National statistics indicate substantial mental health and academic challenges experienced by a sizable proportion of Hispanic children and adolescents in American school settings. School counselors can provide culturally responsive supports to this population and would benefit …
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This quasi-experimental classroom-based study (n=128) looks at what students in an English for Academic Purposes Program (EAP) learn from the process of writing collaboratively and how this affects the individual writing that they subsequently produce. This is compared to how in…
This thesis explains the significance that bilingualism has played and should play in life. It consists of three chapters: Chapter 1 examines bilingual perspectives from different communities inside the United States; Chapter 2 presents a critical assessment of research from lin…
The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of Arab American parents in a Michigan high school on multicultural education in the Detroit Metropolitan area. Arab American parents were both foreign-born and born in the United States with students in 9th, 10 th, 11th, and …
Competency in writing is a prerequisite to passing national examinations in Malaysia. Instruction to improve writing skills in English is essential for students to pass national examinations, obtain employment, and complete future education abroad. Therefore, it was deemed impor…
This dissertation describes a participatory evaluation research project conducted by the researcher to evaluate the five aspects of the FutureLinks-South Africa training program conducted in Washington, D.C. and directed by Dr. Dudley Weeks. This case study involved collecting d…
The Black/White Achievement gap has been a persistent problem in education. Previous research attributed this gap to students' culture (Jenks & Phillips, 1998; Ogbu, 1995a.b) or teachers' expectancy (Rist, 1970). Post-colonial literature suggests that this research itself is opp…
University students in Malaysia need to demonstrate a high proficiency of the English language, particularly so in institutions of higher learning such as the International Islamic University where the medium of instruction is English in order to succeed academically. Here, the …
This research examines the experiences of special education parents as narrators of their own stories. The study looks at language, tradition and narrative and what influence they play in the parents' understanding and acceptance of their child's disability in three different co…
This research study was undertaken to address questions and concerns about the language teaching textbook as regards to its role in input, feedback, and production of learner output. Specifically, it investigates whether literature-based reading texts generate different interact…
Immigrant women are a growing population in Canada. In order to capitalize on their skills and education, it is important to facilitate settlement and integration. Facilitation requires an in-depth understanding of their needs and the challenges preventing full participation. Th…
This research examines the relation between intervention models of conflict resolution and political change and control. Six Arab-Jewish intervention programs were selected to explore the topic. The research addresses two main questions: first, do the programs contribute to conf…
The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the adjustment problems encountered by international students enrolled at Texas Southern University. The study also attempted to determine if there were significant differences in the adjustment problems among respondents in …
The problem this ethnographic study addresses is the relationship between various ways of understanding "difference" and particular conceptualizations of what might constitute just educational practices for students across lines of social demarcation. Thinking about differences …
This dissertation examines whether enhanced executive function plays a role in successful second language acquisition (SLA). Specifically, I examine learners' performance in language learning tasks and in three tasks argued to reflect components of Miyake et al.'s (2000) model o…
Limited schooling in the first language (L1) has allowed English Language Learners (ELLs) to face obstacles in their second language (L2) and science courses. Therefore, this study examines these variables in the following two hypotheses: (1) there is a significant relationship …
This study addresses some of the problems involved with defining an effective writing pedagogy in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study has two basic aims: first, to clarify specific areas of difficulties encountere…
This study was conducted to investigate the acquisition order of dative alternation in English by Arabic native speakers and to examine results of the study in relation to those of previous experiments on this subject. The research questions were designed: (1) to investigate the…