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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"adolescent learners"”.
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Assessing the Career Awareness of Early Adolescent Learners
… student's level of career awareness at the early adolescent stage of development is warranted. Building on the conceptual framework of the Career Awareness Inventory developed in 1973, the new Early Adolescent Career Awareness Inventory (EA-CAI) was developed to reflect the contemporary context …
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Analysing the school context for factors that promote or impede resilience among middle adolescent learners
… that promote or impede resilience among middle adolescent learners. The study aimed to find out if black high school learners perceive themselves as resilient or non-resilient: It also investigated the aspects perceived by learners as retarding or enhancing resilience within the school context …
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The impacts of a science-based videogame intervention on interest in stem for adolescent learners
… within a digital learning environment for adolescent learners. This study seeks to contribute to our foundational understanding of how interest functions within a digital learning environment. From the educational psychology perspective, interest is both a psychological state and a …
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Preparation of adolescent learners with down syndrome in cape metropole schools, South Africa, for transition to work
… the preparation, education and training of learners, leading to their placement in desired work situations. The right of children with disabilities to be included in ordinary schools and employment thereafter is being advocated internationally. However, despite this, preparation for …
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Guidance and counseling programmes: An imperative for adolescent learners in Malamulele Circuit in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… since 1994 with the aim of improving lives of learners, their parents and educators. Restructuring and re-orientation has fortuitously caused casualties along the way. One such casualty was the redeployment of guidance counsellors and consequent marginalization of school guidance and …
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Literacy from a Different Perspective: Listening to the Voices of Adolescents from a Mulitcultural Context
… listen to the perceptions of the experiences of adolescents from a multicultural background as those experiences related to their literacy learning acquisition. Each of the adolescent learners were enrolled in the English for Speakers of Other Languages program in one of the middle schools in the …
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Hands-On Support Materials for Schoolwide Science Project in Middle Schools
… the following criteria: (a) academic needs of adolescent learners, (b) validation of hands-on methods for middle school students, and (c} design of a classroom facility to accommodate hands-on activities. It was the purpose of this project to plan and implement such a program.</p>
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Professional Development for New Middle School Teachers to Use Constructivist Pedagogy in the Block Period
… creates an environment conducive to young adolescent learning; however, properly preparing teachers through professional development is key to effective implementation. The purpose of this action research study was to facilitate the professional growth of new teachers by providing job …
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Examining The Influence Of Professional Learning Communities On Grit And Social-Emotional Skill Development In Students And Collective Teacher Efficacy Within A Middle School
… social-emotional skill development in adolescent learners. Immediate action must be taken to address our students’ social-emotional needs. This research illuminated the potential of intentional, collaborative practices designed to foster students’ development of social-emotional …
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De-duotanging Core French: Case study of a Digital Learning Space Portfolio in a Grade 8 Classroom
… and how their perceptions of themselves as FSL learners changed while using the system. The study addresses the existing gap in the literature. The digital learning space portfolio was created based on the needs of adolescent learners as identified in the literature. The literature also suggests …
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Learning difficulties in genetics and the development of related attitudes in Taiwanese junior high schools
… out in three stages. In the first stage, the adolescent learners’ preconceptions about genetics were explored before they move to the formal course. The result indicated that the essential foundational concepts, such as structure and function of cells and its organelles, cell divisions …
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Strategies for Integrating Literacy in Middle School Content-Area Classrooms
… and is strongly influenced by technology. Adolescent learners are faced with increasingly complex text and must be explicitly taught strategies to comprehend a multitude of texts and hypermedia. Strategies are categorized into text selection; before, during and after; oral; vocabulary; …
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Korean American Students' Language and Literacy Practices at a Korean Language School
This study explores how Korean American young adolescent students engage in and construct meaning in Korean and English language and literacy practices at a Korean Language School (KLS) in the United States. From a sociocultural perspective, it focuses on the KLS, a social context where the …
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Peer interactions in mixed-age EFL secondary school classrooms
… suggests benefits for both younger and elder learners (Kuhl et al. 2013; Little, 2001; Thurn, 2011; Veenman, 1995). Although some research has been conducted in L2 mixed-proficiency settings, there has been no study conducted on peer-interactions within M-A groups/pairs in L2 contexts. Twelve …
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Narratives of Adolescent Students: the Integration of Health and Learning Through Application of Nursing Theory
… on nursing theory as it relates to individual adolescent learners. I wrote stories using my journals. I also presented data using stories, poems, metaphor, concept maps, and graphs.</p> <p><em>Results. </em> After analyzing my teaching practice, three predominant themes emerged from my practice …
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Teacher and Administrator Perspectives on a Good Middle School: A Cross-Case Study
Education for adolescents in middle-level schools is a topic of great interest for many educators. Reaching a consensus on what constitutes an effective education for middle-level learners has been a challenge. The purpose of this study was to contribute to this discussion. Although the study was …
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Child-adult differences in implicit and explicit second language learning
… to date has compared child second language (L2) learners on tasks tapping implicit vs. explicit knowledge separately. Moreover, the position that this change is caused by cognitive maturation ignores the fact that adult language learners typically receive more explicit instruction than child …
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The Outcomes of Offering a Working Lunch Session in Improving Adolescent Students’ Assignment Completion Rate and Academic Achievement in Mathematics
… skills, and the desire to learn in adolescent students cause middle grade teachers to constantly look for ways of encouraging students to complete assignments on time and achieve academic growth. Tactics such as positive reinforcement and punishments are frequently offered to …