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The Role of Science Identity in Science Center Visits and Effects
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Shein, Paichi P.; Falk, John H.; Li, Yuh-Yuh – Science Education, 2019
In this paper, we use dimensions of the construct "science identity" as an analytic lens to tap into the motivation and learning of science center visits. This exploratory empirical study was based on a large international dataset drawn from 10 science centers in countries across Europe, Asia, and North America, to investigate the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Self Concept, Learning Motivation, Path Analysis
'If We Don't Study the Language, the History Will Be Lost': Motivation to Learn Welsh in Argentine Patagonia
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Banegas, Darío Luis; Roberts, Grisel – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study examines the motivations of learners studying Welsh in the city of Esquel, Argentine Patagonia. Welsh is considered a heritage immigrant language in this region, given the fact that a group of Welsh settlers arrived in 1865 and established successful settlements. After a flourishing period, the process of acculturation reduced the…
Descriptors: Welsh, Language Maintenance, Immigrants, Heritage Education
Factors Shaping Second Language Acquisition among Adult Mexican Immigrants in Rural Immigrant Destinations
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Albarracin, Julia; Cabedo-Timmons, Guadalupe; Delany-Barmann, Gloria – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2019
This article investigated the intrinsic, extrinsic, and integrative orientations shaping reading and speaking English skills among adult Mexican immigrants in two gateway communities in Illinois. Intrinsic orientations refer to reasons for second language (L2) learning derived from one's inherent pleasure and interest in the activity. Extrinsic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Mexican Americans
Heritage Passions, Heritage Convictions, and the Rooted L2 Self: Music and Gaelic Language Learning in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Baker, Susan C.; Sparling, Heather – Modern Language Journal, 2017
The present research examines the role of music and dance in motivating Gaelic language learning on Cape Breton Island (Canada). The Gaelic language, once thriving in this context, has declined in use but flourishes in both music and dance. This article presents the results of in-depth interviews (60-90 minutes) with 10 accomplished adult…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Self Concept, Semantics
Increasing Student Retention Through Application of Attitude Change Packages (and) Increasing GPA and Student Retention of Low Income Minority Community College Students Through Application of Nightengale Conant Change Packages; A Pilot STUDY.
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Preising, Paul P.; Frost, Robert – 1973
The first of two studies reported was conducted to determine whether unemployed aerospace engineers who received computer science training as well as the Nightengale-Conant attitude change packages would have a significantly higher course completion rate than control classes who were given the same training without the attitude change packages.…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Autoinstructional Aids, Independent Study
Adult Learning Principles and Their Application to Program Planning.
Brundage, Donald H.; MacKeracher, Dorothy – 1980
This report examined adult learning principles which were developed through an analysis and synthesis of the literature in adult education, andragogy, teaching and learning, and other related fields. The report consists of six sections. The first section deals with background assumptions relevant to the field of adult education and adult learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Style