ERIC Number: EJ957122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1946-7109
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Learner Factors in a High-Poverty Urban Middle School
Olivares-Cuhat, Gabriela
Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, v9 n1 Fall 2011
The purpose of this pilot study is to gain more insight into learner factors prominent in high-poverty urban schools and to suggest pedagogical approaches appropriate to this environment. To this end, three surveys were administered to students attending a high-poverty, urban middle school in order to measure their learning style preferences, language learning strategy use and emotional intelligence. The results indicated a strong preference for kinesthetic and sensing-perceiving learning styles, a generally high use of affective language strategies, and a low level of emotional intelligence in the interpersonal, stress management and adaptability scales. In addition, divergent tendencies in learning preferences and learning strategy use were found across different ethnic groups. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Poverty Areas, Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Pilot Projects, Student Surveys, Cognitive Style, Emotional Intelligence, Preferences, Teaching Methods, English Language Learners, Statistical Analysis, Kinesthetic Methods, Grade 7, Grade 8, Ethnicity, Adjustment (to Environment), Interpersonal Competence, Stress Management, Coping, Measures (Individuals), Profiles, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. 3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. e-mail: journal@gse.upenn.edu; Web site: http://urbanedjournal.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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