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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Mainstream students"”.
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Beyond computation in mathematics: An instructional study with third-grade bilingual Mexican American students
… has informed educators about non bilingual mainstream students' problem solutions to different types of arithmetic word problems, the strategies they use, the effect of language on their understanding of word problems, and the types of errors they make. In contrast, only a few studies have …
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The Effect of Social Skills on Academic Achievement of Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students: Concurrent and Longitudinal Analysis
… in cultures and languages, language minority students, who are mostly immigrant students, are confronted with more demands than are mainstream students (Ogden, Sorlie, & Hagen, 2007). Further, when they are limited in English proficiency (LEP), they tend to perform at lower levels in school …
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Fatalistic Cultural Beliefs in Achievement Aspiration in the U.S. and Chile
… different cultural groups in Chile (Mapuche and Mainstream Chileans) and the U.S. (Latino and Anglo). The results were as follows: 1) Higher levels of fatalism did negatively influence achievement aspiration, in Chile and the U.S., 2) Students in Chile and the U.S. had similar levels of cultural …
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A study of the relationship between students' participation in the UCT Commerce Faculty's Education Development Unit and their graduate attributes
… attributes in second and third year CEDU students ( n = 104) . This study used second and third year mainstream students as a comparison group (n = 175) as they are assumed to have the required graduate attribute levels for academic success. Data was gathered through a questionnaire using …
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The effect of selected academic development programmes on the academic performance of academic development students at a South African university : an empirical study.
… the academic performance of academic development students in these courses and through to graduation, relative to mainstream students. In general, research in this area in South Africa and internationally has been characterised by small sample sizes and a lack of statistical rigour. Few studies …
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First year students' understanding of measurements in physics laboratory work
… procedural understanding of first-year physics students. The work has led to the development of a model for classifying students' reasoning about measurement in terms of theoretical constructs which have been termed the point and set paradigms. The model accounts for the ways in which students …
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Improving Second Language Learning Through Performance-Based Assessment Practices
… testing and accountability requirements than mainstream students. Not only are they required to learn a second language, but they are also assessed within the same standardized testing paradigms as their peers - native speakers of the English language. This study aimed to examine and evaluate …
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A study of English workshop provision
During the past decade students with particularly low-level literacy skills have imposed special demands, some colleges of Further Education meeting their needs by means of workshops. There was an information-gap about how best to enable linguistic acquisition in 16+ mainstream students and that …
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Determining an e-learning model for students with learning disabilities : an analysis of web-based technologies and curriculum
… for Learning Disabilities (LD) or special needs students, in a special school setting. The literature reported a significant prevalence of LD universally, ranging from physical and mild to extreme disabilities. It highlighted that there are a significant number of students with learning …
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Student engagement in university decision-making : policies, processes and the student voice
… Universities are expected to involve their students in a range of governance activities. Yet, the conceptual base for this is under-formed and often draws from learning theories. As a result, the emphasis is on what students should do and how they can be motivated to engage. This thesis …
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Understanding the Multicultural Experience of Lep Adolescents
… experience of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students who are learning a second language in an inner-city high school in southeastern Georgia. The LEP students are enrolled or have been enrolled in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program. Using three strands of inquiry, …
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Spiritual intelligence and imagination in New Zealand students
… and spiritual development of both gifted and mainstream students. This study explores a key issue: the role and importance of imagination in the developmental stages of spiritual intelligence in students within each of these groups. By comparing students in a Catholic integrated school with …
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English Teachers and English Language Learners in Middle School Classrooms: Perspectives and Practices
… diverse population of learners. The number of students with limited proficiency in English has grown exponentially across the United States, yet their level of academic achievement lags significantly behind that of their language-majority peers.</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine …
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The interplay between structure and agency: How academic development programme students 'make their way' through their undergraduate studies in engineering
… and agency: How Academic Development Programme students 'make their way' through their undergraduate studies in engineering. This study explores and seeks to explain the ways in which a group of Academic Development Programme (ADP) students 'made their way' through their studies in engineering …
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Beyond enrolment: academic incentives, outcomes and performance in higher education
… three cross-sections of first year entering students and tracked these students over time. The thesis comprises six chapters. The introductory chapter provides background content on the research. Chapter 2 presents an exploratory and descriptive analysis of the South African HE sectors over …
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Assessing non-formal education provision through a system-wide lens on coherence: Evidence from the Open School programme in Tanzania
… rates show that less than eight percent of students transition from lower to upper secondary and a mere six percent complete the full education cycle (URT, 2025). For girls in poor and rural areas, completing secondary education is even more of a challenge (Ciampi et al., 2024). These …
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Evidence-Based Teaching of Writing Practices: A Survey and Intervention at Elementary and High School Level
… 2012). However, a third to a half of Scottish students did not attain required writing standards at upper elementary and lower high school grades in 2014 (Scottish Government, 2015). Similarly, many students do not obtain the required skills in the USA (Graham et al., 2014). This study aimed to …