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The Structure of Informal Learning in the Workplace—An Experience Sampling Approach

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper complements retrospective approaches to researching informal learning in the workplace with experience sampling. Since (conscious) informal learning is becoming increasingly important for successfully keeping pace with rapid changes in working environments, a clear understanding of the construct and its precise measurement are ...
Katja Häußermann, Tina Seufert
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Metacognitive Awareness and Comprehension Monitoring in Reading Ability of Iranian EFL Learners

Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2011
We report an investigation on the relationship between metacognitive awareness of reading strategies and comprehension monitoring of language learners in English as a foreign language context.
Fatemeh Khonamri, Elahe Mahmoudi Kojidi
doaj  

Academic Resilience in Contexts of Inequality: Motivational and Self‐Efficacy Profiles of Disadvantaged High Achievers

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement are well‐documented in France and emerge early in schooling. Yet, a subset of students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds attains high academic performance, challenging deterministic accounts of educational inequality.
Margot Rémeau, Gaël Raffy, Grégoire Borst   +2 more
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Measuring Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies of Higher Level Learners

Rupantaran: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
The metacognitive awareness of reading strategies among higher level learners has been widely acknowledged for successful reading comprehension. However, literature shows a little empirical research in this area in Nepalese context. This paper attempts to measure the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies of higher level learners of Nepal.
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Living with the Unknown: Intolerance of Uncertainty in Parkinson's Disease

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is marked by pervasive uncertainty due to fluctuating motor and non‐motor symptoms, variable treatment response, and an unpredictable clinical course. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), a tendency to perceive ambiguity as threatening and respond with worry, avoidance, or decisional paralysis, may be ...
Bradley McDaniels, Gregory M. Pontone, Kuhan Pushparatnam, Indu Subramanian   +3 more
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THINKING ALOUD, TALKING, AND LEAThinking aloud, talking, and learning to read: esl reading comprehension training in small cooperative groups Thinking aloud, talking, and learning to read: esl reading comprehension training in small cooperative groups

Ilha do Desterro, 2008
Training students to become independent skillful readers is a major concern of the EFL reading teacher. How can we best train students in selecting and applying reading strategies so that they become more efficient readers? Can we ensure that an increase
Yael Bejanaro, Esther Klein-Whol
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Metacognitive awareness of Turkish EFL learners on reading strategies

, 2016
Bu araştırma, İngilizce öğrencilerinin okuma anlama becerileri üzerine okuma stratejilerinin üstbilişsel farkındalığının etkilerini incelemektedir. Bu amaçla, toplamda üniversite düzeyinde birinci sınıf 82 İngilizce öğrencisi, Mokhtari ve Reichard (2002) tarafından geliştirilen Üstbilişsel Farkındalık Okuma Stratejileri Envanteri (MARSI) ile hazırlanan
SARIÇOBAN, Arif, BEHJOO, Bahram Mohammadi   +1 more
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Learning Trajectories for Constructing Mechanistic Explanations and the Role Played by Epistemic Knowledge

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Explaining scientific phenomena by unpacking their underlying mechanisms poses many challenges for high‐school students. One central challenge is synthesizing the different parts of a mechanism into a coherent whole and identifying what information is still missing, or whether further learning is required.
Ruth Molad, Michal Haskel‐Ittah
wiley   +1 more source

Systems Thinking for T‐Shaped Sustainability Education: A Viable Systems Approach (vSa)

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability represents a complex and evolving paradigm calling for competences necessary for a deep understanding of the interdependencies among human, environmental, economic, and cultural dimensions. Along with a review of the literature and an analysis of official guidelines from leading international institutions, this study assesses ...
Marialuisa Saviano, Mario Testa, Adriana Apuzzo, Anna Di Vernieri, Maria Giovanna Corrado   +4 more
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Examining the Delivery Modes of Metacognitive Awareness and Active Reading Lessons in a College Nonmajors Introductory Biology Course

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2014
Current research supports the role of metacognitive strategies to enhance reading comprehension. This study measured the effectiveness of online versus face-to-face metacognitive and active reading skills lessons introduced by Biology faculty to college ...
Kendra M. Hill, Volker S. Brözel, Greg A. Heiberger   +2 more
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