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The Correlation between Level of Learner Autonomy and Learner's Achievements in Arabic Reading and Listening: A Quantitative, Non-Experimental Correlational Study
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Faiz, Anas – Applied Language Learning, 2023
The shift from teacher-centered to student-centered instruction requires language teachers' roles to change from being lecturers and controllers to facilitators and advisors. This shift requires students to have a high degree of learner autonomy. However, some teachers hesitate to promote learner autonomy. If they remain uncertain about the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Language Tests, Arabic
Military Apprenticeships in the US: An Implementation Evaluation
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Hanson, Devlin; Lerman, Robert I. – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: Apprenticeships in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, which operate under the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP), now account for about 20 percent of all registered apprentices in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to draw on interviews and focus groups to examine the strengths and limitations of USMAP,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Military Training, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Health Services Management Education On-Site at a Military Medical Center
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Williams, Stephen J.; Poss, W. Bradley; Cupp, Craig L. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2014
A cooperative educational program with the U.S. military is described to illustrate a unique opportunity that confronted a graduate healthcare management program. The resulting degree program supported the military's operational medical mission but also presented interesting and unexpected challenges resulting from the wars in Iraq and…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Health Services, Administration, Military Personnel
Understanding Student Goal Orientation Tendencies to Predict Student Performance: A 2x2 Achievement Goal Orientation
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Miller, Mark Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study tested the 2X2 model of the Achievement Goal Orientation (AGO) theory in a military technical training environment while using the Air Force Officers Qualifying Test's academic aptitude score to control for the differences in the students' academic aptitude. The study method was quantitative and the design was correlational.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Goal Orientation, Regression (Statistics)
Preparing U.S. Coast Guard Junior Enlisted Members to Become Petty Officers at a Petaluma Training Center
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Lincoln, Stefanie – Performance Improvement, 2009
This 2008 Award of Excellence study describes how the Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, California, used human performance technology principles to identify and improve performance problems among a student population of young enlisted members. The solution system centered around the creation of a program that set expectations and standards…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Performance Technology, Armed Forces, Military Personnel
The First Follow-Up Survey of the High School Class of 1983. A Staff Report from the 1983 Eligibility Study on Post-High School Activities of High School Graduates. Commission Report 84-25.
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California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
Post-high school activities of 1983 California graduates were studied as part of the initial phase of a 5-year follow-up study. Of 11,512 graduates who were mailed a questionnaire, 4,040 responded. About 75 percent indicated that they were enrolled in a school or college during the last fall or winter; about 49 percent were employed and about 16…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Attendance, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends