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AL-Nifayee, Amani Mohammed – Online Submission, 2010
This research investigates the effectiveness of the Instrumental Enrichment Approach on the enhancement of the reading comprehension skills of learners with English Language Learning Difficulties. It aims at identifying the reading comprehension skills required for preparatory stage English language learners, re-develop and teach sample materials…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Check Lists, Reading Tests
Lindvall, Rebekah – 1995
This report describes a program employing the theory of multiple intelligences and individual learning style in order to increase time on task, increase retention of academic material, and decrease fluctuations in distracting behaviors in classrooms. Seventeen third grade students in the targeted classroom of an elementary school were surveyed on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Style
Erb, Michelle – 1996
Making students responsible for their own learning in biology is a national issue. The goal of this Master's project was to increase students' responsibility for their own learning in order to increase academic output and decrease the incidence of inappropriate behavior. The targeted population consisted of sophomore high school students in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Biology, Class Size
Zimmermann, Lynne S. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore whether there is a relationship between the age at which music lessons begin and language reading proficiency as an adult. Such a relationship may indicate that transfer of learning takes place between the processes of learning to read language and learning to read music. One hundred forty-seven…
Descriptors: Age, Transfer of Training, Reading Tests, Music Reading
Manfredo, Pamela A. – 1987
A growing interest among industrial and organizational psychologists is learning how to predict and maximize trainability. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between dimensions of cognitive style and perceptual mode as well as their association with a learning style instrument, explore the relationship between field…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
Fante, Cheryl H. – 1980
This study was conducted in an attempt to identify any predictor or combination of predictors of a beginning typewriting student's success. Variables of intelligence, rhythmic ability, musical background, and tapping ability were combined to study their relationship to typewriting speed and accuracy. A sample of 109 high school students was…
Descriptors: Background, High School Students, High Schools, Intelligence