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The World of the British "Hifz" Class Student: Observations, Findings and Implications for Education and Further Research
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Gent, Bill – British Journal of Religious Education, 2011
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork that took place in 2004 in a boys' "hifz" class which met in a north-east London mosque. Drawing on the results of semi-participant observations and semi-structured interviews, the research findings are collated under five themes: the routines and rhythms of the "hifz" class; routes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Males, Student Attitudes
Learning Styles of ESL Students in Community Colleges
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Lincoln, Felicia; Rademacher, Barbara – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
This study investigated the learning styles of adult English as a second language (ESL) students in Northwest Arkansas. Learning style differences by age, gender, and country of origin were explored. A total of 69 northwest Arkansas adult ESL students attending 7 adult-education centers were administered the VARK Learning Styles Questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aural Learning, Females, Males
Short-Term Auditory Memory of Above-Average and Below-Average Grade Three Readers.
Caruk, Joan Marie – 1983
To determine if performance on short term auditory memory tasks is influenced by reading ability or sex differences, 62 third grade reading students (16 above average boys, 16 above average girls, 16 below average boys, and 14 below average girls) were administered four memory tests--memory for consonant names, memory for words, memory for…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Auditory Stimuli, Aural Learning, Females
Auditory Recall of Conceptually, Phonetically, and Linguistically Similar Words by Normal and Learning-Disabled Children.
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Swanson, Lee – Journal of Special Education, 1979
The effect of auditory free recall on four lists of monosyllabic word ensembles was studied in 10 learning-disabled and 10 nondisabled first grade boys. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Conceptual Schemes, Cues, Exceptional Child Research