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Halagao, Patricia Espiritu – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2004
With the growing inclusion of multicultural curriculum in social studies, educators must understand the issues students of color face when learning about their ethnic history and culture. Using personal document analysis and phenomenological interviewing, this study explored six Filipino American college students' experiences with Pinoy Teach, a…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, United States History, Social Action, Social Studies
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Lovrich, Deborah – Science Teacher, 2004
Scientists and students often believe that if they just think harder about a problem, a solution will follow. However, thinking about one's thinking, or using metacognition, can be a more productive expenditure of mental energy. Introducing students to metacognition allows them to discover the value of reflection. This article presents a lesson on…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Stimuli, Metacognition, Information Processing
Spector, Barbara; Greely, Teresa; Kingsley, Gordon – Science Educator, 2004
This paper presents suggestions for leaders in science education to assist in developing effective stakeholder groups contributing to the reform in science education. In this political climate initiatives to reform science teacher education and science education for students K-16 are expected to involve stakeholders from a variety of sectors in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Teachers, Science Education, Graduate Students
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Migyanka, Joann Marie; Policastro, Carole; Lui, Guiqiu – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005
Many struggling readers, students with English as a second language, and children with disabilities do not engage in the strategies that good readers use when reading for understanding. Reading comprehension depends upon the students' ability to successfully use strategies to monitor and control their own comprehension. Teachers need to help…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, English (Second Language)
Abd-El-Fattah, Sabry M. – International Education Journal, 2005
A Partial Least Squares Path Analysis technique was used to test the effect of students' prior experience with computers, statistical self-efficacy, and computer anxiety on their achievement in an introductory statistics course. Computer Anxiety Rating Scale and Current Statistics Self-Efficacy Scale were administered to a sample of 64 first-year…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Computer Attitudes, Rating Scales, Path Analysis
Becket, Diana – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2005
The goal of the study reported in this article is to analyze ways students in the first course of a three-quarter college preparatory sequence in reading and writing write about their experiences in their essays. The student participants were three native speakers of English and three native speakers of Punjabi, who had lived and studied in the…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Educational Experience, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Moreno, Nancy P.; Denk, James P.; Roberts, J. Kyle; Tharp, Barbara Z.; Bost, Michelle; Thomson, William A. – Cell Biology Education, 2004
Unhealthy diets, lack of fitness, and obesity are serious problems in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control, Surgeon General, and Department of Health and Human Services are calling for action to address these problems. Scientists and educators at Baylor College of Medicine and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute teamed…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Disease Control, Obesity, Prior Learning
Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Baker, Eva L.; Brill, David G.; Sinha, Ravi; Saadat, Farzad; Bewley, William L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
A critical first step in developing training systems is gathering quality information about a trainee's competency in a skill or knowledge domain. Such information includes an estimate of what the trainee knows prior to training, how much has been learned from training, how well the trainee may perform in future task situations, and whether to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Skill Analysis, Knowledge Level, Prior Learning
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Hobbs, Renee; Broder, Sharon; Pope, Holly; Rowe, Jonelle – Health Education Research, 2006
While they demonstrate some ability to critically analyze the more obvious forms of deceptive weight-loss advertising, many girls do not recognize how advertising evokes emotional responses or how visual and narrative techniques are used to increase identification in weight-loss advertising. This study examined how girls aged 9-17 years…
Descriptors: Advertising, Females, Prior Learning, Geographic Regions
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Xiao, Yun – Heritage Language Journal, 2006
Studies from information-processing and language comprehension research have reported that background knowledge facilitates reading and writing. By comparing Chinese language development of heritage students who had home background in Chinese language and culture with those who did not, this study found that heritage learners did significantly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Chinese, Writing Skills, Vocabulary Development
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Gupta, Amita – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2006
This article is based on a study conducted in a teacher education classroom in an attempt to 1) recognize and acknowledge teacher candidates' prior beliefs and experiences; 2) formalize the connection between theories of child development and learning and teacher's implicit beliefs; and 3) encourage teacher candidates to reflect on their own…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Learning Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Minority Group Teachers
Dochy, F. J. R. C.; And Others – 1989
This report explores the development of modular education and its application in the Dutch Open University. The origins of modular education are examined from the first applications in American higher education and the development of electives and the credit system to the role of modular instruction as the basis of higher education curriculum.…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Design
Huang, James Chin-yun – 1995
While research concerning feedback and cooperative learning is prevalent in educational literature, there has been little systematic research to support whether various types of feedback in cooperative learning situations can affect student performance. This study examines possible interactions among different types of computer-delivered feedback…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dochy, F. J. R. C.; Bouwens, M. R. J. – 1991
This report deals with the question of obtaining insights into states of prior knowledge and exploring knowledge state tests and knowledge state profiles. The first part introduces a few basic terms important in the context of prior knowledge state. Evaluation and the validity, reliability, and usefulness of tests are considered in a prior…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Students, Economics, Evaluation Methods
Sutton, Joe P.; de Oliveira, Paulo C. M. – 1995
Although ample research has investigated critical-thinking skills among college students from state-supported higher education institutions of nonreligious affiliation, virtually none has examined critical thinking among students enrolled in private Christian colleges, nor the effect of prior educational setting on students' critical-thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Christianity, Church Related Colleges, College Freshmen
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