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Filippova, Eva; Astington, Janet Wilde – Child Development, 2008
This study describes the development of social reasoning in school-age children. An irony task is used to assess 5-, 7-, and 9-year-olds' (N = 72) and adults' (N = 24) recursive understanding of others' minds. Guttman scale analysis demonstrates that in order to understand a speaker's communicative intention, a child needs to recognize the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Social Cognition
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Tudor, Kate; Maloney, Shannon; Raja, Anam; Baer, Ruth; Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne; Byford, Sarah; Crane, Catherine; Dalgleish, Tim; De Wilde, Katherine; Ford, Tamsin; Greenberg, Mark; Hinze, Verena; Lord, Liz; Radley, Lucy; Opaleye, Emerita Satiro; Taylor, Laura; Ukoumunne, Obioha C.; Viner, Russell; Kuyken, Willem; Montero-Marin, Jesus – Prevention Science, 2022
There is evidence that universal school-based mindfulness training (SBMT) can have positive effects for young people. However, it is unknown who benefits most from such training, how training exerts effects, and how implementation impacts effects. This study aimed to provide an overview of the evidence on the mediators, moderators, and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Educational Benefits, Educational Environment
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Wilde, Stephanie; Wright, Susannah – London Review of Education, 2007
This paper examines the views of staff at higher education institutions on how well 14-19 education and training prepares young people for higher education (HE) study. It draws upon research involving focus groups with approximately 250 academic and admissions staff at 21 higher education institutions in England and Wales. The data collection was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary Education, Articulation (Education), Readiness
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Sacheck, Jennifer M.; Morgan, Emily H.; Wilde, Parke; Griffin, Timothy; Nahar, Elizabeth; Economos, Christina D. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2012
Purpose/Objective: This case study identified common elements of three diverse New England school districts that were real-world models of improving school meals. Methods: School districts that had greater than 1,000 students, [greater than or equal to]3 schools, and [greater than or equal to]40% of students who qualified for free- or…
Descriptors: School Activities, School Districts, Nutrition, Child Health
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Wilde, Elizabeth Ty; Hollister, Robinson – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
In recent years, propensity score matching (PSM) has gained attention as a potential method for estimating the impact of public policy programs in the absence of experimental evaluations. In this study, we evaluate the usefulness of PSM for estimating the impact of a program change in an educational context (Tennessee's Student Teacher Achievement…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Achievement Tests, Scores, Class Size
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Wilde, Melanie E.; Sage, Rosemary – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
Children's communicative competence is essential and predictive of their success in school. However, in England in recent years we have faced particular challenges inculcating this understanding into primary and early years teachers' practice. Furthermore, some studies have raised concerns about children's communicative competence on school entry.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), Narration, Young Children
Savicki, Victor; Adams, Ingrid; Wilde, April; Binder, Frauke – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2008
When people travel from their own home culture to a different culture, they experience variations not only in terms of scenery and societal arrangements, but also in terms of daily routines, interpersonal interactions, and expectations. Many differences are based on the divergence in underlying values and concerns of the home versus the host…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cross Cultural Training, Depression (Psychology), Study Abroad
Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, MD. – 1971
The report describes general education courses offered at Wilde Lake High School--a school that maintains a flexible environment conducive to learning and hopefully fosters individual development and growth. The aim of the school is to create an environment that helps students: adjust and cope with their environment outside the school; develop…
Descriptors: Art, Educational Environment, English, Home Economics
Shapiro, Elika A.; Morgan, Kara Puklich; Wilde, Laura K. – Communique, 2008
As public schools across the nation begin to implement the response to intervention (RTI) model of service delivery, school psychologists may find themselves in the difficult position of trying to balance the need to collaborate as part of a problem-solving team with their duty to uphold legal and ethical obligations surrounding informed consent…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Confidentiality, Guidelines, Ethics
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Hoban, Russell – Children's Literature in Education, 1997
Reflects on the author's childhood reading experiences and explorations of his father's library. Examines one book in particular, Oscar Wilde's collection of stories entitled, "A House of Pomegranates." (TB)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literary Criticism
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Shea, Peter; Hayes, Suzanne; Smith, Sedef Uzuner; Vickers, Jason; Bidjerano, Temi; Pickett, Alexandra; Gozza-Cohen, Mary; Wilde, Jane; Jian, Shoubang – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
This paper presents an empirical study grounded in the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison, Anderson Archer, 2000) and employs quantitative content analysis of student discourse and other artifacts of learning in online courses in an effort to enhance and improve the framework and offer practical implications for online education. As a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Content Analysis, Learner Engagement, Models
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Monsman, Gerald – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1971
Pater's theory of aesthetics is discussed and his influence on Oscar Wilde is briefly noted. (SP)
Descriptors: English Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Influences, Nineteenth Century Literature
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Wilde, Michelle L.; Epperson, Annie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
A growing number of American Library Association (ALA)-accredited library schools are offering distance education graduate programs, sparking a debate about the quality and acceptance of such degrees. Alumni of distance education Library and Information Science (LIS) programs were surveyed about their distance education experiences. Survey results…
Descriptors: Library Schools, Distance Education, Graduate Study, Alumni
Wilde, Susie – 1997
This book takes the elementary school teacher through all the paces needed to conduct a 2-day writing marathon in the classroom. According to the book, working as a team and having the opportunity to write without interruption are the main goals of a "write-a-thon," but play is a key element to its success. The book explains step-by-step…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Wilde, Cindy – 1981
This monograph offers a process model developed by the Fremont Union High School District (California) for the implementation of Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) at industry sites for minority employees who have limited English proficiency and are unable to continue classes in a traditional manner. The following areas are covered:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
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