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Direct linkYang, Weipeng; Li, Yongyan; Zhou, Wumei; Li, Hui – ECNU Review of Education, 2020
Purpose: Learning to do research has been understudied in the context of professional development in postgraduate programs. This exploratory study investigated the agency and experiences of five Chinese students who learned to design their research project in a Master of Education program at an English-medium university in Hong Kong SAR.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Personal Autonomy, Student Experience, Graduate Students
Wilde, Judith – National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction NCELA, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education provides a great deal of support to education each year through formula funding (e.g., Title I, Title III services to students) and discretionary grants (e.g., Title III pro-fessional development grants, Safe Schools/Healthy Students projects). However, because evaluations of these projects, and many educational…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Scientific Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedNeufeld, Gerald G. – Language Learning, 1979
Four positions concerning foreign and second language learning ability in adults are summarized with attention to the "critical period" hypothesis. An argument is made for a shift from macro-correlational studies to controlled micro language learning research free of extralinguistic variables. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adults, Language Aptitude, Language Proficiency, Language Research
InterAmerica Research Associates, Rosslyn, VA. – 1982
Two methodological reviews of the Children's English and Services Study (CESS), a congressionally mandated estimate of the number and needs of limited English proficient children, are presented. Such reviews are needed because the CESS is the only national study of its kind which administered a language proficiency test to determine the language…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Data Analysis, Educational Needs
PDF pending restorationZirkel, Perry Alan – 1973
This article suggests a method for determining and depicting language dominance through the use of parallel tests of aural ability in two languages. In addition, the use of a two-dimensional graph consisting of the proficiency levels within each language appears fruitful as a means of depicting such dominance scores in the initial placement of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency
Barrows, Thomas S.; And Others – 1981
The development, administration, and evaluation of a national survey to determine college students' understanding of world affairs are described in 12 articles that focus on survey measures, procedures, and results. Stephen F. Klein and Sheila M. Ager describe the issues examined by an assessment committee, their choice of an issues framework for…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
de Bot, Kees, Ed.; And Others – 1991
Papers from a conference on empirical research on foreign language instruction in Europe and the United States include: "Foreign Language Instruction and Second Language Acquisition Research in the United States" (Charles A. Fergurson, Thom Huebner); "Empirical Foreign Language Research in Europe" (Theo van Els, Kees de Bot,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Education
Higgs, David, Ed. – 1986
Proceedings of a seminar on communications skills training for English-as-a-Second-Language teachers in the context of aid projects overseas are presented in the form of papers, presentations, and summary narrative. They include: "Educational Project Management: Survey of Communications Skills Requirements in Aid Projects in Indonesia"…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Arabs, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
