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Factors Affecting Principals' Leadership as Facilitators of Curriculum Change: A Multivariate Approach.
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Ben-Peretz, Miriam; Avi-Itzhak, Tamar E. – 1985
Sixty-nine Israeli school principals completed questionnaires designed to reveal the factors contributing to the leadership styles they used when initiating curricular changes. The principals fell into three leadership categories: "Initiators," who seek change in accordance with long range policies and goals; "Responders," who…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Attitudes and Cultural Background and Their Relationship to Reading Comprehension in a Second Language: A Comparison of Three Different Social Contexts.
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Abu-Rabia, Salim – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates the relationship of attitudes and cultural background to reading comprehension in the second language (L2) of Israeli Arab students learning Hebrew and Israeli Jewish and Canadian Arab students learning English. Results showed that the motivation of students to learning their L2 was instrumental rather than integrative, regardless of…
Descriptors: Arabs, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)