Showing papers by "Georgia College & State University published in 1983"
TL;DR: In this paper, a study operationally defined and studied the five learning levels hypothesized by P. M. van Hiele and D. van Geldof and found that the typical student was not ready for a formal deductive geometry course.
Abstract: This study operationally defined and studied the five learning levels hypothesized by P. M. van Hiele and D. van Hiele-Geldof. Tasks were designed for the first four levels using seven common geometric concepts and revised after review by 11 mathematics educators. Audiotaped interviews were given to 19 preservice elementary teachers, 13 of whom had studied high school geometry. Guttman's scalogram analysis showed that the tasks representing the levels formed a hierarchy. A test of consensus revealed that students were on different levels for different concepts. Responses, in general, showed that the typical student in the study was not ready for a formal deductive geometry course.
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TL;DR: Although there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that children hold a positive stereotype toward a mesomorph (normal) build when compared to other builds, and that this preference increases with age, studies have not convincingly shown a negative stereotype toward the endomorph or obese body build.
79 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined the ideological consensus and diversity evident in the national protest over nuclear power and found that there is a significant overlap between the ideological themes of the movement and the individual beliefs of antinuclear demonstrators.
Abstract: Utilizing survey data for demonstrators at a national antinuclear rally (N=420), as well as a thematic review of the antinuclear literature, this paper examines ideological consensus and diversity evident in the national protest over nuclear power. Our findings reveal a significant amount of overlap between the ideological themes of the movement and the individual beliefs of antinuclear demonstrators. While the demonstrators display a diversity of opinion in their reasons for opposing nuclear power, there is a consensus of belief that future solutions entail shutting down nuclear plants and replacing them with alternative energy sources and conservation programs. Moreover, there is a consensus of belief among demonstrators regarding the values underlying their rationale for movement participation, values that both challenge and incorporate larger dominant beliefs of American society. The implications of these findings for movement theories are suggested.
33 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, male patrons of two bars rated the attractiveness of their female counterparts at three different locations in the same city at different times of the day, in an attempt to replicate and extend a portion of an earlier study of Pennebaker et al.
Abstract: As part of an attempt to replicate and extend a portion of an earlier study of Pennebaker, et al., male patrons of two bars rated the attractiveness of their female counterparts at three different ...
8 citations
TL;DR: A free-response measure of problem identification skills entitled the Clinton Assessment of Problem Identification Skills for Instructional Supervisors (CAPIS) is described in this paper, which yielded an equivalence reliability estimate of.76.
Abstract: A free-response measure of problem identification skills entitled the Clinton Assessment of Problem Identification Skills for Instructional Supervisors (CAPIS) is described. The two forms, each with three scenarios, yielded an equivalence reliability estimate of .76. Score-rescore coefficients of .71 and .67 were noted for Forms A and B, respectively, of the CAPIS. In addition, correlations of .42 (Form A) and .54 (Form B) between the CAPIS and the Merrifield-Guilford Seeing Problems test were observed. Significant differences between mean CAPIS scores for individuals experiencing a two-hour problem identification training session and for those in a control group were also noted.
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