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Impacting Reading Skills SMART-ly
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Carrie Emerick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study sought to find if the implementation of the strategy of goal setting and reflective portfolios would improve reading comprehension among long-term English learners (LTELs), which in turn would impact their FastBridge aReading scores. LTELs have difficulty reclassifying, resulting in negative outcomes regarding graduation rates and…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English Language Learners, Reflection, Goal Orientation
Through the Looking Glass: Female Character Representations in Young Adult Literature in the Teaching of ESL
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Reyes-Diaz, Thayra M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The use of literary criticism has served to provide different lenses to analyze, evaluate, and interpret the content and context of the written text in all its forms and varieties, especially in children's and young adult (YA) literature. This study was aimed at analyzing the way in which "Feminist Criticism" may be applied to young…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, Females
Connecting Brain Research to Classroom Learning: A Mixed-Method Study on How Teachers Apply Brain Research to Their Instruction
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McAteer, Todd C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine how knowledgeable teachers are in utilizing brain-researched instructional strategies. The research focused on determining which brain-researched strategies are implemented, the accuracy with which they are employed, and the degree to which they are utilized. A literature review revealed the most…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Research Design, Research Methodology, Knowledge Level
Enhancing Students' Aeronautical Decision-Making through Scaffolding Strategies for Higher Order Thinking
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Murray, Rita Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Over the last few decades, classroom training in aviation education has continued mostly unchanged. It remains a highly structured presentation of information in a lecture format. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a method of teaching aeronautical decision making in aviation education based on integrated and scaffolded…
Descriptors: Aviation Education, Thinking Skills, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Cognitive Processes
Use of Language Learning Strategies by Spanish Adults for Mastering Business English
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Judge, Jeffrey Wallace – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Research of language learning strategy (LLS) has provided insight for language learners from many international cultures since this branch of research began in the 1970s. Despite the urgent need for competence in the use of business English in Western Europe, LLS studies have not been conducted on Spanish adults who use English for business. The…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Learning Strategies, Social Change, Foreign Countries
Classifying Exercise Activities According to Motivation, Self-Objectification, and Disordered Eating: How Can We Target Change?
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Grupski, Allison – ProQuest LLC, 2009
SurvObjectification theorists suggest that one way for women to combat self-objectification is through participation in sport and exercise activities that encourage body competence. This two-part study investigates the impact of (a) motivation for physical activity and (b) type of physical activity on the outcomes of self-objectification, body…
Descriptors: Exercise, Females, Eating Disorders, Motivation