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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Question Type"”.
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The Pretesting Effect: How Question-Type and Structure Building Ability Impact Learning
… research shows that answering pre-study test questions can enhance learning (the pretesting effect). However, most of the pretesting literature has only examined the learning benefits of asking closed-ended pretest questions (i.e., fill-in-the-blank). Whereas learning benefits have been found …
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Toward Enhancing Automated Credibility Assessment: A Model for Question Type Classification and Tools for Linguistic Analysis
… of this dissertation were to develop a question type model for predicting linguistic features of responses to interview questions, create a tool for linguistic analysis of documents, and use lexical bundle analysis to identify linguistic differences between fraudulent and non-fraudulent …
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The Effects of Embedded Question Type and Locus of Control on Processing Depth, Knowledge Gain, and Attitude Change in a Computer-Based Interactive Video Environment
The differential effectiveness of two types of adjunct embedded questions in facilitating deep processing, increased knowledge gain, and increased positive attitude change was examined in this two-session laboratory study. In session one, subjects completed a measure of locus of control (LOC) …
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Examining the Relationship Between Fact Learning and Higher Order Learning via Retrieval Practice
… engaged in retrieval practice with basic concept questions, higher order questions, or a mix of question types. Performance was measured after a two-day delay on both concept and higher order questions in order to determine the type of retrieval practice that produced the greatest level of delayed …
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Conjugate-lateral eye movement behavior in later childhood
… of the stimulus characteristics of reflective questions of verbal and spatial nature on the conjugate-lateral eye movement (CLEM) behavior of right-handed children from fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. A major objective was to determine whether data on children’s CLEM responses would better …
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The effect of access to test item pools on student achievement and student study habits
… group. A test item pool was furnished as study questions for the two treatment groups defined as unlimited access and just-in-time access groups. A control group did not have access to the study questions. The unlimited access group received all questions on computer disk at the beginning of the …
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Surveys as communication : it's not just what you ask, but how you ask it
… This research sought to study the effects of question type and involvement on a number of outcomes of survey participation. Respondents participated in an online survey experiment about one of four issues (universal health care, same-sex marriage, copyrighted music file-sharing, or space …
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An analysis of maternal questions to young deaf children during storybook reading
An examination of the frequency and types of questions that five mothers used during storybook reading sessions with their three and four-year-old deaf daughters was conducted. Relationships between frequency and type of questions and child Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) measurements, between …
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The Effect of Caregiver Question Types On Disruptive Behavior in Dementia Patients
… individuals were categorized as statements or questions. The language forms of caregiver questions were categorized by question type (yes/no, open-ended, clarifications, repetitions, or multiple-choice) and content (emotional or non-emotional). Resident responses following the caregivers' …
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The Effects of Oral Repeated Reading With and Without Corrective Feedback on the Fluency and Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Text for Struggling Readers
… of narrative and expository texts and by type of comprehension questions. Students were randomly assigned to one of two reading groups (oral repeated reading with corrective feedback and oral repeated reading without corrective feedback). Participants in each group were required to …
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Child witnesses in Scottish criminal courts
… by overly leading, complex, and confusing questioning – has come under increased scrutiny. The present program of research was designed to investigate: 1) four features of lawyers’ questioning techniques (question type [Chapter 1], linguistic complexity [Chapter 2], question repetition …
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The effect on comprehension of teaching selected vocabulary prior to reading an eleventh grade social studies passage
… were asked to answer sixteen multiple choice questions. The questions were classified as vocabulary specific and general.The sum of the means for specific and general questions and the difference between the means of specific and general questions were calculated in order to determine if …
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American Registry Of Radiologic Technologists Exam Preparation: A Case Study
… national averages from 2013-2018. Three research questions and various sub questions guided this case study. The research questions were answered by collecting and analyzing a variety of qualitative and quantitative datasets. The qualitative datasets were retrospective end of semester course …
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Individual Differences in Function Learning as They Relate to the Learning of Conceptual Information
… that there may be two qualitatively different types of learners: those who remember distinct example associations: exemplar learners) and others who abstract rules that govern each association: rule learners; DeLosh, Busemeyer, & McDaniel, 1997). Data from two unpublished studies: McDaniel, …
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The role of Question-Answer Congruence (QAC) in child language and adult sentence processing
… investigates experimentally the role of Question-Answer Congruence (QAC, von Stechow 1990, Rooth 1985, 1992) in child language acquisition and adult sentence processing. Specifically, I present two case studies: sentences with "only" and sentences with the Rise-Fall-Rise contour (RFR, …
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The relative effectiveness of different forms of microteaching incorporating a sensitisation approach
… and emphasised the usefulness of various questioning strategies and the development of sensitive and flexible control of a repertoire of questioning skills. The subjects were 96 student teachers in the primary school division of a New Zealand Teachers College. Three sets of treatments were …
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An investigation of the effects of two modes of prereading assistance on fifth graders' literal and interpretive comprehension of selected material
… assistance studies were Directed Reading Question introductions (tape-recorded prereading assistance given pupils which set purposes for reading by having them read to find answers for specific questions) and Cognitive Organizer introductions (tape-recorded prereading assistance given …