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Meng, Qian; Zhu, Chang; Cao, Chun – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
This study examined global competence of Chinese international students sojourning in a non-Anglophone European country as a mediator between foreign language proficiency (i.e., English and local language) and social and academic adaptation, and social connectedness in international community. A sample of 206 Chinese students in Belgium responded…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Adjustment, Student Adjustment
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Van Severen, Lieve; Van Den Berg, Renate; Molemans, Inge; Gillis, Steven – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
Consonant inventories are commonly drawn to assess the phonological acquisition of toddlers. However, the spontaneous speech data that are analysed often vary substantially in size and composition. Consequently, comparisons between children and across studies are fundamentally hampered. This study aims to examine the effect of sample size on the…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Toddlers, Indo European Languages, Speech
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Vanderhoven, Ellen; Schellens, Tammy; Valcke, Martin – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2013
The growing popularity of social network sites (SNS) is causing concerns about privacy and security, especially with teenagers, since they show various forms of unsafe behavior on SNS. It has been put forth by researchers, teachers, parents, and teenagers that school is ideally placed to educate teens about risks on SNS and to teach youngsters how…
Descriptors: Safety, Risk, Adolescents, Students
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Sotos, Ana Elisa Castro; Vanhoof, Stijn; Van den Noortgate, Wim; Onghena, Patrick – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
Both researchers and teachers of statistics have made considerable efforts during the last decades to re-conceptualize statistics courses in accordance with the general reform movement in mathematics education. However, students still hold misconceptions about statistical inference even after following a reformed course. The study presented in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Inference