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Study abroad and global competence : exemplary community college programs which foster elements of achievement

Creator:: Arden-Ogle, Ellen A.
Abstract:: The research‘s purpose was to examine how exemplary community college study abroad programs assisted student participants in acquiring global competence. Three research questions were explored: 1.What issues need to be anticipated when planning a study abroad program for community college students in order to effectively incorporate opportunities for students to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Additional research materials were requested and received from the American Institute for Foreign Study

Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

Creator:: Mitchell, Kathleen
Abstract:: Spending time in a German speaking country may aid in vocabulary acquisition and production. This study hypothesized a concrete link between written language use and experiences abroad. Intermediate German students’ vocabulary uses in impromptu essays were evaluated by counting the number of total word, unique words, and content words. This...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . (1993). Predictors of foreign language gain during study abroad. Washington D.C.: Foreign Language

Effectiveness of an expert system for teaching casting defect diagnosis in engineering and technical education

Creator:: Ruyle, Kim E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the amount of technical subject matter learned during a fixed period of instruction by students working with a computer expert system and students working with human experts from a technical field. All students participating in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (- Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Henry . Sredl The purpose of this study was to determine if

A Group Informal Reading Inventory : an instrument for the assess-ment of ESL students' reading performance

Creator:: Stark, Merritt William
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: privacy Abstract approved: 4000.02 Dr. Robert Kiekel Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present

The extent of the relationship between reading and writing achievement among international students enrolled in a university freshman composition course

Creator:: Graber-Wilson, Gerri
Abstract:: This study examined the reading-writing relationship for 99 exclusively international students, and used narrative, and timed and untimed expository writing samples. The reading comprehension test was the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), a test appropriate for use with English as a second language (ESL) learners. Results of the study indicated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Study abroad and national identity

Creator:: Pelosi, Giustina M.
Abstract:: A recent and steady increase in student participation in study-abroad programs has caused international educators and student affairs professionals to reevaluate the current study-abroad paradigm and redesign and implement new curricula better suited to meet the changing needs of international education. Recent emphasis has been placed on understanding outcomes of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; she states “that research on study-abroad must include efforts to move beyond the evaluation or

Student identity development abroad : Three students' stories

Creator:: Gutzler, Jill
Abstract:: This thesis explores the challenges and triumphs experienced by three students who spent the summer abroad on international internships. Through their individual stories and journals, they shared how they questioned their own values, their nationality, and the value of formal education. They also experienced changing relationships and new career aspirations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: relation to the timing of this study. As the world questioned America's foreign policies, these interns 1E

Assessing the impact of various experiences on students' levels of global citizenship

Creator:: Lang, Julia S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors that contribute to students' levels of global citizenship. Factors considered in this research include (a) race/ethnicity, (b) gender, (c), year in school, (d) age, (e), length of time abroad, (f) host family experience, (g), community service abroad, (h) more than...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors that contribute to students’ levels of global

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

Creator:: Dantas-Whitney, Maria
Abstract:: No research to date has involved ESL students as researchers in investigations of community language practices. This study examined the research processes of 23 international college students in an advanced ESL course. The students worked on an original curriculum, the Language Research Project, through which they performed ethnographic and discourse...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community language practices. This study examined the research processes of 23 international college

Perceptions of volunteering and community service : voices of post-secondary remedial completer

Creator:: Blakely, Randall G.
Abstract:: Although community colleges have emphasized service-learning programs for traditional students, by in large, non-traditional students from post-secondary remedial programs have not been involved. This lack of reaching post-secondary remedial programs may be of particular interest to college personnel who may not be aware of the need to include service activities...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Study abroad and global competence : exemplary community college programs which foster elements of achievement

Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

Effectiveness of an expert system for teaching casting defect diagnosis in engineering and technical education

A Group Informal Reading Inventory : an instrument for the assess-ment of ESL students' reading performance

The extent of the relationship between reading and writing achievement among international students enrolled in a university freshman composition course

Study abroad and national identity

Student identity development abroad : Three students' stories

Assessing the impact of various experiences on students' levels of global citizenship

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

Perceptions of volunteering and community service : voices of post-secondary remedial completer

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