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Subrahmanyam, Jeyanthi – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Mathematics is an important component of school education. It teaches us to think logically. But learning this subject is not easy due to its abstract nature. Students find it difficult to learn mathematics due to a lack of interest in the subject. Nowadays schools give importance to grades and marks rather than teaching the subject interestingly.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, High School Students, Student Interests, Learning Strategies
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Mitchell, Lynne; Paras, Andrea – Intercultural Education, 2018
Why do some study abroad students improve their intercultural skills, while others revert to less sophisticated ways of making sense of cultural difference? Both intercultural competence theory and transformative learning theory attempt to explain why student intercultural learning occurs, but they only provide partial answers. Building on our…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Study Abroad, Cultural Differences, Transformative Learning
Shilna, V.; Gafoor, K. A. – Online Submission, 2015
Chemistry has been looked upon as a challenging subject by teachers, students and researchers because of the abstract nature of content in chemistry, teaching styles applied in class, and the difficulty of the language of chemistry. Cognitive load for the novice learner has a significant role in creating difficulties in chemistry learning.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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Mahapatra, Shamita; Das, J. P.; Stack-Cutler, Holly; Parrila, Rauno – Reading Psychology, 2010
The efficacy of a cognitive-based remediation program was investigated with 14 English-as-a-second-language (ESL) poor readers in Grade 4 who had significant difficulty in comprehension and 14 normal ESL readers in Grade 4 who received no remediation. Both groups were selected from 2 English-medium schools in India. We examined pretest-to-posttest…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hantula, James – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1986
Shows how to use common topics within area studies to develop important social studies skills. The example provided illustrates how to develop data analysis, data evaluation, problem solving, and map skills using the topics of bamboo and the Bhopal, India, chemical disaster. (JDH)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies