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Kader, Fathi Abdul Hamid Abdul; Eissa, Mourad Ali – Online Submission, 2015
This study investigated the effect of using time management strategies instruction on improving first year learning disabled students' academic time management and academic self efficacy. A total of 60 students identified with LD participated. The sample was divided into two groups; experimental (n = 30 boys) and control (n = 30 boys). ANCOVA and…
Descriptors: Time Management, Self Efficacy, Program Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
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Henry, Alastair – Language Learning Journal, 2017
In order to reinstate interest and motivation for learning foreign languages (FLs) other than English, the Swedish government has recently reformed the system for admission to higher education. Upper secondary students who continue with the FL learnt in secondary school are rewarded with extra credits that considerably enhance their grade point…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, French, Grade Point Average
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Preckel, Franzis; Rach, Hannah; Scherrer, Vsevolod – Gifted and Talented International, 2016
The present study investigated changes in self-esteem, academic self-concept, intellectual self-concept, and social self-concepts of acceptance, assertion, relations with same-sex peers and relations with other-sex peers with 177 gifted students participating in a 16-day summer school in Germany. Students were assessed three times by self-report…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Esteem, Academic Ability, Intelligence
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Sabanci, Osman; Bulut, Safiye Sarici – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
During student development, enriching academic and psychosocial activities in accordance with different educational needs of students is important. This study aims to identify primary school teachers' opinions in Turkey, Czech Republic, Italy, and Germany. The opinions of teachers were investigated and compared on the individual skills, interests,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Inclusion, Behavior Modification
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Mellor, David T.; Brooks, Wesley R.; Gray, Steven A.; Jordan, Rebecca C. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2015
Student attrition from colleges in the United States is a widespread phenomenon, posing real stresses to students, their families, and to universities. We examined the causes of poor academic performance in students' first semester through interviews and questionnaires and administered a small intervention course to freshmen on academic probation…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, College Readiness, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Kong, Maureen Mo-yee; Au, Terry Kit-fong – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: The objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of Incredible Years Basic Parent Training (IYPT Basic) in a community clinic setting in Hong Kong. IYPT Basic is a Western program developed to promote children's academic, social, and emotional regulation skills and to reduce conduct problems among typically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Parent Education, Child Development
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Brotherson, Sean E.; Hektner, Joel M.; Hill, Brent D.; Saxena, Divya – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
In the world of early childhood care and education, the preparation of children to enter school successfully and perform well in their learning environments has become a subject of significant interest and concern (McLanahan, 2005). The term "school readiness" is generally used to describe the process of ensuring that children are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Mokrova, Irina; Broekhuizen, Martine; Burchinal, Margaret – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
A growing body of research has shown that high quality early care and education (ECE) is positively related to the development of children's social and academic skills (e.g., Barnett, 2011; Lamb & Ahnert, 2006; NICHD ECCRN, 2006). There is evidence that high quality ECE experiences can improve children's levels of social adjustment (Bierman et…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Social Development
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Graham, Sandra; Taylor, April; Hudley, Cynthia – Urban Education, 2015
A 12-week, 32-lesson afterschool intervention was conducted with third-to fifth-grade urban African American boys classified as aggressive. Grounded in attribution theory and organized around the construct of perceived responsibility in self and others, the intervention focused on increasing both social skills and academic motivation. Participants…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Aggression, Intervention
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Stephanou, Georgia – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2011
Introduction: This study examined (a) students' experienced emotions in classes of Mathematics and Language, (b) the role of students' emotions in perceiving their school performance in the same school subjects as successful or unsuccessful, and (c) the effects of students' self-beliefs (performance expectations, value beliefs, ability…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Grade 10
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Natale, Katja; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
The present study investigated the cross-lagged associations between parents' attributions of ability and effort concerning their children's success and failure, and children's academic performance in kindergarten and primary school. Two hundred seven children and their parents were followed over three years. The parents completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
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Putwain, Dave; Whiteley, Helen; Caddick, Lee – Educational Research, 2011
Background: It has been claimed that thematic or integrated approaches to curriculum delivery offer a range of advantages over subject-based modes of delivery including improved pupil motivation. Purpose: This study put claims regarding pupil motivation to the test, using the achievement goals framework. This contemporary approach to understanding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness
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Ballantine, Joan; Larres, Patricia McCourt – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The objective of this study is two-fold. First, it provides guidance to educators and trainers on establishing a cooperative learning environment. Second, it examines final-year undergraduate accounting students' opinions on the effectiveness of a cooperative learning environment in delivering generic skills for their future professional…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Guidance, Educational Environment
McDiarmid, G. Williamson; Price, Jeremy – 1990
Using data from pre- and postprogram questionnaires and interviews, the study describes the views that a group of 17 student teachers drawn from 5 Michigan universities hold of culturally diverse learners both before and after a 3-day workshop intended to influence their views. The study found that the multicultural presentations had little effect…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Beliefs, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
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Edwards-Wiley, Tina L.; Chivers, Nadia – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
To examine the perception of instructors who teach in prison college programs, two studies were conducted, the first in 1993 and the second in 2003. Three areas of measurement were included in the survey instrument sent to professors working in the Ball State University's Prison Program, Muncie, IN. The first measurement was that of instructors'…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
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