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Sato, Masatoshi; Storch, Neomy – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Researchers and teachers often invoke context to explain their particular research/teaching issues. However, definitions of context vary widely and the direct impact of the context is often unexplained. Based on research showing contextual differences in second language (L2) learner beliefs and interactional behaviors, the current project compared…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Challita, Julianne; Chapparo, Christine; Hinitt, Joanne – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore social skills of young children with reduced social competence, from the perspective of parents and teachers. The study adopted a descriptive, quantitative design using secondary data from occupational therapy assessment information on 241 children. The data were collected using a parent and teacher…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Occupational Therapy
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Phan, Huy P. – Education, 2015
This research article reports on two correlational studies that examined the notion of "optimized functioning." Optimized functioning, introduced in a recent published study, offers an alternative approach into the understanding of optimization. Optimized functioning is proposed to consist of four distinctive components: personal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Learning Motivation
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Nyaradi, Anett; Foster, Jonathan K.; Hickling, Siobhan; Li, Jianghong; Ambrosini, Gina L.; Jacques, Angela; Oddy, Wendy H. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014
Background: The aim of the study was to investigate prospective associations between dietary patterns and cognitive performance during adolescence. Methods: Participants were sourced from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study that includes 2868 children born between 1989 and 1992 in Perth, Western Australia. When the children were…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Questionnaires, Health Behavior, Family Income
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Ricciardelli, Lina A. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1993
Investigated a model of metalinguistic awareness, which consists of two components (the control of linguistic processing and the analysis of linguistic knowledge), in children between the ages of five and seven years. Each of the two components was assessed by four metalinguistic tasks. (Contains 35 references.) (JL)
Descriptors: Children, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar