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Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Alqatnani, Alaeddin Khalid – TESOL Journal, 2019
This study examines the potential effect of a Thinking MapsĀ®--based treatment on the creative reading skills (viz., fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration) of Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language. The researchers drew a purposeful sample of two intact 10th-grade sections (N = 57) from a public school in Zarqa, Jordan.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Control Groups
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Pierce, Kristin B.; Hernandez, Victor M. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2015
A quasi experimental study tested a contextual teaching and learning model for integrating reading and mathematics competencies through 13 introductory career and technical education (CTE) courses. The treatment group consisted of students in the 13 introductory courses taught by the CTE teachers who designed the units and the control group…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Quasiexperimental Design
Wai, Nu Nu; Hirakawa, Yukiko; Hirasawa, Kyoko; Giles, John H. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2005
Problem solving as a skill is emphasized within the revised Japanese Course of Study for schools. This experimental study, conducted among Japanese high school students, evaluates an effort to develop student ability to identify reasons for "different" points of view, not just personally favored views. First, the ability of all students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Experimental Groups, Academic Ability, Reading Skills