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Predictors of Handwriting in Adolescents and Adults with Down Syndrome
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Moy, Eloïse; Tardif, Carole; Tsao, Raphaele – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
Handwriting is a skill that is constantly used in schools and in the workplace--two environments that are targeted in French legislation passed in 2005 on the integration of people with disabilities. The aim of the present study was to determine the predictive factors for handwriting speed and quality in adolescents and adults with Down syndrome…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Adolescents, Adults, Down Syndrome
International Student Enrollment Trends from 2008-2014: Country Case Studies and Comparison to a Midwest Liberal Arts Institution
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Hajiyev, Emin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The international student recruitment and overall cross-border education have constantly been evolving. In the past two decades, higher education institutions were developing and implementing their plan of campus internationalization. Various universities and colleges have different approaches to the internationalization. However, through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Recruitment, Higher Education, Student Mobility
Identifying Language Impairment in Bilingual Children in France and in Germany
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Tuller, Laurice; Hamann, Cornelia; Chilla, Solveig; Ferré, Sandrine; Morin, Eléonore; Prevost, Philippe; dos Santos, Christophe; Abed Ibrahim, Lina; Zebib, Racha – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: The detection of specific language impairment (SLI) in children growing up bilingually presents particular challenges for clinicians. Non-word repetition (NWR) and sentence repetition (SR) tasks have proven to be the most accurate diagnostic tools for monolingual populations, raising the question of the extent of their usefulness in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Impairments, Bilingualism, Speech Therapy
How Does Collegiality Survive Managerially Led Universities? Evidence from a European Survey
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Marini, Giulio; Reale, Emanuela – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Today's universities are, accordingly to Clark's entrepreneurial model, sustained by managerialism, whereas collegialism may remain in contrast or work in a different way. More recent literature suggests the clash such as the potential for coexistence between managerialism and collegialism. The study analyses data from a survey of 26 universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Entrepreneurship, Collegiality
Adolescents' Sedentary Behaviors in Two European Cities
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Aibar Solana, Alberto; Bois, Julien E.; Zaragoza, Javier; Bru, Noëlle; Paillard, Thierry; Generelo, Eduardo – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine and compare the correlates of objective sedentary behavior (SB) and nonschool self-reported SB in adolescents from 2 midsized cities, 1 in France (Tarbes) and 1 in Spain (Huesca). Stability of objective SB and nonschool self-reported SB were also assessed at different time points during 1 academic…
Descriptors: Correlation, Life Style, Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level
The Relationship between Proficiency in French and Academic Achievement for Students in Saint Martin
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Wilson, Martin Ezikiel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
School administrators and educational policy makers have made a substantial effort to address the learning needs of students in Saint Martin, yet the achievement gap between students in Saint Martin and students in metropolitan France still persists. Risk factors such as family structure, socioeconomic status, immigration, and difficulty of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement, Language Proficiency