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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Using Rasch Analysis to Examine the Dimensionality Structure and Differential Item Functioning of the Arabic Version of the Perceived Physical Ability Scale for Children
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Abd-El-Fattah, Sabry M.; AL-Sinani, Yousra; El Shourbagi, Sahar; Fakhroo, Hessa A. – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study uses the Rasch model technique to examine the dimensionality structure and differential item functioning of the Arabic version of the Perceived Physical Ability Scale for Children (PPASC). A sample of 220 Omani fourth graders (120 males and 100 females) responded to an Arabic translated version of the PPASC. Data on students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Test Bias, Grade 4
Feuerstein's Mediated Learning Experience as a Vehicle for Enhancing Cognitive Functioning of Remedial School Learners in South Africa
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Seabi, Joseph – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2012
The study investigated the effects of mediated learning experience (MLE) intervention on Remedial school learners' cognitive functioning as measured by the Ravens Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM). The sample comprised 67 participants (males = 35; females = 32; mean age = 11.8) from Grade 4 through to Grade 7. Participants were given the RCPM…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Control Groups
Praise and Feedback in the Primary Classroom: Teachers' and Students' Perspectives
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Burnett, Paul C.; Mandel, Valerie – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2010
This small scale qualitative study investigated teachers' and students' perceptions of praise and feedback in the classroom using structured interviews and classroom observation. A case study approach was used whereby students and teachers from one school participated. Some 56 students and five teachers were interviewed individually or in small…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Observation, Interviews
Internet Use and Child Development: The Techno-Microsystem
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Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2010
Ecological systems theory assumes that child development is the consequence of ongoing reciprocal and spiraling interactions between the child and his/her microsystem (immediate home, school, and community environments). The increasing presence of digital technologies in children's immediate environments suggests the need for the proposed…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Internet, Cognitive Development, Child Development
Relationships between Attributional Style and Trait Anxiety for Preadolescent Australian Boys and Girls
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Khodayarifard, Mohammad; Anshel, Mark H.; Brinthaupt, Thomas M. – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2006
This study examined relationships among components of attributional style and trait anxiety for 428 English-speaking boys and girls, grades 4-6, from primary public schools in New South Wales, Australia. Students completed general measures of attributional style and trait anxiety. Results showed a small but significant relationship between…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Anxiety