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Oishi, Shigehiro; Kurtz, Jaime L.; Miao, Felicity F.; Park, Jina; Whitchurch, Erin – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The present study examined life stage and cultural differences in the degree to which familiarity of one's physical location and interaction partner is associated with daily well-being. Participants reported all the activities they engaged in and how they felt during these activities on a previous day using the Day Reconstruction Method (Kahneman,…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Cultural Differences
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Guzman, Alberto; Ostrander, Noam – Assistive Technology, 2009
This study compared Hispanics' awareness of services available to acquire assistive technology and whether they actually sought help to the findings from a national sample. The study assists the field by providing information on a group largely ignored in the literature. The authors sought to answer the following research questions: Are there…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Familiarity, Help Seeking
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Wood, Katherine – TESOL Journal, 2011
Interrupted formal education is a barrier that makes learning English as an adult an extremely challenging commitment. Besides the many work and family responsibilities that most adult English as a second language (ESL) learners face, students with interrupted formal education (SIFE) often lack familiarity with school-based skills and typical…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Stopouts, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning