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Math Task Experiences and Motivation to Learn More: How Prior Knowledge and Interest Interact with Task-Interest & Task-Difficulty Perceptions and Feed a Desire to Reengage
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Luke K. Fryer; Alex Shum – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
How do task experiences support proximal and longer-term desires to reengage? Central to this question is the interplay between perceptions of task difficulty and the situational interest. This interplay is increasingly researched but not yet well understood. Micro-analytic, latent studies are important tools for replicating past findings and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Interests, Mathematics Education, Learning Readiness
The Bilingual/Biliteracy Journey of an Adult English as a Second Language Learner: Insights from a Student-Generated Funds of Knowledge Approach
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Thilina Wickramaarachchi – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2025
This case study focused on the bilingual/biliteracy experiences of an adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learner (pseudonym Eric) living in a rural western state in the USA. The purpose of the study was to understand Eric's bilingual/biliteracy knowledge and how it functioned as he developed English language/literacy. The theoretical…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Bilingualism
Cross-Linguistic Effects in Grammatical Gender Assignment and Predictive Processing in L1 Greek, L1 Russian, and L1 Turkish Speakers of Norwegian as a Second Language
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Janne Bondi Johannessen; Björn Lundquist; Yulia Rodina; Eirik Tengesdal; Nina Hagen Kaldhol; Emel Türker; Valantis Fyndanis – Second Language Research, 2025
The present study examines grammatical gender knowledge in offline production (gender marking on indefinite articles) and online gender processing (visual world paradigm) in adult second language (L2) learners of Norwegian with three different first languages (L1s): Greek, Russian, and Turkish. In particular, it investigates the role of the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, Norwegian
Intersection of Knowledge to Practice: A Purposeful Integration of Communication Partner Training in Aphasia with Adult Learning Principles for Healthcare Students
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Catherine Torrington Eaton; Madeline McAvoy; Selina Morgan; Angela Kennedy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Communication partner training (CPT) for people with aphasia (PWA) is an evidence-based approach that supports patients' abilities to effectively communicate with their healthcare providers. Efforts to create efficient training programmes, which aim to instil appropriate practices and attitudes prior to working with patients, have the…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Program Effectiveness