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Duquette, Cheryll; Orders, Shari – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
The postsecondary experiences of adults diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) were examined in this qualitative research. Tinto's Student Integration Model (SIM) (1975, 1997) provided the theoretical framework that guided the study. Tinto posits that the interplay of background characteristics, academic integration, and social…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Experience, Adult Education, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Kim, Jongyoung – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This study aims to understand Korean students' motivations for studying in US graduate schools. For this purpose, I conducted in-depth interviews with 50 Korean graduate students who were enrolled in a research-centered US university at the time of the interview. In these interviews, I sought to understand how their motivations are connected not…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Social Class, Global Education
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Judson, Thomas W.; Nishimori, Toshiyuki – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2005
In this study we investigated above-average high school calculus students from Japan and the United States in order to determine any differences in their conceptual understanding of calculus and their ability to use algebra to solve traditional calculus problems. We examined and interviewed 18 Calculus BC students in the United States and 26…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Algebra, Calculus, Mathematical Concepts