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Clark, Leanne – 2003
Reciprocal teaching, a type of metacognitive strategy, has been found to be an effective method in improving comprehension in school-aged students; however, little research exists on using reciprocal teaching with adult high school students. This study investigated the efficacy of using the reciprocal teaching method to improve reading…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Independent Study, Instructional Effectiveness
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Golovatch, Yelena; Vanderplank, Robert – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
This article reports on an investigation into the attributions of success and perceived areas of strength and weakness of adult learners of English as a foreign language in the Department of Continuing Education at Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus. The students attributed their limited progress in learning the foreign language mainly to…
Descriptors: Role, Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Deaver, Sharon R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Graduate Study, Teacher Education, Masters Degrees