This study explored students' learning behavior before and after participating in an introduction to learning how to learn. This four-week intervention included the Massive Open Online Course "Learning How to Learn," further discussions on the content of this MOOC, and hands-on practice using learning platforms. Its purpose was to…

Objective: Regular exercise and healthy eating are important contributors to a person's overall health and well-being. To enhance community health, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California medical students have been leading in-person nutrition, cooking and exercise classes for community members at the Los Angeles County…

This paper reports the results of a group intervention based on strategies derived from the systemic therapy model--brief strategic therapy. These strategies aimed at decreasing the anxiety levels commonly found in oral performance tasks related to L2 learning. Thirteen students from different semesters who belonged to two foreign language…

The aim of the International Society for Technology, Education, and Science (iHSES) conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and practical issues, and connect with the leaders in the fields of "humanities," "education" and "social sciences." It is organized for: (1) faculty members in…

This model set of behavioral objectives for a foreign language program identifies and includes the language skills of listening, reading, writing, grammar analysis, and the pupil's cultural understanding and attitudes toward language learning. Content objectives focus on phonology, vocabulary, morphology, structure, culture, and interrelated…

This survey, representing a wide spectrum of teaching strategies and educational outlooks, is the result of a number of requests to the National Program on Early Childhood Education (NPECE) for a concise description of a variety of tested programs for young children that can be installed by local communities. A requirement of these programs was…

This journal consists of guides to instructional materials and articles on subjects of interest to teachers in bilingual education programs. The following articles and regular features appear in this issue: (1) "Social Class or Culture? -- A Fundamental Issue in the Education of Culturally Different Students," by Frank Angel, an excerpt from a…