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The Development of Chinese Fluency during Study Abroad in China
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Du, Hang – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This article is part of a longitudinal study of American college students studying Mandarin in China. Its main data are drawn from monthly speaking events (four sessions with each student) conducted in Chinese with each of 29 participants in a study-abroad program in China. The study yielded these results: (a) Students made significant progress in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Longitudinal Studies, College Students
Successful Undergraduate Mathematicians: A Study of Students in Two Universities
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Brown, Margaret; Rodd, Melissa – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
As part of an ESRC-funded longitudinal study, "Student Experiences of University Mathematics," we followed a cohort of undergraduate mathematics students at two traditional universities with high ratings for research and teaching. This report centres on interpretations of successful students' engagement with their course as gleaned from in-depth…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Interviews
An Analysis of Teacher Activities & Student Outcomes in Secondary School Resource Room Programs for Mildly Handicapped Students. Final Report.
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Rieth, Herbert J.; Ocala, Cynthia – 1984
The study, involving 15 Indiana high school resource room teachers, focused on three aspects of resource room programming: (1) teachers' perceptions of their roles as resource room teachers and perceived concerns regarding the provision of services to mildly handicapped adolescents; (2) role-related activities of secondary resource room teachers;…
Descriptors: High Schools, Interviews, Mild Disabilities, Resource Room Programs
ESL Writing Assessment Prompts: How Students Choose.
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Polio, Charlene; Glew, Margo – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1996
Examines how English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students choose a prompt from several options on a timed-writing exam. Researchers interviewed 26 students after observing them taking a writing exam. Findings indicate that students' background knowledge, question type, and topic specificity influence their decision and that time is not an…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cues
Instructional Tips: Supporting the Educational Needs of Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
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Ryan, Susan Marie – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2006
The Center on Disease Control, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (2005) identified the prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) as being 10 per 1,000. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has further explained (2005) that FASD now outranks autism and Down syndrome in prevalence.…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Incidence, Mental Health, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Reading: An Indispensable Subject for All Middle Grades Students.
Indiana Media Journal, 1996
Advocates the need for reading instruction to be a required class for all middle grade students in Indiana. Topics include decline of library usage, school organizational change, schedule changes and the shift to "language arts," time on task, questions for interviewing prospective reading teachers, a reading curriculum, useful…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Interviews