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Monica del Pilar Zegers Larrain – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While the study of family literacy in Latino communities has grown in the U.S. since the 1990s, this is a nascent research area in Latin America, with Chile being no exception. Limited information is available about the impact of parents' literacy practice on child literacy outcomes at different developmental stages, the shared reading practices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Reading Comprehension, Parents
Okafor, Stella – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Disability is a common phenomenon globally, an experience that comes with many challenges and stress. This study focused on culture's role in the well-being and education of children with disabilities within a Nigerian cultural context. The specific problem this study addressed is that the well-being and education of children with disabilities…
Descriptors: Well Being, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities
Blau, Shane Reuven – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Infants are born highly sensitive to the natural patterns found in languages. They use their perceptual sensitivity to acquire detailed information about the structure of languages in their environment. To date, most studies of infant perception and early language acquisition have investigated spoken/auditory languages and hearing infants (e.g.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Linguistic Input, Language Patterns, Infants
Yang, Brooke Na – ProQuest LLC, 2019
With e-learning being increasingly recognized as effective in supporting professional and organizational performance, much needs to be known about e-learners' experiences and its influence on the performance on individual and organizational levels. This Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study explored learning experiences of e-learners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Learning Motivation, Electronic Learning
Noel, Lesley-Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The last two years of primary school in Trinidad and Tobago are marked by preparation for national standardized tests. The focus on preparing for these tests impacts teaching and learning strategies, as there is a shift to teacher centered classrooms and teaching strategies that depend on rote learning and memorization. This study explored how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Rural Schools, Design
Sanchez, Alonso – ProQuest LLC, 2016
It is well established that children's early life environments can have significant consequences on their long-term outcomes. Yet, there is still limited empirical evidence on the effects that being exposed during the prenatal and early postnatal periods to positive shocks, such as conditional cash transfers, has on long-term cognitive function.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Prenatal Influences, Perinatal Influences
Lawson, Lynne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Many American preschool children enter kindergarten without the emergent literacy skills needed to learn to read. To address this problem, this multicase qualitative study investigated the emergent literacy practices at Steiner Waldorf-inspired and Reggio Emilia-inspired schools. The research questions focused on how alternative preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Reggio Emilia Approach, Teaching Methods, Emergent Literacy
Lindsley, Robert Bugden – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A recent movement in international development has seen the expansion of capacity development activities to include adaptive approaches to education. Adaptive approaches are distinct from traditional approaches to education as they seek not only to provide new knowledge, but to cultivate more complex and flexible qualities of mind. Borrowed from…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cultural Context, Cognitive Development, Adults
Ampaabeng, Samuel Kofi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines the determinants of student outcomes--achievement, attainment, occupational choices and earnings--in three different contexts. The first two chapters focus on Ghana while the final chapter focuses on the US state of Massachusetts. In the first chapter, I exploit the incidence of famine and malnutrition that resulted to…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Vocational Education
Park, MiKyong – ProQuest LLC, 2012
How do we Christian educators help children live their lives holistically? The purpose of this study is to address this question and to examine a method for children and Christian families in Korea to form Christian faith through daily rituals at home. Using participant observation and focus group interviews, I examined what the children and…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Education, Teacher Attitudes, Cognitive Development
Adolescent Developmental Experiences and Participation in Extracurricular Activities in Saudi Arabia
Alfnifie, Shuaa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined adolescent developmental experiences and participation in extracurricular activities. Providing youth with multiple channels to nurture their development and acknowledge their interests and strengths can play a significant role in their holistic growth. This is a descriptive study of a mixed-methods design (quantitative and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development, Student Participation, Extracurricular Activities
Thomson, Jennifer Barbara – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Student performance in basic math and reading skills in the United States trails behind other developed countries, providing the rationale for more research to determine how performance might be improved. Following evidence to conclude that multilingualism enhances cognitive, neuro-linguistic and meta-linguistic development, it is proposed that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Public Schools, Qualitative Research, Second Language Learning
Witten, Allistair Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A strong body of research in South Africa focuses on the in-school aspects of school improvement and the role that school principals play in establishing organizational structures to support teaching and learning, develop teacher capacity, and build a school culture conducive to academic performance. However, researchers have paid little attention…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Community Schools, School Culture, Well Being