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Holmquist, Jonathan Carl – Modern Language Journal, 1993
A study of 215 Temple University (Pennsylvania) students investigated patterns in achievement (as measured by course level and grade), language attitudes, attitudes toward and acquaintance with Spanish speakers, and foreign travel experience. Results support previous studies and suggest that the relationship between attitudes and foreign-language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, College Second Language Programs, Difficulty Level

Stern, Elsbeth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
Six experiments with 42 kindergartners, 190 first graders, and 15 second graders in Germany investigated why arithmetic word problems with an unknown reference set are more difficult for children than are problems with an unknown compare set. Lack of access to flexible language use makes these problems so difficult. (SLD)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing
Brekke, Stewart E. – ISTA Spectrum, 1989
Addresses problems with mathematics and science curricula at both elementary and secondary levels, and calls for helping more students succeed at the physics level of the science curriculum. (PVD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Problems, Difficulty Level

Devlin, Marcia – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A study of 21 adult and 104 traditional-age undergraduate teacher education students at an Australian university found significant age differences in learning and study strategies, with mature students using more effective strategies more often. Significant correlations were found between students' strategies and their self-reported level of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students
Judy W. Webb – ProQuest LLC, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the variables that are associated with the percentage of students who pass Tennessee's Gateway exams in high school. Associations were examined between the Gateway exams and variables such as: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, dropout rate, graduation rate, attendance, average daily membership, per-pupil…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status
Neild, Ruth Curran; Balfanz, Robert – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
Despite the growth of a variety of alternatives to the neighborhood high school, most students in big-city school systems still attend large comprehensive high schools that serve a particular residential area. The authors contend that the extreme concentration of educational need at these schools is often overlooked by policymakers, school reform…
Descriptors: School Demography, Educational Needs, Student Characteristics, Grade 9
Clarkson, Philip C.; Idris, Noraini – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2006
In 2002 the language policy for teaching mathematics in Malaysia was changed from the national language Malay, to English, to be implemented from the beginning of 2003. This gave the curriculum developers and importantly the teachers just six months to prepare for this change. This small study investigated how after 18 months, 22 secondary…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Slater, Sharon Cadman; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Crosson, Amy; Levison, Allison; Peterson, Maureen; Resnick, Lauren; Junker, Brian – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This study presents preliminary findings from research developing an instructional quality assessment (IQA) toolkit that could be used to monitor the influence of reform initiatives on students' learning environments and to guide professional development efforts within a school or district. This report focuses specifically on the portion of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Assignments, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Kitao, S. Kathleen; Kitao, Kenji – 1996
Testing language skills is difficult, but testing writing, and the writing of students of English as a Second Language, poses two major problems. The first is making decisions about the matter of control, objectivity of the evaluation, and naturalness in the writing test. The second major problem is that, if the test is done in a way that cannot…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Essays, Foreign Countries
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Mathes, Patricia G. – 1991
This report studied intermediate grade students identified as learning disabled in a resource room setting to examine the effects of adapting repeated reading and sustained reading while manipulating level of text difficulty in a peer-mediated format. Twelve resource room teachers identified 67 students with learning disabilities and reading…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Intervention
Cennamo, Katherine S. – 1993
This study examined the factors that contribute to learners' perceptions of the ease or difficulty of learning a specific task using a specific medium were studied, specifically whether the preconceptions of preservice teachers vary by learning domain (verbal, intellectual, affective, and psychomotor) or medium of presentation (interactive video,…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level
Kirisci, Levent; Hsu, Tse-Chi – 1992
A predictive adaptive testing (PAT) strategy was developed based on statistical predictive analysis, and its feasibility was studied by comparing PAT performance to those of the Flexilevel, Bayesian modal, and expected a posteriori (EAP) strategies in a simulated environment. The proposed adaptive test is based on the idea of using item difficulty…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Lane, Ian – 1992
This guide for language teachers offers a developmental approach to curriculum design for second language learning. The approach suggests a progression of tasks at various difficulty levels, geared to the gradual development of language knowledge, concepts, skills, and attitudes. Ten levels of attainment, or stages of learner development, are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, British National Curriculum, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
Thompson, Bruce; And Others – 1994
The original "Bayley Scales of Infant Development" (BSID) (Bayley 1969) have been among the most popular measures of performance and aptitude of infants. In the present study the reliability and construct validity of mental and motor scores on the revised Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) were investigated. A national…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Boone, William J. – 1992
Two key factors affecting the success of non-major science courses are students' perceptions of topic difficulty and interest. An attitudinal survey administered to 300 college students, after completion of a college science course, evaluated their attitudes toward a geology curriculum. Using a Likert type scale students rated their level of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Science, Difficulty Level, Earth Science