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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"native students"”.
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Examining Multiple Identity Dimensions with Native Students at a Predominantly White University
… for the purposes of this paper, we will use “Native American” or “Native” for consistency. Background: While student affairs research has continuously acknowledged the importance of college student identity development, few studies have viewed identity as having multiple dimensions that can …
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EFFECTS OF SPEAKER'S ACCENT IN A MULTIMEDIA TUTORIAL ON NON-NATIVE STUDENTS' LEARNING AND ATTITUDES
… voice. According to the voice principle, students learn more deeply when the narration in a multimedia lesson is spoken by a native voice rather than a non-native voice. The generalizability of the voice principle has been demonstrated when applied to multimedia users who are native …
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Understanding the Engagement of Transfer Students in Four-year Institutions: A national study
… affect this relationship. Data from senior students at four-year institutions across the United States who completed the National Survey for Student Engagement (NSSE) in 2009 were used. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were employed to explore the relationship between transfer …
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Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi (where they live contently): a study on Native student belonging at the University of South Dakota
… impact of Living Learning Communities (LLCs) on Native student sense of belonging is examined and the following research question addressed: How does participation in Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi Living Learning Community shape Native students’ sense of belonging at the University of South Dakota (USD)? …
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Exploring the Impact on Students of Western Universities on Foreign Soil: A Case Study of Qatar
… the number of Western-style branch campuses for native students in their countries. This qualitative research study focused on one specific Middle Eastern country, Qatar, and explored how native students respond to attending a Western university that has been transplanted from the West into their …
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Examining the Impact of Indigenous Cultural Centers on Native Student Experience
… campus environments for underrepresented college students. However, Native and Indigenous students continue to be one of the most understudied populations within higher education, particularly as it relates to their campus experience and ways in which they navigate institutional climates. In …
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In-Group/Out-Group Dynamics of Native American Mascot Endorsement
<p>The use of Native American names and mascots by professional and college sports teams has become a controversial issue. However, very litde research has investigated attitudes towards Native Americans, regarding relationships between team names and mascots on prejudice and discrimination. This …
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An alternate approach to educational reform in the United Arab Emirates : exploring students' motivation through PISA 2012
… were not included. This study explores the UAE's students' achievement motivation towards mathematics to provide a preliminary student-centered angle in formulating educational reform programs. This study applied the Expectancy-Value Theory of achievement motivation on a student sample from the …
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A case study of international students' goals for academic writing
… is to investigate the nature of international students' experiences with academic writing in English when they came to the United States to pursue academic studies in college. With a focus on the goals for academic writing improvement among a sample of students from diverse countries, this …
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Partnership in education : an academic support program for Cree students in CEGEP
… of an academic support program for Cree students in a non-Native CEGEP. The purpose of this modelling is to detect any mismatches between the actual structure and an optimally functioning program that learns and adapts and benefits those for whom it exists. The premise of the study is …
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Building bodies, (un)making empire: gender, sport, and colonialism in the United States, 1880-1930
… sport, and gender at Haskell Institute. Now a Native American tribal college, Haskell Institute was originally built in the 1880s as part of the colonial boarding school movement, which sought to assimilate Native youth into white culture and undermine Indigenous communities. My project focuses …
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EFFECT OF FOREIGN PRESENCE ON DOMESTIC PERFORMANCE: THE CASES OF EDUCATION IN THE US AND MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN ETHIOPIA
… three types of foreign presence: international students, inward foreign investment, and exporting activities. The first chapter investigates the impacts of international students on the graduation performance of host universities and degree completions of native students. Using the Illinois …
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An examination of the effectiveness of an oral communication apprehension reduction program in an ESL class for graduate student
… to success in graduate school. However, many non-native students indicate a lack of confidence when speaking English. This anxiety may cause avoidance or poor performance. Given this situation, would a communication apprehension (CA) reduction program like those administered by speech …
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Essays on the effects of immigration on education and crime
… to estimate the effects of immigration on native-born student outcomes in Texas. OLS estimates suggest a negative association between immigration and the passing rates of native students on a state-wide basic skills exam. However, these estimates are potentially biased by omitted variables …
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Bridging cultures: American Indian students at the Northfield Mount Hermon School
… to the assimilation and acculturation of Native children into the dominant culture, D. L. Moody was determined to offer affordable education to financially disadvantaged young women. In the fall of 1880 the Seminary welcomed sixteen Choctaw, Cherokee, and Creek students, and, in 1881, the …
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Their Culture Against Them: The Assimilation of Native American Children Through Progressive Education, 1930-1960s
… Indian Affairs (BIA) to successfully assimilate Native Americans, especially Native children through education tactics such as boarding schools, led to a shift in the mid-twentieth century for pro-Indian reform. From the 1930s through the 1950s, BIA education reformers pursued progressive …
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Cultural Characteristics of Western Educational Structures and Their Effects on Local Ways of Knowing
… between Western educational structures and Native cultural structures function in the daily operations of a privately owned school in a Native community, how these functions have evolved, drawbacks and strengths of both Western and Native cultural structures, and current challenges in …
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Cultural Characteristics of Western Educational Structures and Their Effects on Local Ways of Knowing
… between Western educational structures and Native cultural structures function in the daily operations of a privately owned school in a Native community, how these functions have evolved, drawbacks and strengths of both Western and Native cultural structures, and current challenges in …
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Gender differences in the responses of ESL students to teacher feedback
… to the writing of foreign and second language students has received considerable attention from researchers. However, little attention has been paid to the responses of ESL students to this feedback. Moreover, research into a relationship between L2 student response types and certain variables …
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