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Woodrow, Janice E. J. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
This pretest/posttest study measured the change in computer literacy and attitudes toward computers among 36 preservice teachers enrolled in an introductory computer training course that was focused on developing programing skills. Independent variables included age, gender, locus of control, final grade in the course, and prior experience in word…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Computer Literacy
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Naylor, David T. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1991
Presents a two-day activity for middle school students, focusing on freedom of assembly and the difficult balance between individual rights and community needs to ensure safety. Stimulates discussion on the right to assemble using an American Bar Association poster (included in the issue). Suggests inviting a lawyer to class to further explore…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Community Needs, Community Resources, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Miller, P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
There Groups of Students--19 hard of hearing, 20 deaf, and a control group of 36 typically developing hearing readers--were compared on their ability to process written words at the lexical level and on their comprehension of words within the structure of a sentence. Findings generally suggested that severe prelingual hearing loss does not prevent…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Hearing Impairments, Sentence Structure, At Risk Persons
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Ziegler, Albert; Finsterwald, Monika; Grassinger, Robert – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2005
In mathematics, physics, and chemistry, women are still considered to be at a disadvantage. In the present study, the development of the symptoms of learned helplessness was of particular interest. A study involving average and mildly gifted 8th-grade boys and girls (top 60%) investigated whether girls, regardless of ability level, experience…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Helplessness, Academically Gifted, Physics
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Kautz, Karlheinz; Kofoed, Uffe – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2004
Teachers at universities are facing an increasing disparity in students' prior IT knowledge and, at the same time, experience a growing disengagement of the students with regard to involvement in study activities. As computer science teachers in a joint programme in computer science and business administration, we made a number of similar…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Student Attitudes, Business Administration, Prior Learning
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Soetaert, Ronald; Mottart, Andre; Verdoodt, Ive – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2004
Describing what cultural studies or what pedagogy is all about is very complex, because there are many contradictory perspectives and paradigms in both disciplines. There is no single object of study, no unified body of theory, no one-and-only methodology that defines cultural studies or pedagogy completely. In this article, the authors focus on…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Cultural Literacy, Teacher Education, Cultural Influences
Kessler, Carolyn – 1997
Discussion of the authenticity of materials contained in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) textbooks for elementary/secondary school use focuses on content designed to accelerate academic language development and highlights the experiences of one teacher with one textbook. The approach taken is that integrating language and content, while taking…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, English for Academic Purposes
McSheffrey, K. – 1992
Narrative accounts construct and reconstruct stories of school experiences in order to make meaning of them. This document reports the results of narrative inquiry in the mathematics experiences of 7 women and 15 eighth-grade girls in an effort to determine why women and girls avoid mathematics. Memories and reflections were gathered using…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Experience, Females, Foreign Countries
Moallem, Mahnaz; And Others – 1994
This study was designed to explore an experienced teacher's thinking and teaching within the social and cultural environment of the classroom. It investigated the thinking, planning, subsequent action and reflection processes and relationships in a real situation of learning. A naturalistic approach was used to investigate the socio-cultural…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cultural Context
Peretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam – 1990
A study investigated the hypothesis that topic familiarity and assessed difficulty of a second language text correlated positively with performance on reading comprehension tests in languages for special purposes (LSP). Subjects were 177 advanced students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at Ben Gurion University (Israel). Faculty from the…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
Tomlinson, Carol A.; And Others – 1994
Novice teachers face formidable tasks of planning and management as they enter the classroom for the first time as professionals. They also bring with them mental imprints of what teaching and learning are like, images gained not from their professional preparation programs, but from their years as students. This qualitative study is part of a…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – 1991
A new approach to teaching and curriculum takes seriously the knowledge children have when they enter school. Teachers use the knowledge each child has to make instructional decisions so that the child learns mathematics with understanding, how to solve problems, and the computational skills. Research concerning the problem-solving strategies…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Ross, Steven M.; And Others – 1990
Designed to develop a more practical model for adapting context to learner interests, this study used computer-based instruction to make alternative contexts for statistics problems--sports, business, education, or no-context--available for selection by individual learners. The subjects were 227 undergraduate students enrolled in required…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Geering, Adrian D. – 1985
In the Associate Diploma in Training and Development program at the South Australian College of Advanced Education, all students undertake an initial unit of study entitled "Competency Analysis for Human Resource Developers." The unit is structured into sections dealing with study hints and essay writing, characteristics of human…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Associate Degrees, Check Lists, College Credits
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. National Center for the Advancement of Educational Practices. – 1983
A catalog of 205 descriptions of college programs to recruit and retain adult learners is presented, based on a national survey, "Attracting and Retaining Adult Learners" (ARAL), conducted in 1980 by the American College Testing Program. In addition to a brief program description, each program form provides information on the type of program, the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
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