A theorem by Wilks asserts that in smooth parametric density estimation the difference between the maximum likelihood and the likelihood of the sampling distribution converges toward a chi-square distribution where the number of degrees of freedom coincides with the model dimension. This observation is at the core of some goodness-of-fit testing procedures and of some classical model selection ...

Objectives: This paper aims to determine the factors that affect position of deaf children within professional treatment procedure and family environment. Methods: The sample consisted 217 respondents, which 94 were parents hard-of-hearing 123 respondents professionals. Qualitative quantitative analyses applied for processing results. Testing was performed with Wilks lambda, tested significance...

Predictors of teacher effectiveness in relation to student achievement are based on the ability use a range evidence-based teaching strategies. Australia’s Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG) report that some tertiary providers working with pre-service teachers (PSTs) using pedagogical practices which not informed by established research. This paper reports impact student-centr...

This study investigated the effect of reciprocal teaching (RT) on EFL learners’ reading comprehension. Fifty intermediate learners participated in the study and were sampled as the experimental (n = 25) and control groups (n = 25). Participants were male and ranged in age from 15 to 16. The Reading section of Key English Test (KET, 2010) was used as the pretest to assess the participants’ entry...