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McGinn, Noel; Schiefelbein, Ernesto; Froemel, J. Enrique; Lecaros, Alberto – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
Improved access to higher education can reduce social and economic inequality only if universities achieve equality in graduation rates of different groups of students. Concerned about first year failures among first-generation students, a university in Chile devised a between-semesters course intended to allow failed students to remain with their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Academic Failure, First Generation College Students
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Cofré, Hernán; Vergara, Claudia; Lederman, Norman G.; Lederman, Judith S.; Santibáñez, David; Jiménez, Javier; Yancovic, Macarena – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
Understanding nature of science (NOS) is considered critical to the development of students' scientific literacy. However, various studies have shown that a large number of elementary and secondary science teachers do not possess an adequate understanding of NOS. This study investigated how elementary teachers' understanding of NOS was impacted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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McBride, Cara – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2008
College students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Chile participated in an online mini course designed to improve their listening comprehension. There were four experimental conditions: A) one in which participants listened to fast dialogues; B) one in which participants listened to slow dialogues; C) one in which participants were given…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Sentences, Learning Strategies, Pretests Posttests