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Guimond, Fanny-Alexandra; Altman, Robert; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Laursen, Brett – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Two studies examine the convergence between measures of friendship and measures of liking in the assessment of friendship and peer acceptance. In the first study, 551 (301 boys and 250 girls) Canadian primary school children (ages 8-11) nominated friends and liked-most classmates. In the second study, 282 (127 boys and 155 girls) US primary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Friendship, Peer Acceptance, Elementary School Students
Samuel, Rosalia; Kamenetsky, Stuart B. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2022
Many first-year university students experience stressors that impact their adjustment and well-being. Their help-seeking attitudes and preferred sources of support may be associated with various factors. The purpose of the present study was to (1) examine help-seeking preferences amongst first-year university students, (2) explore factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Help Seeking, Mental Health
Richards, Norah; Crane, Laura – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Limited research has examined methods to investigate the views, preferences and experiences of young people with autism and complex needs. The aim of this study, based at a specialist residential school in England, was to develop and pilot an innovative method for this purpose--a 'Talking Wall'--that was trialled over a 6-month period. Thematic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Residential Schools
Nyberg, Eva; Brkovic, Irma; Sanders, Dawn – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
In the twenty years since the first theory of 'plant blindness' was published much discussion has ensued concerning this phenomenon. More recent research, not only demonstrates that humans appear to favour animals over plants but also indicates a preference for mammals with forward-facing eyes. For this paper, we analysed answers to an online…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Plants (Botany), Animals, Biology
Hadi, Hadi ur Rahman; Guo, Xihuang – Cogent Education, 2020
This study explored the "Beliefs about Vocabulary Learning and Vocabulary Learning Strategies" among Afghan EFL Learners at Shaikh Zayed University, Afghanistan. The aim of the research was to find out the most and least strategies adopted by the learners. A questionnaire developed by Gu (2018), see Appendix, which contains four…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Cohrdes, Caroline; Wrzus, Cornelia; Frisch, Simon; Riediger, Michaela – Developmental Psychology, 2017
In previous studies, older as compared with younger individuals were more strongly motivated to regulate their momentary affect toward pleasant and calm states. Whether these motivational differences are also reflected in regulatory behavior and whether this behavior is efficient in terms of affect change, however, is unclear. To address these…
Descriptors: Music, Listening, Age Differences, Adolescents
Monfared, Abbas; Khatib, Mohammad – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
One of the challenging issues that has gained much attention, and has in fact sparked much debate, within the emergence and acquisition of World Englishes, is the Native- Non-native accent, especially its relationship with teachers' and learners' identity and selection of an appropriate pedagogic model. This paper investigates the attitudes of 260…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation, Pronunciation
On Modality Effects in Bilingual Emotional Language Processing: Evidence from Galvanic Skin Response
Jankowiak, Katarzyna; Korpal, Pawel – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
Though previous research has shown a decreased sensitivity to emotionally-laden linguistic stimuli presented in the non-native (L2) compared to the native language (L1), studies conducted thus far have not examined how different modalities influence bilingual emotional language processing. The present experiment was therefore aimed at…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Amerstorfer, Carmen M. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Has the "Strategy Inventory for Language Learning" (SILL) passed its expiry date? The SILL (Oxford, 1990) was designed as a self-evaluation tool to measure the frequency of language learning strategies used by foreign and second language (L2) learners. With simple mathematics, learners can analyze their strategy preferences overall and…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Stenberg, Gunilla – Infancy, 2012
Three laboratory experiments on social referencing examined whether infants' tendencies to look at and use positive information from the experimenter could be interpreted from a perspective of novelty or expertise. In Study 1, novelty was manipulated. Forty-eight 12-month-old infants participated. In a between-subject design, a more novel or a…
Descriptors: Infants, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Expertise, Familiarity
Suwanarak, Kasma – English Language Teaching, 2015
This research aims to understand language learning strategies of Thai adult learners and factors affecting their strategy use. The participants are forty officers of General Service Division of the Council of State of Thailand, attending an English training course for developing their work potential. The data were collected through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies, Second Language Instruction
Risquez, Angelica; Sanchez-Garcia, Marife – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
This study investigates how computer mediated communication (CMC) can sustain nourishing and emotionally enriching peer mentoring relations. A peer electronic mentoring program was implemented in an Irish university to facilitate freshmen's transition to college. A sample of 123 participants (42 mentors and 81 mentees) was evaluated with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Peer Relationship, College Freshmen