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Fleer, Marilyn; Adams, Megan; Gunstone, Richard; Hao, Yijun – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2016
It has been reported that in cross-cultural contexts, Western science content is often not used in everyday practice, and the learning of science is often viewed as difficult and having no social meaning (e.g., Aikenhead & Michell, 2011). It is suggested that the cultural relevance of everyday family practices and Western constructions of…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Games
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Wood, Katherine – TESOL Journal, 2011
Interrupted formal education is a barrier that makes learning English as an adult an extremely challenging commitment. Besides the many work and family responsibilities that most adult English as a second language (ESL) learners face, students with interrupted formal education (SIFE) often lack familiarity with school-based skills and typical…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Stopouts, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Jordans, M. J. D.; Komproe, I. H.; Tol, W. A.; De Jong, J. T. V. M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Large-scale psychosocial interventions in complex emergencies call for a screening procedure to identify individuals at risk. To date there are no screening instruments that are developed within low- and middle-income countries and validated for that purpose. The present study assesses the cross-cultural validity of the brief,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries