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Marietta, Geoff – Foundation for Child Development, 2010
Leading change to create an integrated PreK-3rd education and connect early learning programs with the K-12 system is not easy. Superintendents require courage to take the first step, persistence and political skills to encourage organizational and community engagement, and a relentless focus on results to measure progress and build momentum. As a…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Learning Readiness, Academic Persistence, High School Graduates
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Boorn, Clare; Dunn, Paula Hopkins; Page, Claire – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2010
"Growing a nurturing classroom" is an awareness training programme presented by educational psychologists in Leicestershire for professionals working in primary schools with the aim of promoting an optimal environment for learning and emotional well-being. The training helps primary school staff to take a holistic approach to education;…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Educational Psychology, Holistic Approach, Classroom Environment
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Payne, Stephen L.; Flynn, Jan; Whitfield, J. Michael – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
In addition to assessment of student-learning outcomes in capstone business courses, an assessment concern is student readiness for these typical capstone experiences. A review of both (a) the literature on learning retention or application and student dispositions for undertaking significant learning challenges and (b) the authors' preliminary…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Retention (Psychology), Learning Readiness, Outcomes of Education
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Cook, Susan Wagner; Mitchell, Zachary; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Cognition, 2008
The gestures children spontaneously produce when explaining a task predict whether they will subsequently learn that task. Why? Gesture might simply reflect a child's readiness to learn a particular task. Alternatively, gesture might itself play a role in learning the task. To investigate these alternatives, we experimentally manipulated…
Descriptors: Play, Learning Readiness, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
Daniels, Elizabeth Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study compared the SDL readiness and behaviors of two homogeneous groups of junior level undergraduate nursing students (n = 33) as measured by Guglielmino's SDLRS. One group was exposed to an educational module that addressed the purpose and process of SDL and the other was not exposed to the educational module. An experimental,…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods
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Wichadee, Saovapa – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
The purposes of this study were to develop the instructional model for enhancing self-directed learning skills of Bangkok University students, study the impacts of the model on their English reading comprehension and self-directed learning ability as well as explore their opinion towards self-directed learning. The model development process…
Descriptors: Expertise, Undergraduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Style
Thompson, Virginia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Differentiation is an instructional approach that considers a student's learning readiness, learning style, and learning interest to meet academic needs. This curriculum innovation is grounded in the multiple intelligence theory of learning. It is also one method of meeting the expectations of the No Child Left Behind initiative. While the current…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Learning Theories, Multiple Intelligences, Cognitive Style
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Winter, Suzanne M.; Sass, Daniel A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
The collision of the childhood obesity epidemic with pressure to achieve high academic standards is of serious concern in the United States. Growing numbers of low-income, minority children face double jeopardy as alarming obesity rates further widen existing achievement gaps. Health and education disparities persist when children enter…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, School Readiness, Reading Readiness
Bigenho, Christopher William – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The rapid growth of online and blended learning environments in both higher education and K-12, along with the development of innovative game based, narrative driven, problem-based learning (PBL) systems known as Alternate Reality Games (AltRG), has led to the need to understand student's abilities to self-regulate their learning behaviors…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Problem Based Learning, Educational Games
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Wanko, Jeffrey J. – Mathematics Teacher, 2009
An understanding of proof does not start in a high school geometry course. Rather, attention to logical reasoning throughout a student's school experience can help the development of proof readiness. In the spirit of problem solving, the author has begun to use some Japanese logic puzzles other than sudoku to help students develop additional…
Descriptors: Puzzles, Educational Games, Grade 5, Educational Experience
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Chu, R. J-C.; Tsai, C-C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This article examines several research questions to establish a theory model for explaining factors that influence adult learners' preferences for constructivist Internet-based learning environments (CILE). Data were gathered from 541 individual participants enrolled in adult education institutes in Taiwan for structural equation modelling (SEM)…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Learning Readiness, Self Efficacy, Adult Basic Education
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Ho, Li-An; Lin, Chin-Yen; Kuo, Tsung-Hsien; Kuo, Yen-Ku; Kuo, Yen-Lin – Urban Education, 2008
The study investigates how school teachers' personal background influences their deeper learning capacity and the school effectiveness. Furthermore, the study examines the correlation between teachers' learning capacity and school effectiveness. Four sets of analyses are performed: t tests, one-way ANOVAs, Pearson correlations, and stepwise…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teachers
Lawson, Raymond Late – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Online learning has become a major force in higher education, creating a need to understand the relationship between instructional support factors and learner satisfaction. This study focused on students who had enrolled in online courses. The setting for this study was a Midwestern community college that offered online courses for college…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Participant Satisfaction
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Graham, Carroll M.; Nafukho, Fredrick M. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2008
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the importance of existing organizational learning mechanisms and establish the size and magnitude of the relationship among the organizational learning mechanisms. Of great import also was to determine whether statistically significant relationships existed among the organizational learning…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning, Small Businesses, Learning Readiness
Rischer, Andres Dewayne – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Teaching is not an easy task, but it can be mastered. Many students graduate from high school with few life skills. The success of each teacher lies in his or her ability to identify student weaknesses and turn them into strengths, which will eventually increase student confidence and desire to learn. Discipline, classroom management, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Learning Readiness, Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment
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