construct effective learning sequences, the behavioral end products of instruction must be specified clearly and precisely. The subject…
Descriptors: Branching, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Individual Differences
Flavell, John H.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of this book is to report and interpret a group of research studies relating to social-cognitive development in early childhood through adolescence. Adults interpret the covert psychological properties of other people, their abilities, knowledge, motives, attitudes, perceptions, and intentions relevant to concrete situations. An infant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research
Abrami, Philip C.; And Others – 1977
Studies of teacher rating form (TRF) generalizability have focused primarily on two classes of variables: student characteristics and teacher characteristics. Since the goal of most TRF researchers is to show that TRF scores correlate with teacher-produced student achievement, a suitable generalizability study would investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Generalization
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1977
Two postsecondary institutions in Michigan, Macomb County Community College and Michigan State University, participated in a two-year program that attempted to implement and evaluate a set of procedures developed for measuring and mapping each student's educational cognitive style and using the resulting maps to individualize educational programs…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Gordon, Edmund W.; Grannis, Joseph C. – 1977
The first of two papers included in this document addresses two related problems: Problem one: The appropriateness of existing standardized tests of achievement for the assessment of academic function in minority and disadvantaged group member students. Problem two: The appropriateness of such instruments for the assessment of the impact of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Colleges, Black Students
Carew, Jean V.; Lightfoot, Sara L. – 1977
This paper presents a multi-faceted study of interactions between teachers and children in four first grade classrooms. Research and theory related to teacher behavior, child development, teacher-student interactions, the classroom environment and the social context of schools and communities are reviewed. Previous research which has portrayed the…
Descriptors: Community Role, Individual Differences, Interaction Process Analysis, Primary Education
Wright, David Paul – 1975
This doctoral thesis examines whether inductive and deductive teaching methods are appropriate for different learners. Statistical interactions between the two instructional methods and various aptitude variables were examined among 275 sixth-grade pupils. Subjects were randomly assigned to rule-example (deductive) treatments or example-rule…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Critical Thinking
Gordon, Ira J. – 1974
The focus of the study reported here is on two issues: whether the two most elaborate systems of natural observation, that is, those developed by Escalona and Watts could be applied to mother-child interaction recorded in a teaching situation; and whether there are relationships between maternal-child behavior so observed, and a more extended…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Individual Development, Individual Differences
Whitely, Susan E. – 1976
The current study is concerned with identifying racial-ethnic differences in cognitive strategies or structures that are related to performance on verbal ability tests. The study had two goals: (1) to compare the semantic equivalency of intelligence test items between racial-ethnic groups, and (2) to examine the relationships of individual…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Blacks, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
