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Direct linkRajpaul, Vinesh; Allie, Saalih; Blyth, Sarah-Louise – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
We report on research carried out to improve teaching and student engagement in the introductory astronomy course at the University of Cape Town. This course is taken by a diverse range of students, including many from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. We describe the development of an instrument, the Introductory Astronomy Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Astronomy, Student Attitudes, Instructional Improvement
Fischer, Brett; Viens, Danielle – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2023
As the popularity of short-term teacher-facilitated language study abroad (SA) programs grows, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how classroom language-teaching methods can best be adapted to meet learners' overseas needs. However, adapting one's methods places high cognitive demands on teachers who may already be overburdened…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Wilson, Dennis L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this case study was to describe, assess, and compare the cognitive level of instruction, course objectives, instructional strategies, assessments, and the transdisciplinary nature of two post-secondary degree programs in sustainability. Instructional strategies in these programs included such methods as class presentations, group…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods
Download full textTejada R., Venecia – Online Submission, 2016
This research is focused on the difficulties on English Literature Comprehension for modern language students at UASD Language School and it is aimed to identify each one of those difficulties to be further studied and analyzed in order to look for a possible solution to the problem. This group has observed that a great number of students are…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Zhan, Hong; Cheng, Hsiu-Jen – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2014
Chinese characters have been an obstacle preventing the development of Chinese proficiency for learners of Chinese whose native language does not have characters. A substantial literature review identified linguistic, pedagogical, and political factors as causes such difficulties. Tone changes represent different meanings of a word. Compound…
Descriptors: Chinese, Written Language, Distinctive Features (Language), Difficulty Level
Flores Revilla, Maria Teresa; Zoreda, Margaret Lee; Vivaldo Lima, Javier; Blanco Lopez, Guadalupe; Caballero Robles, Teresita del Rosario; Mercau Appiani, Virginia – 1997
The guide presents the newly-developed curriculum of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana at Iztapalapa (Mexico) for its program in English as a foreign language. An introductory section provides background information on the initiative to design a new curriculum. The second section presents the principles on which the curriculum and its methods…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Audiotape Recordings, College Second Language Programs, Courseware
