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Download full textArum, Richard; Roksa, Josipa; Cho, Esther – Social Science Research Council, 2011
The authors have systematically investigated the state of undergraduate learning in contemporary colleges and universities. Following several thousand traditional-age students as they enrolled in coursework from Fall 2005 to Spring 2009, across a wide range of four-year colleges and universities, the authors found a set of conditions suggesting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Study, Educational Indicators, College Outcomes Assessment
Scissons, Edward H. – Engineering Education, 1984
Determined if there are differences in the assessed abilities of Canadian engineers based on length of tenure as an engineer. Also determined if there are differences in abilities between Canadian engineers who have a basic engineering degree and those who have a graduate degree in addition to the basic requirements. (JN)
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Engineering Education
Bowen, Dorothy N.; Bowen, Earle A., Jr. – 1988
Differences between the learning styles of Western and African students are highlighted in this discussion of theological education in African schools. Since many of the teachers in theological institutions are either westerners, or have been educated in the West, Western learning style is the one most rewarded in the classroom, and those students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Field Dependence Independence, Foreign Countries
Marchant, Maurice P. – 1994
This book discusses the motivations that cause adults to go to the public library. It is grouped into eight sections concerning: (1) the research methodology and results used to determine four motivators that were good predictors of library use; (2) the development of library research; (3) several characteristics of library users in terms of…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Characteristics
Silberstein, Sandra – 1983
The textbuilding conventions of courtship narratives told by older women of contrasting ethnic minorities are examined. Listener responses to the stories indicate that storytelling conventions are not shared or understood by all listeners. It is proposed that membership in different speech communities based on factors such as age, sex, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)
Miller, Cynthia; Knox, Virginia – 2001
Parents' Fair Share (PFS) was a national demonstration program to help low-income noncustodial parents find more stable and better-paying jobs, pay child support consistently, and become more involved parents. PFS provided the following services: employment and training services; peer support groups; voluntary mediation between parents; and…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Child Support, Comparative Analysis, Conflict Resolution
