Reading and listening at three school stages: cloze tests and their response analysis     

Helen Mulholland  Mary Neville 《Journal of Research in Reading》1989,12(1):29-48

This paper reports the results of cloze tests in the reading and listening modes together with a computer analysis of responses to the tests. The subjects were groups of Scottish school children at the ages of 8-9, 11-12 and 13–14 years sampled over the whole country as part of a national survey of English language; the cloze tests were only a small part of the whole testing programme which also contained three other major reading tests. Approximately 400 subjects took cloze tests in each mode at each age. The test material was the same throughout for all stages tested. Two tests, each containing one narrative and one expository text were used. The mode of presentation did not significantly affect the types of cloze responses offered nor the total scores of the tests at any stage. However, results indicated better performance for older subjects when they read, and for the youngest group when they listened to, expository though not narrative passages. The comparisons of the results for the three different school stages showed continuing interdependence of reading and listening ability through the ages tested. The different cloze response patterns for the two types of text (in either mode) as well as the only moderate correlation between the texts, indicated that success in comprehending narratives may not necessarily transfer to comprehending information.  相似文献   

Recent Conceptions of Children's Learning: Implications for Classroom Practice     

Neville Bennett 《Asia Pacific Journal of Education》1992,12(1):1-11

This paper was presented as the Ruth Wong Memorial Lecture at the National University of Singapore on 5th March 1991.  相似文献   

Oxfordshire Looks Towards the Future     

Neville Jones 《British Journal of Special Education》1981,8(2):23-25

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Schools as Partners in the Family Literacy Small Grants Initiative     

Louise Poulson  Neville Bennett  Flora Macleod  David Wray 《Literacy》1995,29(3):18-22

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Planning schools for use of audio-visual materials     

Neville Pearson 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1957,5(4):546-549

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Teachers' Images of their Schools and Perceptions of their Work Environments     

Darrell Fisher  Neville Grady 《School Effectiveness & School Improvement》2013,24(3):334-348

The Images of Schools through Metaphor (ISM) was developed as a simple, economical questionnaire to allow school leaders and researchers to survey teachers' images of their school. The article describes briefly aspects of the development and validation of this questionnaire and its application in an investigation of relationships between teachers' images of their schools and their perceptions of its work environment as assessed by the School Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ). The sample used consisted of 162 teachers in 48 schools in Tasmania, Australia, each of whom completed both the ISM and the SLEQ. The various results revealed were generally of considerable statistical significance indicating a strong relationship between the images teachers have of their school and the perceptions they have of its work environment.  相似文献   

Relationship between a 14-Day Recall Measure of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and a Submaximal Test of Physical Work Capacity in a Population Sample of Australian Adults     

Michael L. Booth PhD  Neville Owen  Adrian Bauman  Christopher J. Gore 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(2):221-227

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This paper reports on the validity of a 14-day recall measure of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) in a sample of Australian adults (N = 986). Submaximal cycle ergometry was used to assess physical work capacity per kilogram of body mass (pwc75/kg). The self-report energy expenditure estimates were used to categorize respondents as vigorously active, moderately active, and low active/sedentary. Multiple regression analyses showed that pwc75/kg increased significantly across energy expenditure categories for adults aged less than 40 years; that the vigorous and moderate activity categories had greater mean pwc75/kg values than the low/sedentary category for 40 to 59-year-olds; and, that there were no differences in pwc75/kg between activity categories for those aged 60 years or older.  相似文献   

An Australian Version of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: Validity Evidence     

Ester Cerin  Eva Leslie  Neville Owen  Adrian Bauman 《Measurement in physical education and exercise science》2013,17(1):31-51

This study examined validity evidence for the Australian version of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS-AU). A stratified two-stage cluster sampling design was used to recruit 2,650 adults from Adelaide (Australia). The sample was drawn from residential addresses within eight high-walkable and eight low-walkable suburbs matched for socio-economic status (SES). Neighborhood walkability was measured using Geographic Information Systems data on dwelling density, intersection density, net retail area, and land-use mix. Participants completed the NEWS-AU and reported weekly minutes of walking for transport and recreation (International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ]). Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA) was used to define the individual- and Census Collection District (CCD)-level measurement model of the NEWS-AU. Seven individual-level and five CCD-level factors were identified. These measurement models were somewhat similar to those of the original Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS). Patterns of associations between the NEWS-AU factors/scales and the walking measures provided some validity evidence for the instrument.  相似文献   

Research, publication, and service patterns of Florida academic librarians     

Deborah B. Henry  Tina M. Neville 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2004,30(6):435-451

In an effort to establish benchmarks for comparison to national trends, a web-based survey explored the research, publication, and service activities of Florida academic librarians. Participants ranked the importance of professional activities to the tenure/promotion process. Findings suggest that perceived tenure and promotion demands do influence research productivity.  相似文献   

A Tale of Six Cities     

Neville Hunt 《Teaching Statistics》1994,16(1):5-8

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