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

    Creator:
    Arden-Ogle, Ellen A.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    . 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
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    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
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    . (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.
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    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
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    (- Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Henry . Sredl The purpose of this study was to determine if

  • Study abroad and national identity

    Creator:
    Pelosi, Giustina M.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ; 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
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    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.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    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
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    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.
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    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

  • The concept of disability in graduate programs that specialize in study abroad or international exchange

    Creator:
    Fanjoy, Ali
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    This thesis explores how and why the concept of disability is included in, or excluded from, the curricula of graduate programs that specialize in international exchange and/or study abroad. Five graduate programs in the United States participated in this study. Data was collected from program websites and through interviews with...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    of Disability in Graduate Programs that Specialize in Study Abroad or International Exchange

  • The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

    Creator:
    Díaz, Guadalupe
    Abstract:
    English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
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    Dissertation
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    kindergartners using data from a research-based longitudinal study (the Kindergarten Readiness Study; study 1