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Abdoola, Shabnam; Swanepoel, De Wet; Van Der Linde, Jeannie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
The Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), PEDS: Developmental Milestones (PEDS: DM) and PEDS tools (i.e., the PEDS and PEDS:DM combined for use) are parent-reported screening tools frequently used to identify young children requiring early intervention. An ideal screening tool for all contexts would be brief, inexpensive with…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, Child Development, Early Intervention
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Nooshin Shakiba; Karyn Stapleton – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. "The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals." "Journal of Multilingual…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Indo European Languages, Native Language, Language Usage
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Alhafidh, Firas Khairi Yhya; Marcelo, Carlos – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2020
Analyzing the process of how students self-regulate their learning has always been an educational research interest due to changing demographics of Digital Native learners (Prensky, 2001). This research focuses on lesson planning adapted to the Self-Regulated Learning Strategies university students develop when learning English or French and the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, College Students, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires
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Shabani, Mansour; Zeinali, Maryam – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The significance of pragmatic knowledge and politeness strategies has recently been emphasized in language learning and teaching. Most communication failures originate in the lack of pragmatic awareness which is evident among EFL learners while communicating with English native speakers. The present study aimed at investigating compliment response…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Indo European Languages, Native Speakers, Gender Differences
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Firat, Mehmet – Journal of Educators Online, 2013
Continuous Partial Attention is a current concept open to research which, besides multitasking, intensely occupies the agenda of education, communication and cognitive psychology. The purpose of the present study was to determine educators' continuous partial attention. In line with this purpose, the research data were collected from 109 educators…
Descriptors: Attention, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, College Faculty
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Tavakoli, Mahin – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2013
The content and nature of nonprofessional advice in Iran, a hierarchical and collectivist culture, was compared to the same type of advice in Canada, an egalitarian and individualist culture. A researcher developed a questionnaire that consisted of 10 letters, each describing a writer's problem and asking for advice. The responses of participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Collectivism, Individualism, Cultural Differences
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Huang, Min-Hsiung – Comparative Education Review, 2013
As more primary and secondary students worldwide seek after-school tutoring in academic subjects, concerns are being raised about whether after-school tutoring can raise average test scores without widening the variability in student performance, and whether students of certain ability levels may benefit more than others from after-school…
Descriptors: After School Education, Tutoring, Student Participation, Mathematics Education
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Botzakis, Stergios, Comp.; Malloy, Jacquelynn A., Comp. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
This article presents the reports from the international research correspondents (IRCs) on the topic of teacher preparation through an informal polling using a questionnaire, consisting of 10 items related to the issue of teacher preparation, in eight countries. The participating IRCs include: (1) Jan Turbill of Australia; (2) Shelley Peterson of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries