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Zimmer, Robert; Koernig, Stephen K.; Greene, Scott – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2004
For almost three decades, the AACSB and business leaders have sought increased emphasis on internationalizing students' perspectives. Recent studies demonstrate mixed results in the extent to which business schools have globalized their curricula. With decreasing student interest in the marketing major, Introductory Marketing emerges as a critical…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Introductory Courses, Student Interests, Marketing
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Tillema, Harm; van der Westhuizen, Gert J. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
In this article knowledge productivity, a process that creates conceptual artifacts, is used as a way to investigate the outcomes of collaborative and enquiry-oriented activity by teaching professionals. It is an outcome of the motivation to learn (self-regulation) in that it studies the issues from different professional perspectives (reflection…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Work Environment, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1992
A study in Finland investigated the relationship of two general aspects of student motivation for second language learning (preference for challenge and curiosity) and motivation specific to the learning situation. Subjects were 292 sixth-graders and 301 eighth-graders, who performed two open and two closed English vocabulary tasks in two…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Gliksman, L.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
A study demonstrated that integratively motivated secondary students in French courses volunteered more answers, gave more correct responses, and were more satisfied with participation. The teacher's behavior seemed affected by these factors. References, a list of test battery subscales used, and the Language Research Group National Test Battery…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, French
de Silva, Deema; Freund, Clara – 1987
This handbook for those involved in assisting and encouraging college students to persist and graduate covers the following topics: benefits of college; persistence factors; successful students; a mission that motivates; results in real time; self-management through self-mastery (time management, assertiveness, study skills, learning styles, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Assertiveness
Sealey, Leonard – 1977
This study of open education as practiced in a number of selected American elementary school classrooms is concerned with teacher, administrator and parent attitudes, curriculum, teacher and administrator roles, and learning approaches and outcomes. A sample consisting of ten elementary schools in six areas of the country was studied through…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Clement, Richard – 1977
This study was undertaken to determine motivational factors connected with the learning of English by francophone students living in a milieu where there is little contact with anglophones. Research is reviewed which supports the contention that the attitudinal/motivational dimension, or integrative motivation, bears an important relationship to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes
Alschuler, Alfred, And Others – 1969
Two objectives of this project were: (1) to discover what specific methods of arousing motivation are most effective for particular groups, and (2) to prepare instructional materials which will make the prototype achievement motivation course and motivational climates available to a wider number of educators. Attention is given to the methods…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Control Groups, Course Evaluation
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Develotte, Christine; Mangenot, Francois; Zourou, Katerina – ReCALL, 2005
This paper discusses the design and implementation of a task-oriented collaborative learning (and training) experimental project that was carried out with future language teachers. More specifically, a class of sixteen French students enrolled in a Masters of Education course were asked to create multimedia resources for a group of Australian…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Computer Literacy, French, Cooperative Learning
Smith, Irene Elizabeth – 1993
This doctoral dissertation reports on a study that investigated the hypermedia learning environment from the perspective of high school students learning about U.S. culture. Qualitative methods were used to determine student perceptions about learning with hypermedia tools. Data were collected from daily observations, interviews, student products,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Creativity
Nelson, Jack Jay – 1975
The report describes a study designed to follow up successful examinees of the General Educational Development (GED) test administered at McLennan Community College. The study's purpose was to determine the trends, traits, and effects of specific aspects related to their receipt of a high school equivalency certificate. Of the 1,065 successful…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adult Students, Certification
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Modirkhamene, Sima – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2006
The present study examines the possible effects of bilinguality on third language learning among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners with a focus on reading comprehension proficiency achievement. This study is a longitudinal survey of EFL learners in Urmia University in Azerbaijan, Iran, during 2002-2004. It compared 56 Turkish-Persian…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries
McCannon, Roger S. – 1985
National data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1981 (11,754 adults) and regional augmentation data collected in 1984 (812 adults) were analyzed to provide--in profile form--baseline information to assist practitioners and policy makers in having a better understanding of the educational needs of rural adult…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Age, Certification
Dykeman, Cass; Wood, Chris; Ingram, Michael; Herr, Edwin L. – 2003
The impact of career development interventions on career and technical education (CTE) students' academic self-efficacy and motivation was explored in a pilot study that elicited responses from 293 students at 20 high schools across the United States. The study included a literature review, survey of high school seniors that examined 44…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, Career Development, Classroom Techniques
Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Meisels, Samuel J. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2001
This paper will review several important constructs in the area of social and emotional development of children in grades 2-5. The importance of social and emotional development has become increasingly evident in light of new research on the brain and the development of programs to prevent social and behavioral disorders in youth. This review will…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
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