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GLATTHORN, ALLAN A.; EDWARDS, PAULINE L. – 1967
A SURVEY CONDUCTED AT ABINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN PENNSYLVANIA REVEALED THAT OVER HALF THE SCHOOL'S 10TH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS DISCONTINUE THEIR LANGUAGE STUDY AFTER THEY FINISH 3RD YEAR FRENCH OR SPANISH. THE MOST COMMON REASONS GIVEN BY THESE STUDENTS WERE SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES, LOW GRADES IN THE LANGUAGE COURSE, AND THE FEELING THAT FURTHER…
Descriptors: Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate, French, Language Enrollment
Maier, Milton H.; Jacobs, Paul I. – 1965
The effects of varying the sequence of frames in a self-instructional program on the instructional outcomes of achievement, interest in learning, and attitudes toward programed instruction were investigated. Thirty-nine 6th grade Spanish classes were randomly assigned to a program with an orderly progression or a scrambled order of frames. The…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education

Jacobson, Cardell K. – Social Forces, 1977
Focusing on the development among youth of either an integrationist or separatist stance, the responses of junior and senior high school adolescents to a series of attitude items are examined in a factor analysis. Two clear and distinct response tendencies emerged, one an integration-separatist dimension and the other an approach-avoidance…
Descriptors: Black Students, Ethnic Relations, Factor Analysis, Racial Relations

Saracho, Olivia N. – American Educational Research Journal, 1982
The effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on basic skills achievement and attitudes toward instruction were compared for two groups of third- through sixth-grade Spanish-speaking migrant children. Results indicated that students who used CAI had greater achievement gains, but students in the non-CAI program had more favorable attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education

Choi, Jinny K. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2003
Examines the language attitudes of parents and secondary school students who are participating in programs where both official languages of Paraguay--Spanish and Guarani--are taught. Studies the relationship between linguistic attitudes and usage. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Guarani, Language Attitudes

Slate, John R.; Manuel, Margaret; Brinson, Kenneth H., Jr. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2002
Surveyed Hispanic college freshmen regarding their attitudes toward educational uses of the Internet and their uses of computer technology. Found significant differences between males and females and students with English versus Spanish primarily spoken in the home, but not between first- and non-first-generation students. (EV)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Higher Education

Brenes-Garcia, Ana Maria – Journal of Language for International Business, 1999
Investigated students' expectations of advanced business-Spanish courses at a graduate school of international management. Surveys indicated that students did not expect to discuss the same topics, use the same materials, and practice the same activities in Spanish-language seminars and in business classes. They preferred cultural topics in a…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Business Administration Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development

Huguet, Angel; Llurda, Enric – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2001
A questionnaire on the attitudes of school children on both sides of the border between Aragon and Catalonia in Spain was administered to detect any attitudinal differences towards Catalan and Spanish between the two communities and any attitudinal effect of attending optional Catalan classes on the Aragonese side. Responses are classified into…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Bliss, Leonard B.; Sandiford, Janice R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
Hispanic students are less likely to persist at community colleges than white students. The study reported in this article suggests that students with appropriate study behaviors are more likely to persist. The study investigated the study behaviors of Spanish-speaking Hispanic students at one Hispanic-serving community college using the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Cultural Traits, Community Colleges, Study Habits
Liu, Yongcan; Fisher, Linda – Teacher Development, 2006
The present study explores the development patterns of three modern foreign language student teachers' conceptions of self (conceptions of their classroom performance, conceptions of their relationship with pupils, conceptions of their self-image in pupils' eyes and conceptions of teacher identity) during a nine-month programme leading to a…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mentors, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Lee, Steven K. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
In light of the continuing debate surrounding bilingual education, there has been a renewed interest to examine the perceptions and views on the subject from various constituents. The purpose of this study was to examine the group who is the target of and most affected by this controversy--English language learners. The study surveyed 280 Latino…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Emotional Development, Educational Experience
Long, Sheri Spaine – 1992
A process-model for writing in a second language is presented. Its seven components include the following: prewriting, draft 1 (not graded), feedback on draft 1, draft 2 (not graded), feedback on draft 2, final draft, and postwriting. Student and instructor attitudes toward the process are discussed, along with an analysis of the different types…
Descriptors: Feedback, Models, Peer Evaluation, Process Approach (Writing)
Cimerhanzel-Nestlerode, Samye Ruth Mott; Cooper, James – 1981
This study considers whether the outcomes for students who participated in an individualized instructional approach to language learning in intermediate college-level foreign language courses are different from the outcomes for students who participated in a lecture-recitation aproach. A two-treatment group quasi-experimental design was used. The…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Experimental Teaching, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Cervenka, Edward J.; Cervenka, S. B. – 1978
This evaluation focuses primarily on student achievement in a Title VII bilingual/bicultural education program at Junior High School 45 in New York City's East Harlem. The program, which served approximately 325 predominantly Hispanic students in 1977-78, is described in terms of its instructional components, student grouping, evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics
Murray, Betty – 1975
A 2-year study of minority group barriers to allied health careers in the Southwest was conducted to identify those barriers experienced by minority groups in entering and completing a postsecondary educational program in allied health. Data were obtained through: (1) 7 one-day conferences convening students, dropouts, nonstudents, staff, faculty,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indians, Blacks