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Download full textTzur, Sharon; Katz, Adi; Davidovich, Nitza – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study addresses the effectiveness of learning via educational software. Recent decades have seen the integration of technologies, which are changing teaching and transforming teachers into mediating, facilitating, and guiding figures by means of digital learning methods that serve as a major tool in schools, colleges, and universities. The…
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Instructional Effectiveness
Direct linkMiller, Zachary F.; Crowther, Dustin – Applied Language Learning, 2020
Using a case study design, we compared two prior-service cadets learning Portuguese at a United States (U.S.) military academy on how they dealt with aspects of foreign language learning (FLL). In particular, we explored how three specific components contributed to the formation of the cadets' second language (L2) motivational selves. These were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept, Learning Motivation
Hughes, Haning – Applied Language Learning, 2018
Students at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) are required to study a foreign language. In order to place students into appropriate language courses, especially less commonly taught languages defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), effective language placement policies are essential. The author…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Armed Forces, Student Placement, Second Language Instruction
Covert, Clinton Mark – 2002
A study identified and compared characteristics of enlisted soldiers who participated in postsecondary educational offerings to those who did not and identified barriers to participation for participants and nonparticipants. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 92 soldiers at one Army installation. Nonparticipants named these…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Armed Forces, Career Change
Baldwin, Robert D. – 1978
For more than twenty years controversy has existed in the Armed Forces over the kind of knowledge and training electronic maintenance technicians should have. The Navy and Air Force have conducted research projects in this area, and for the Army the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) has developed several methods to improve the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories
Covert, Clinton M. – 2002
A qualitative case study approach with individual and focus group interviews identified senior enlisted Army soldiers' primary motivations and perceived barriers to postsecondary education participation. The 92 interviewees shared these common characteristics: they were enlisted soldiers, were older, attended college part time, worked full time,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
