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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"sixth form"”.
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English language written competence at sixth form level
… written competence of first year students at sixth form. The sample comprised 90 informants - 40 participants from St. Aloysius College and 50 participants from Junior College. The participating students were all following a course in a science subject at 'Advanced' level at the time of the …
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Sixth form students' experiences of the process of choosing to study a subject at undergraduate level
… of apprenticeships and full-time employment, sixth form students have a range of potential options. When this is considered with the ever-increasing wealth of information from multiple sources available for these options, students must effectively reduce the number of items in consideration to …
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The use of time data in assessing the effectiveness of IT resources in a sixth form college
… use in further education. The study focuses on Information Technology (IT) resources and investigates effectiveness by surveying individual students’ reported resource use and exploring the relationship between this and performance. Using quantitative data from a positivist methodological …
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A phenomenological study of the experience of transition into the sixth form in a rural upper school
… in a rural upper school as they moved into the sixth form. In the literature surrounding transition and transfer there is little written in relation to this stage in students’ academic lives. Studies that have investigated transition and transfer have tended to focus on the move from primary …
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How useful are bounded online chat rooms as a source of pastoral support in a sixth-form college?
… of a bounded bespoke chat system into a sixth-form college. A range of sources are considered including semi-participant observation, chat transcripts and observational diaries. It is shown that the introduction of such a system can be managed effectively and be useful for students. The …
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Cultural and social capital in university choice : intra-class differences amongst working-class students in a sixth form college
<b>Background:</b> Research on the way that sixth-form students utilise cultural and social capital when applying to university has suggested that students make differential choices on the basis of social class. Research has also highlighted the significance of intra-class differences amongst …
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A comparison of 16 to 19 year old student experiences, in rural and urban schools, FE and sixth form colleges
… in different educational environments: in school sixth forms, general FE colleges and a sixth form college, taking both A levels and Advanced GNVQs, and in rural (Cornwall) and urban (Southeast London) areas. Firstly, a framework for the study was established, with a consideration of the …
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Becoming a different person in the zone of proximal development : a case study of sixth form students making career and HE choices
… (most of whom are from ethnic minorities) from a sixth form college in inner London who are making their HE choices. The method of enquiry adopted is one of a qualitative case study (Bassey, 1999), through which the stories of the students are interpreted. This study shows that whilst agency on …
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Transition and acculturation: Changing expectations in the move between A level and University
… upon students making the transition from sixth form to university English Studies. In recent years, this is an issue that has come under increasing scrutiny within the higher education sector and to a lesser degree within the sixth form sector. It is apparent from a growing body of …
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Defining the middle classes: using Bourdieu's trilogy of habitus, capital and field to deconstruct the reproduction of middle-class privilege
… on longitudinal, qualitative research across two sixth-form institutions, I explore how young people's and parents' narratives disrupt dominant accounts of the middle class as homogenously privileged and strategic players in the field of education. The thesis therefore proposes a more nuanced …
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An investigation of some differences in A-level mathematics syllabuses in England and Wales
… Mathematics. The study looks at these various forms from a number of different standpoints.<br></br><br></br>The first of these is a consideration of the 'readability' of the question papers themselves, using the Cloze Procedure. The data is analysed by a three-way, fully crossed, analysis of …
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German literature and education for conscientization
… by the Frankfurt School of thought in their formulation of a critical theory of society. It also develops the critical educators' methodological approach to teaching, known as 'critical pedagogy'. Over and above this, this thesis also proposes a critical pedagogical framework to teaching …
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The role of student presentations in the teaching of A-Level mathematics
… out in an independent boys school with a mixed sixth form. The study examines the techniques which students adopt to introduce and explain mathematics problems, and the type of interactions which take place between the presenter and the group during the presentations. There are three main …
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The Business Of Teaching The Teaching Of Business : Using Social Constructivist Techniques To Teach Business-Orientated Advanced GNVQs
… and weaknesses and how this relates to performance. The research took place over three years and involved sixth form students taking GNVQ Advanced Business and GNVQ Advanced Leisure and Tourism. Results showed some success in bridging social and cognitive constructions approaches with the …
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Subject choice and student perceptions of A level courses
… This study reviews the historical context of sixth form education and provides an insight into students' perceptions of A level courses in the late 1980s. It also examines the reasons behind students' choices of subjects for study at A level and students' subsequent satisfaction with their …
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Does compassionate mind training reduce test anxiety in adolescents? A school-based pilot study
… adolescents, aged 16 to 17 years old, attending sixth form of a post-primary school in Northern Ireland and enrolled to take qualifications beyond compulsory education. Participants were quasi-randomly allocated on the basis of timetable availability into an intervention group that received eight …
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An evaluation of the impact of computational interventions (Scratch) on the learning of ESOL students
… on young adult ESOL literacy learners in a Sixth Form College in London. The research represents an interdisciplinary project that signifies a synergy between constructionist learning theory and the sociocultural approach to multimodal literacy and new literacy studies. The study used …
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You can't always be at school, you need to move on: A multi-perspective study exploring the experiences of young people with learning difficulties and their parents during post-school transition
… parents as they transition from a special school sixth-form unit to a post-school provision (mainstream Further Education college). An idiographical investigation of the experiences of young people and their parents of post-school transition was conducted. Through applying a multi-perspective …
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The Role of Parenting in the Development of Rumination
… two-stage design was utilised. During stage one, sixth-form girls and their mothers were invited to complete questionnaires measuring rumination and affect. At stage two, mothers of high rumination and low rumination daughters were invited to complete the FMSS. Results Rumination was not …
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