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Nontraditional Student Withdrawal from Undergraduate Accounting Programmes: A Holistic Perspective
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Fortin, Anne; Sauvé, Louise; Viger, Chantal; Landry, France – Accounting Education, 2016
A collaborative project of several Quebec universities, this study investigates nontraditional student withdrawal from undergraduate accounting programmes. A nontraditional student is older than 24, or is a commuter or a part-time student, or combines some of these characteristics. Univariate and multivariate analyses of student dropout factors…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Withdrawal (Education), Grade Point Average, Regression (Statistics)
Adult ESL and Literacy: Issues and Options. Working Paper Summer Institute 2008
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Wrigley, Heide Spruck – Centre for Literacy, 2008
In this paper, the author would like to put forward a number of issues to think about and discuss. At the same time, she argues for a better articulated system that more closely matches the needs and goals of various subgroups of English language learners. Adult ESL programs serve diverse immigrant populations with different needs and goals. A…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adult Literacy, English Language Learners, Immigrants
Inventions and Conventions: A Story about Capital Numbers.
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Brizuela, Barbara – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Argues that inventions are of the utmost importance in knowledge development, and that conventions play an important role in inventions by providing support for their development. This position borrows from Piaget's perspective regarding figurative and operative aspects of thought. Contains 22 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies