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Using Web-Based Exploratory Tasks to Develop Intercultural Competence in a Homogeneous Cultural Environment
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Stockwell, Esther – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
This study adapted web-based exploratory tasks using WebQuests as a means of enabling students to understand and reflect on both the target and their own culture. Learners actively used various authentic resources selected to meet their linguistic and cognitive needs to complete the tasks. The aim of this study was to help Japanese university…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Task Analysis, Intercultural Programs, Interpersonal Competence
The Impact of Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous Collaborative Learning Groups in Multicultural Classes on the Achievement and Attitudes of Nine Graders towards Learning Science
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Faris, Ahmed O. – Online Submission, 2009
The current study aims at investigating the impact of homogeneous versus heterogeneous collaborative learning grouping in multicultural classes on the students' achievements and attitudes towards learning science. In the present study, heterogeneity was unpacked through two dimensions: the cultural background, represented by the different…
Descriptors: Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping, Cooperative Learning, Science Achievement
Homogeneous-Ability Grouping: Fourth-Grade Teachers' Rationale and Students' Perceptions.
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Shimahara, Erika – 1998
Tracking is a predominant method used by American public schools to instruct children of multiple abilities. Tracking has been highly criticized by scholars, however, for its detrimental effects on children's education. This paper investigates practitioners' rationale for using tracking and explores the effects of tracking in the classroom and on…
Descriptors: Ability, Diversity (Student), Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Effect of Sex-Segregated Mathematics Classes on Student Attitudes, Achievement and Enrollment in Mathematics: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School, Year II.
Sangster, Sandra; Crawford, Patricia – 1986
Many students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. To improve female students' attitudes toward mathematics and to increase the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries
Effect of Sex-Segregated Mathematics Classes on Student Attitudes, Achievement and Enrollment in Mathematics: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School, Year III.
Sangster, Sandra – 1988
To improve female students' attitudes toward mathematics and to increase the enrollment of females in upper level mathematics courses, students enrolled in grade 10, 11, and 12 at A. Y. Jackson Secondary School were placed in sex-segregated math classes. This study focused on four main areas: attitudes, achievement, enrollment, and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries
Effect of Sex-Segregated Mathematics Classes on Student Attitudes and Achievement in Mathematics: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School, Year 1.
Macfarlane, Jim; Crawford, Pat – 1985
A great number of students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. In an attempt to redress this situation, A. Y. Jackson Secondary…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Females, Foreign Countries, Grade 10