The benefits of Facebook "friends": Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites
by Nicole B. Ellison, Charles Steinfield, Cliff Lampe - Retrieved March 27, 2008, from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html , 2007
"... This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one's ability to stay connecte ..."
connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we call maintained social capital. Regression analyses conducted on results from a survey of undergraduate students (N = 286) suggest a strong association between use of Facebook and the three types of social capital, with the strongest rela
Experimental Estimates of Education Production Functions
by Alan B. Krueger - Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section Working Paper No. 379 , 1997
"... This paper analyzes data on 11,600 students and their teachers who were randomly assigned to different size classes from kindergarten through third grade. Statistical methods are used to adjust for nonrandom attrition and transitions between classes. The main conclusions are (1) on average, performa ..."
This paper analyzes data on 11,600 students and their teachers who were randomly assigned to different size classes from kindergarten through third grade. Statistical methods are used to adjust for nonrandom attrition and transitions between classes. The main conclusions are (1) on average
SIS: A System for Sequential Circuit Synthesis
by Ellen M. Sentovich, Kanwar Jit Singh, Luciano Lavagno, Cho Moon, Rajeev Murgai, Alexander Saldanha, Hamid Savoj, Paul R. Stephan, Robert K. Brayton, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli , 1992
"... SIS is an interactive tool for synthesis and optimization of sequential circuits. Given a state transition table, a signal transition graph, or a logic-level description of a sequential circuit, it produces an optimized net-list in the target technology while preserving the sequential input-output b ..."
SIS is an interactive tool for synthesis and optimization of sequential circuits. Given a state transition table, a signal transition graph, or a logic-level description of a sequential circuit, it produces an optimized net-list in the target technology while preserving the sequential input
Transfer of Cognitive Skill
by John R. Anderson , 1989
"... A framework for skill acquisition is proposed that includes two major stages in the development of a cognitive skill: a declarative stage in which facts about the skill domain are interpreted and a procedural stage in which the domain knowledge is directly embodied in procedures for performing the s ..."
the skill. This general framework has been instantiated in the ACT system in which facts are encoded in a propositional network and procedures are encoded as productions. Knowledge compilation is the process by which the skill transits from the declarative stage to the procedural stage. It consists
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
by Stephen D Krashen , 1982
"... This is the original version of Principles and Practice, as published in 1982, with only minor changes. It is gratifying to point out that many of the predictions made in this book were confirmed by subsequent research, for example, the superiority of comprehensible-input based methods and sheltered ..."
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best through comprehensible input (Krashen, 1989; 2003). I have changed my position on only one issue: At the end of Principles and Practice, I suggest the use of a form of deception- students may think they are acquiring vocabulary or learning subject matter, but unknown to them, they are acquiring
Case Studies Of Students Transitioning
by From An Alternative, From An, Alternative School Back, Falls Church Virginia, Irving C. Jones, Irving C. Jones
"... The purpose of this study is to identify critical elements that impact the transition of students who return from an alternative program back into their high school. In order to address the purpose of this study the following research questions have been investigated: a. What are the critical elem ..."
The purpose of this study is to identify critical elements that impact the transition of students who return from an alternative program back into their high school. In order to address the purpose of this study the following research questions have been investigated: a. What are the critical
STUDENTS ' TRANSITIONS TO FURTHER EDUCATION
by Christine Barker, Hilary Fabian
"... This case study focuses upon the transitional experiences of disaffected learners as they progress from secondary to tertiary education. It seeks to identify the both the positive factors and those that caused difficulties, and recommend ways of improving these for learners in order to encourage the ..."
This case study focuses upon the transitional experiences of disaffected learners as they progress from secondary to tertiary education. It seeks to identify the both the positive factors and those that caused difficulties, and recommend ways of improving these for learners in order to encourage
A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance
by Claude M. Steele - American Psychologist , 1997
"... A general theory of domain identification is used to describe achievement barriers still faced by women in advanced quantitative areas and by African Americans in school. The theory assumes that sustained school success requires identification with school and its subdomains; that societal pressures ..."
A general theory of domain identification is used to describe achievement barriers still faced by women in advanced quantitative areas and by African Americans in school. The theory assumes that sustained school success requires identification with school and its subdomains; that societal pressures on these groups (e.g., economic disadvantage, gender roles) can frustrate this identification; and that in school domains where these groups are negatively stereotyped, those who have become domain identified face the further barrier of stereotype threat, the threat that others ' judgments or their own actions will negatively stereotype them in the domain. Research shows that this threat dramatically depresses the standardized test performance of women and African Americans who are in the academic vanguard of their groups
The Architecture of Cognition
"... Spanning seven orders of magnitude: a challenge for ..."
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Spanning seven orders of magnitude: a challenge for
Emerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties
by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett - American Psychologist , 2000
"... Emerging adulthood is proposed as a new conception of development for the period from the late teens through the twenties, with a focus on ages 18-25. A theoretical back-ground is presented, Then evidence is provided to support the idea that emerging adulthood is a distinct period de-mographically, ..."
Emerging adulthood is proposed as a new conception of development for the period from the late teens through the twenties, with a focus on ages 18-25. A theoretical back-ground is presented, Then evidence is provided to support the idea that emerging adulthood is a distinct period de-mographically, subjectively, and in terms of identity explo-rations. How emerging adulthood iffers from adolescence and young adulthood is explained. Finally, a cultural con-text for the idea of emerging adulthood is outlined, and it is specified that emerging adulthood exists only in cultures that allow young people a prolonged period of independent role. exploration during the late teens and twenties. When our mothers were our age, they were engaged.... They at least had some idea what they were going to do with their lives.... I, on the other hand, will have a dual degree in majors