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A Systematic Review of Factors Influencing English Language Competency for Ethnic Minority Students: An Ecological Systems Theory Perspective
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Panzhen Zhao; Aminuddin Hassan; Nur Aimi Nasuha Burhanuddin – Cogent Education, 2024
The English language is a catalyst for economic growth, modernization, and globalization. In this milieu, English language competency--defined as the practical ability to use English effectively in diverse contexts, encompassing linguistic, cognitive, and intercultural skills--is recognized as an essential skill (Amor et al., 2023). Research on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Children's Creativity: A Theoretical Framework and Systematic Review
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Kupers, Elisa; Lehmann-Wermser, Andreas; McPherson, Gary; van Geert, Paul – Review of Educational Research, 2019
Within education, the importance of creativity is recognized as an essential 21st-century skill. Based on this premise, the first aim of this article is to provide a theoretical integration through the development of a framework based on the principles of complex dynamic systems theory, which describes and explains children's creativity. This…
Descriptors: Children, Creativity, Child Development, Student Development
Individual Variations within the Vocational Decision Making Process: A Review and Integration.
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Walsh, Donna J. – Journal of Career Development, 1987
Provides a comprehensive view of the decision-making process as it relates to career choice. The steps in this process are (1) problem identification, (2) generation of alternatives, (3) information gathering, and (4) evaluation of alternatives. Individual variations are summarized. (CH)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Individual Differences, Problem Solving
Experiments with Computer-Simulated Microworlds: Escaping Both the Narrow Straits of the Laboratory and the Deep Blue Sea of the Field Study.
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Brehmer, Berndt; Dorner, Dietrich – Computers in Human Behavior, 1993
Discusses experimental work with computer-simulated microworlds as a means for overcoming the tension between laboratory research and field research in psychology. Topics addressed include characteristics of microworlds; examples of microworlds; and three approaches to research with microworlds, including the individual differences approach, case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Simulation, Field Studies, Individual Differences
Distance Education Effectiveness: A Systems Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Distance Education.
Dean, Raymond; And Others – ED, Education at a Distance, 1995
Reviews problems with research in determining the effectiveness of distance education, and presents a systems model to be used as a framework upon which researchers can build. The telecommunications in instruction model incorporates learner variables, instructor variables, presentational elements, course content elements, and distance education…
Descriptors: Course Content, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Individual Differences
New Directions in the Study of Family-Level Dynamics During Infancy and Early Childhood.
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McHale, James P.; Kuersten, Regina; Lauretti, Allison – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Examines new studies of family-level dynamics that explain individual variability in early socioemotional development. Shows that family processes help explain unique variance in conceptually related measures of child development. Reviews studies showing prospective links between family processes during infancy and behavior at age 4, and…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Relationship
What Develops in Emotional Development? Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy Series.
Mascolo, Michael, F. Ed.; Griffin, Sharon, Ed. – 1998
It is difficult to make progress in the study of emotions and emotional development if the meanings assigned to central constructs vary widely across investigators. This book clarifies and synthesizes the different ways in which emotion researchers approach fundamental questions about the nature of emotion and emotional development. Theorist and…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Anger