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Direct linkGluszynski, Tomasz; Bayard, Justin – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Over the last decade, Canada has experienced a substantial increase in the number of individuals participating in post-secondary education (PSE). This trend emphasizes the importance of understanding the pathways leading to PSE enrolment and the competencies that are associated with them. This chapter describes a range of possible education and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Education Work Relationship
Download full textMcKenna, Greg; Penner, Audrey J. – College Quarterly, 2013
This study evaluates the influence of literacy on outcomes in college programs with defined course requirements. This overcomes the limitations of previous research by contextualizing literacy according to program requirements. Results suggest (a) learner literacy varies considerably among programs, (b) there are socio-demographic variables…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literacy, Socioeconomic Influences, Reading Skills
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
Peer reviewedBougaieff, Andre – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
Describes a project designed to make second language reading more pleasurable, noting how computers can help students achieve this goal. The researcher used HyperCard to create reading software with translations appearing in pop-up windows, allowing students to read text with minimal interruption. Students reacted positively to the software, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, French, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDias, Patrick – English Quarterly, 1992
Maintains that cultural literacy's emphasis on "what" students should know must be shifted to a concern for "how" they come to know. Describes various theories of reading and the role of the teacher and practical illustrations of them. Criticizes notions of core curricula while suggesting reasons for considering them. (HB)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Narang, H. L. – 1974
This annotated bibliography on reading education consists of 131 abstracts of Canadian masters' theses in the areas of reading instruction, reading research, and reading achievement. The masters' theses included in this document, completed at 14 Canadian Universities during a fifty year period from 1922 to 1972, are arranged in alphabetical order…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education, Masters Theses, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedSurridge, Marie – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
If Anglophone students are to read French at an adult level, they must not only acquire a selected small vocabulary but also be trained to interpret words creatively within a context in order to use their vocabulary. Instruction should include exercises to foster this creativity. (MSE)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Foreign Countries
Barbour, Ross; Ostler, Catherine; Templeman, Elizabeth; West, Elizabeth – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2007
The British Columbia (BC) English as a Second Language (ESL) Articulation Committee's Canadian Language Benchmarks project was precipitated by ESL instructors' desire to address transfer difficulties of ESL students within the BC transfer system and to respond to the recognition that the Canadian Language Benchmarks, a descriptive scale of ESL…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, National Standards, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSheorey, Ravi; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
Reports on the reading habits of native-English speaking and nonnative-English speaking undergraduate college students who completed a reading habits questionnaire. Results revealed that nonnative students read more widely for longer periods of time and had higher perceptions of themselves as readers in their native language than did…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
The Development of Letter and Syllable Effects in Categorization, Reading Aloud, and Picture Naming.
Peer reviewedMarmurek, Harvey H. C.; Rinaldo, Richard – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1992
Second and fourth graders and college students categorized one- and two-syllable words. Categorization response times for second graders were related to the number of letters in one-syllable words. Second and fourth graders had longer categorization times than college students for four-letter, two-syllable words. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, College Students, Elementary Education
