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Adult Learning across USA, Canada, and New Zealand: A Cross-Cultural Study of PIAAC
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Yu, Chong Ho; Lee, Hyun Seo; Lara, Emily; Gan, Siyan – International Education Studies, 2019
Skeptics of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trend for International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) argue that while US elementary and high school students are behind their peers in other nations, the US workforce is still excellent because of the high quality post-secondary educational institutions in the US. However, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Foreign Countries, Scores
The Role of Initial Learning, Problem Features, Prior Knowledge, and Pattern Recognition on Transfer Success
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Dinsmore, Daniel L.; Baggetta, Peter; Doyle, Stephanie; Loughlin, Sandra M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that transfer ability (positive and negative) varies depending on the nature of the problems, using the knowledge transfer matrix, as well as being dependent on the individual differences of the learner. A total of 178 participants from the United States and New Zealand completed measures of prior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transfer of Training, Prior Learning, Pattern Recognition
Competent Children at 8: Families, Early Education, and Schools.
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean; Lythe, Cathy – 1999
A longitudinal study described variations and changes in New Zealand children's cognitive, social, communicative, and problem-solving competencies from school entry at age 5 years and examined the impact of early childhood education experiences, family resources, home activities, and school resources on those competencies. This report, the third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development