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The Lean Prescription for Non-Traditional Adult Learners
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Singh, Jitendra – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how lean management principles can be used in teaching and learning processes while preparing classes for non-traditional adult learners (NALs). Careful planning and the application of lean methods can result in NALs' enhanced engagement and success at academic institutions.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Curriculum Design, Administration
Fostering Parental Involvement in Writing: Development and Testing of the Program Cultivating Writing
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Camacho, Ana; Alves, Rui A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Learning to read and write efficiently is of the utmost importance in elementary school. However, writing is frequently difficult and can be demotivating for beginning writers. Fortunately these barriers can be partially alleviated with parental help. Many studies showed that parental involvement influences children's competence and motivation in…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Writing Instruction, Barriers, Parent Role
Relationships of Attitudes toward Homework and Time Spent on Homework to Course Outcomes: The Case of Foreign Language Learning
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Chang, Charles B.; Wall, Daniel; Tare, Medha; Golonka, Ewa; Vatz, Karen – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
In previous studies of homework in core academic subjects, positive student attitudes toward homework were linked to higher achievement, whereas time spent on homework showed an inconsistent relationship with achievement. This study examined the generalizability of these findings to foreign language learning by analyzing 2,342 adult students'…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Homework
Virtual Project Management: Examining the Roles and Functions of Online Instructors in Creating Learning Applications with Value
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Barrett, Bob – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
While many students and instructors are transitioning from the brick-and-mortar classrooms to virtual classrooms, labs, and simulations, this requires a higher-level of expertise, control, and perseverance by the instructor. Traditional methods of teaching, leading, managing, and organizing learn activities has changed in terms of the virtual…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Program Administration, Web Based Instruction, Teacher Role
Implementing Writing Support Circles with Adult Learners in a Nonformal Education Setting: Priority, Practice, and Process
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Plakhotnik, Maria S.; Rocco, Tonette S. – Adult Learning, 2012
Most students come to their graduate programs with academic writing skills insufficient to excel in their studies. A lack of academic writing skills among graduate students has been a problem in a college of education at a large southeastern public research university where the project described in this article was implemented. To address this…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Nonformal Education, Writing (Composition), Research Universities
The College of Education Family Literacy Program: Exploring the Literacy Experiences of Latino Families
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Fessinger, Rosemary Kubiak – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study presents the results of a fifteen-month research project conducted with a group of Latina (Mexicana) immigrant mothers who took part in an after-school family literacy program that was grounded in a participatory approach to education. This family literacy program emphasized a "strengths" perspective by acknowledging the rich resources…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mothers, Family Literacy, Social Networks