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Download full textMansouri, Behzad; Jami, Parvaneh Yaghoubi – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
In this study, we investigated Iranian high school students' preferences and beliefs about two types of form-focused instruction (FFI) for teaching and learning grammar, namely isolated FFI and integrated FFI. Using an adapted version of the questionnaire developed by Valeo and Spada (2016), we collected data from a large sample of senior high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ion, Georgeta – Online Submission, 2011
During the last few years, East-Europeans, predominantly Romanians, have become the second largest cultural minority in Catalonia (Spain). Spanish educational institutions now have students from more than twenty different cultures. This paper focuses on the educational background and the factors which characterize the educational experience of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, Educational Background
GIBSON, ROBERT L. – 1965
A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS OF BRITISH AND UNITED STATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-6, OF VARYING ABILITY LEVELS, FROM BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THE APPROXIMATE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. ACHIEVEMENT ANALYSES WERE BASED PRIMARILY UPON SCORES EARNED ON THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Tests, Arithmetic
Campos, Miguel A.; Williams, David R. – 1970
The Escuelas "Sabatinas" (Saturday Schools) program in Costa Rica will be for adults 18 and over who wish to obtain a primary school diploma on the basis of maturity, and who have enough general knowledge, intelligence, and maturity to undertake independent study supplemented by formal instruction. The course will run two years, 36 weeks…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Census Figures, Costs, Developing Nations
Sulkin, Howard A. – 1969
Focusing on the impact of participant characteristics on learning, this study investigated whether certain teaching methods are more effective than others in changing the knowledge and attitudes of adults with specific personality profiles. A total of 117 persons from each of five sections of a course ("Coaching and Developing Individuals")…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Courses
BLACKBURN, DONALD J.; DOUGLAH, MOHAMMAD A. – 1968
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE METHOD ORIENTATION OF ADULTS (SPECIFICALLY, 611 RESIDENTS OF PREDOMINANTLY RURAL COLUMBIA COUNTY, WISCONSIN) FOR PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HOBBIES AND RECREATION, ACADEMIC OR GENERAL EDUCATION, RELIGION, MORALS AND ETHICS, HOME AND FAMILY LIFE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Groups, Course Content, Educational Background
Selby, Suzanne R., Comp. – 1968
One hundred and five books, articles and pamphlets published between 1956 and 1968 comprise this comprehensively annotated bibliography prepared for teachers and students interested in the education of children of Indian and Eskimo ancestry. The major portion of the bibliography deals with Indian education. To further an understanding of cultural…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Anthropology, Community Development
Fox, Denver C. – 1966
The aim of this guide is to aid sixth-grade teachers whose classes participate in the San Diego City and County outdoor education programs. The guide enables the teacher to improve the quality of outdoor education through suggestions for better planning and preparation procedures for the camping experience and for more active student participation…
Descriptors: Camping, Conservation Education, Dance, Educational Background
Jones, J. H., Jr. – 1970
In 1969, 385 Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service aides conducted an eight week nutrition education program (expanded to 12 weeks in three parishes) for over 18,000 low income homemakers and children in 31 parishes. Initial interviews were used to ascertain nutrition habits and influences thereon, knowledge levels, homemakers' age and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Blacks, Children
Hooprich, E. A.; Matlock, E. W. – 1970
As part of a larger program to determine which Navy skills can be learned by lower aptitude personnel, and which methods and techniques would be most effective, an experimental course in printed circuit board soldering was given to 186 Group IV students in 13 classes. Two different training approaches--one stressing instructor guidance and the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Background, Educational Methods
Burns, Hobert W., Ed. – 1964
These background papers concentrate on the problem of obsolescence and adult competence; the educational significance of adult roles, developmental tasks, and changing value orientations throughout the life cycle; the effect of work careers on adult education participation; choice of subject matter and methods of study; specific reasons for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Demography, Developmental Tasks
Drake, William E.; Peirce, Harry E. – 1969
This study developed and field tested instructional units designed to help young adult farmers use farm management principles in decision making. Relationships were also sought between farmers' personal characteristics and their posttest scores. Ten teachers of vocational agriculture (Group A) received inservice training in using the instructional…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Age Differences, Bibliographies, Control Groups
Rothert, Lowell Frederick – 1969
This study dealt with the relationship of educational background, age, sex, and liberal education to critical thinking and open-mindedness for participants (119 Michigan farmers, aged about 25-35, and their wives) in an extensive continuing education program. Three groups admitted to the Kellogg Farmers Study Program (KFSP) in 1965, 1966, and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Control Groups
Direct linkRao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
Pillai, K. Sivadasan – 1978
An attempt to integrate socioeconomic development with literacy through nonformal education programs in Kerala, India, involved illiterate and semi-literate adults (1050 men, 450 women) in two pilot literacy projects organized by the Sanghom (library organization), Mitraniketan, and state government. Two literacy primers were developed, using an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Age Differences
