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Prior to the development of interactive television, schools that were either geographically isolated or financially restricted were often unable to provide courses that may have been essential for students. Interactive television has helped such school districts provide appropriate courses for their students. Because student self-efficacy is a significant indicator of student success, the relationship between distance learning and students' self-efficacy requires research. The problem of the study was to examine the impact of site location in a distance learning environment on student self-efficacy in Spanish instruction. The participants in this study were junior high school students enrolled in distance-learning Spanish classes at two junior high schools in a north central Texas independent school district. All of the students were taught by the same instructor. The age range of the students was from 11 to 14 years of age, and all students were in either the seventh or the eighth grade. Students took a modified version of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire at the end of each treatment. Using the counterbalanced design, each subject was matched to themselves. T-tests for nonindependent samples were used to compare the two treatments. The findings indicate that there is no significant difference in the level of student self-efficacy by site location. The findings in this study support the use of distance learning as a medium for Spanish instruction at the junior high school level. Because of the strong statistical relationship between self-efficacy and student performance, teachers and administrators can reasonably believe that site location will not hamper their students' success.

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鄭秀萍 = A study of the relationship between home and classroom environments and the attitude of form 3 students towards science / Cheng Sau Ping. / 據手稿本複印. / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院敎育學部. / 參考文獻: leaves 250-267. / Ju shou gao ben fu yin. / Zheng Xiuping = A study of the relationship between home and classroom environments and the attitude of form 3 students towards science / Zheng Sau Bing. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan jiao yu xue bu. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-267). / 圖表目次 --- p.viii / 論文提要 --- p.xix / Chapter 第一章 --- 導言 --- p.1 / 問題背景 --- p.5 / 研究動機與目的 --- p.14 / 研究的意義 --- p.17 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻評述 --- p.21 / 測量態度的意義 --- p.21 / 學生所感受到的課室社會群性環境與態度 --- p.27 / 學生所感受到的家庭群性環境與科學學習 --- p.41 / 學生所感受到的家庭群性環境與態度 --- p.46 / 學生性別與其對科學所持態度的差異 --- p.58 / 初中學生升讀高中後所持科學態度的轉變 --- p.69 / 修讀「綜合科學」課程的目的 --- p.73 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究方法 --- p.77 / 重要名詞闡釋 --- p.77 / 假設 --- p.98 / 研究工具 --- p.100 / 預試程序 --- p.112 / 研究對樣與取樣 --- p.122 / 研究程序 --- p.126 / 資料分析 --- p.127 / Chapter 第四章 --- 結果與討論 --- p.130 / 三類量表的信度 --- p.130 / 科學態度量表的因子結構 --- p.136 / 課室群性環境量表的因子結構 --- p.146 / 家庭群性環境量表的因子結構 --- p.158 / 相關矩陣 --- p.167 / 科學態度與課室群性環境的單項相關 --- p.167 / 科學態度與家庭群性環境的單項相關 --- p.173 / 男生與女生所持的科學態度比較 --- p.179 / 多項迴歸分析 --- p.188 / 課室群性環境與科學態度的關係 --- p.210 / 研究限制 --- p.230 / 建議 --- p.233 / Chapter 第五章 --- 摘要 --- p.236 / 文獻參考 --- p.250 / 附錄 / Chapter 一 --- 科學態度量表 --- p.268 / Chapter 二 --- 課室群性環境量表 --- p.272 / Chapter 三 --- 家庭群性環境量表 --- p.274 / Chapter 四 --- 教育研究問卷 --- p.278 / Chapter 五 --- 教育研究問卷答案 --- p.286

彭志泉. / 手稿本(c. 2-3複印本). / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學硏究院敎育學部. / Shou gao ben (c. 2-3 fu yin ben). / Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-114). / Peng Zhiquan. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan jiao yu xue bu. / 表次 --- p.vi / 摘要 --- p.viii / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.1 / 問題背景 --- p.1 / 研究目的 --- p.4 / 研究意義 --- p.5 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻評述 --- p.8 / 青少年成長與群性發展 --- p.8 / 影響學生群性結構的因素 --- p.18 / 改進班內社交關係的方法 --- p.30 / Chapter 第三章 --- 方法 --- p.37 / 概述 --- p.37 / 對象 --- p.38 / 工具與測量 --- p.39 / 過程 --- p.45 / 假設 --- p.50 / 分析 --- p.54 / 局限性 --- p.56 / Chapter 第四章 --- 結果 --- p.58 / 工具與測良的可信性　 --- p.58 / 影響學生受納程度的主要因素 --- p.62 / 學生小組群的共同性和小組群成因 --- p.69 / 影響學生群性結構的一些轉變因素 --- p.77 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 --- p.96 / 討論 --- p.97 / 含義 --- p.100 / 建議 --- p.105 / 參考文獻 --- p.109 / Chapter 一 --- 附錄、社交關係測驗（第一至第三次） --- p.115 / Chapter 二 --- 簡化計量表 --- p.118 / Chapter 三 --- 社交關係圖解（第一次測驗，德班） --- p.119 / Chapter 四 --- Proctor與Loomis群性指數計算法 --- p.120 / Chapter 五 --- 自傳的學習（學習文章和問題） --- p.121 / Chapter 六 --- 自傳的認識 --- p.125 / Chapter 七 --- 社交　納方案問卷 --- p.127 / Chapter 八 --- 學生家中表現調查 --- p.128 / Chapter 九 --- 學生個人背景資料 --- p.129

Lam Tsui-shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-210). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Setting of the Present Research --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Research on Second/Foreign Language (SL/FL) Classroom Interaction --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Research on English Classroom Interaction in Hong Kong --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Rationale and Significance --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organisation of This Thesis --- p.7 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Origins and Development --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Communicative Competence: Framework --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Communicative Competence: Theoretical Approaches in Language Teacl --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3.1 --- The interactional approach --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3.2 --- The discoursal approach --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3.3 --- The fluency-based approach --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Communicative Competence: Practical Issues --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.4.1 --- The interactional approach: The role of output --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.4.2 --- The discoursal approach: The need of information gap --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.4.3 --- The fluency-based approach: The measurement of fluency --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- The Communicative Language Teaching in Hong Kong --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.5.1 --- The development of CLT in English classroom --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.5.2 --- Attitudes toward CLT and the actual practice: A dilemma --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- Classroom Interaction and Language Learning --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Role of Interaction --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- Comprehensible input and its development --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Negotiation --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.1.3 --- Output --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Actual Interactional Patterns in Classroom: The Interactive Goals --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- Core Goals --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- Framework Goals --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.2.3 --- Social Goals --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Desired Classroom Interactional Patterns --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.3.1 --- The Two Complementary Modes --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.3.2 --- "The Triangular Elements: Play, Work and Learning" --- p.47 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Aspects of Teacher-Learner (T-L) Interaction --- p.49 / Chapter 2.3.4.1 --- Teacher roles --- p.49 / Chapter 2.3.4.2 --- Learner roles --- p.51 / Chapter 2.3.4.3 --- Teacher talk --- p.52 / Chapter 2.3.4.4 --- Student talk --- p.57 / Chapter 2.3.4.5 --- Turns of talk --- p.60 / Chapter 2.4 --- Classroom Interaction and Second Language Learners --- p.63 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Learner Autonomy --- p.64 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Learner Anxiety --- p.65 / Chapter 2.5 --- English Language Classroom Interaction in Hong Kong --- p.67 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Analyzing Input and Interaction in Language Classrooms --- p.67 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Communication Failure in the English Classroom --- p.69 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- The Five Second Language Discourses --- p.70 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Students' Participation in Language Classroom --- p.72 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- Research Gaps in Hong Kong: Significance of Students' Voices --- p.73 / Chapter 2.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.75 / Chapter 3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.77 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.77 / Chapter 3.2 --- Selection of Subjects --- p.78 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- School --- p.78 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Class --- p.78 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Teacher --- p.79 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Students --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3 --- Research Instruments --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- "Non-participant, Ethnographic Observations" --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Stimulated Recall and Semi-structured Interviews --- p.82 / Chapter 3.4 --- Design of the Study --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Stage One: Data Collection --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- Classroom observations --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1.2 --- Students' interviews --- p.84 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Stage Two: Data Analysis --- p.85 / Chapter 3.5 --- Methods of Data Analysis --- p.86 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Analysing the Classroom Discourse Data --- p.86 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Analysing the Interview Data --- p.87 / Chapter 3.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.88 / Chapter 4 --- DATA ANALYSIS --- p.89 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2 --- Classroom Interactional Patterns: The General Picture --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Teacher's and Students' Talk --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2.1.1 --- At the utterance level --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.1.2 --- Language choice --- p.92 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Teacher's and Students' Turn Allocation --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.2.1 --- Amounts of turns taken --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.2.2 --- Turn-taking patterns --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3 --- Teacher-Learner Verbal Interaction: An Overview --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Types of Teacher Talk --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3.1.1 --- """Teacher-initiate""" --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3.1.2 --- """Teacher-respond""" --- p.98 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Types of Student Talk --- p.98 / Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- """Pupil-initiate""" --- p.99 / Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- """Pupil-respond""" --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4 --- A Brief Summary on the Classroom Discourse Data --- p.100 / Chapter 4.5 --- Findings Based on Students' Interview Data --- p.101 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Students Asking Questions in English Classroom --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5.1.1 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to ask questions --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5.1.2 --- Moments of raising hand to ask questions --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5.1.3 --- Reasons for not asking questions in English --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5.1.4 --- Reasons for not asking questions in class --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5.1.5 --- Expectations about teacher's answers --- p.104 / Chapter 4.5.1.6 --- Learning from asking questions --- p.104 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Students answering questions in English classroom --- p.105 / Chapter 4.5.2.1 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to answer questions --- p.105 / Chapter 4.5.2.2 --- Reasons for calling out the answer without teacher's nomination --- p.106 / Chapter 4.5.2.3 --- Reasons for answering in private turns --- p.106 / Chapter 4.5.2.4 --- Reasons for nodding or shaking head to answer questions --- p.107 / Chapter 4.5.2.5 --- Reasons for not taking the initiative in answering questions --- p.108 / Chapter 4.5.2.6 --- Learning from answering questions --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Teacher-Learner Interaction and Classroom Learning --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5.3.1 --- Motivating factors for speaking (in English) in class --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5.3.2 --- Types of classroom atmosphere encouraging verbal interactions --- p.110 / Chapter 4.5.3.3 --- Positive effects of verbal interactions in classroom learning --- p.111 / Chapter 4.5.3.4 --- De-motivating factors for speaking (in English) in class --- p.112 / Chapter 4.5.3.5 --- Types of classroom atmosphere discouraging verbal interactions(in English)in class --- p.113 / Chapter 4.5.3.6 --- Negative effects of non-verbal interactions in classroom learning --- p.113 / Chapter 4.5.3.7 --- Positive effects of non-verbal interactions in classroom learning --- p.114 / Chapter 4.5.3.8 --- Things in mind when learning in silence --- p.114 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Students' Suggestions for English Teacher --- p.115 / Chapter 4.5.4.1 --- Influences of teacher's image --- p.115 / Chapter 4.5.4.2 --- Expected images and roles of the English teacher in the classroom --- p.116 / Chapter 4.5.4.3 --- Suggested actions to promote T-L interaction --- p.117 / Chapter 4.5.4.4 --- Suggested actions to promote speaking English in class --- p.118 / Chapter 4.6 --- A Brief Summary on the Student Interview Data --- p.119 / Chapter 5 --- DISCUSSION --- p.120 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.120 / Chapter 5.2 --- Students' Participation in English Classroom: An Overview --- p.120 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Types of Teachers' Elicitation and Students' Responses --- p.121 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Types of Students' Elicitation and Teachers' Responses --- p.124 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Language Choice of the Students --- p.126 / Chapter 5.3 --- Non-verbal Participation in Classroom Interaction --- p.130 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Students' Non-verbal Participation in Answering and Asking Questions --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.1.1 --- Reasons for answering questions in private turns --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.1.2 --- Reasons for using body language or games to answer questions --- p.133 / Chapter 5.3.1.3 --- Reasons for not taking the initiative to answer questions --- p.134 / Chapter 5.3.1.4 --- Reasons for not taking the initiative to ask questions in class --- p.141 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- De-motivating Factors for Speaking in Class: A Review --- p.144 / Chapter 5.3.2.1 --- Students' anxiety in ESL classroom --- p.145 / Chapter 5.3.2.2 --- Teacher's influences on students' non-verbal participation --- p.148 / Chapter 5.4 --- Verbal Participation in Classroom Interaction --- p.153 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Students Verbal Participation in Answering and Asking Questions --- p.154 / Chapter 5.4.1.1 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to ask questions --- p.154 / Chapter 5.4.1.2 --- Reasons for not speaking in English --- p.155 / Chapter 5.4.1.3 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to answer questions --- p.158 / Chapter 5.4.1.4 --- Reasons for shouting out the answer --- p.160 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Motivating Factors for Speaking in Class: A Study on Teacher's Influence --- p.162 / Chapter 5.4.2.1 --- Expected roles of an English teacher in classroom interaction --- p.163 / Chapter 5.4.2.2 --- Encouraging students' English verbal participation in classroom --- p.171 / Chapter 5.5 --- Chapter Summary --- p.180 / Chapter 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.183 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.183 / Chapter 6.2 --- A Summary of the Research Objectives and Findings --- p.183 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Revisiting Research Objectives --- p.183 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Summarising Research Findings --- p.184 / Chapter 6.2.2.1 --- Classroom discourse data --- p.184 / Chapter 6.2.2.2 --- Student interview data --- p.185 / Chapter 6.3 --- Pedagogical Implications --- p.190 / Chapter 6.4 --- Research Limitations --- p.193 / Chapter 6.5 --- Suggestions for Future Research --- p.194 / Chapter 6.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.196 / REFERENCES --- p.198 / APPENDICES --- p.211 / Chapter A --- An Overview of the English Language Classroom Interaction Research in Hong --- p.211 / Chapter B --- "Tsui's "" Seventeen-Category System"" and Its Illustration" --- p.213 / Chapter C --- Percentage of Partially and Totally Unintelligible Utterances of the Teachers and --- p.214 / Chapter D --- Relative Population and Distribution of Forty-eight Student Interviewees --- p.215 / Chapter E --- The Codes of the Forty-eight Student Interviewees --- p.216 / Chapter F --- Summary of Students' Explanations for Their Non-verbal Participation --- p.217 / Chapter G --- Summary of Students' Explanations for Their Verbal Participation --- p.218 / Chapter H --- Diagram 2. The Flow of Possible Worries in Students' Mind When They Are to Answer Teacher's Question --- p.219 / Chapter I --- Diagram 3. Possible Things in Students' Mind When They Have A Question in Mind --- p.220

Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2008. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 46-04, page: 2099. Advisers: Robert E. Roberts; Christine Markham. Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this study is a comparison of the socio-economic status with the school status of the seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade pupils of the Montague, Texas, public schools. In this study the socio-economic status is interpreted as meaning the position that the individual, or family, occupies with reference to average standards based on the home status indexes.

"The purpose of this paper is to develop a list of printed books on China, in the fields of fiction and non-fiction, suitable for use with junior and senior high school students. Since the writer of this paper is a Chinese girl who has appreciated the opportunity to live and study in America for the past six years, she is especially interested in suggesting adequate materials for use in America in motivating a better understanding of China. The compilation of such a bibliography has been undertaken as a step in achieving the good will and better understanding of English-speaking peoples in relation to China. As a result of discussion with Mrs. Sara K. Srygley, formerly Consultant in Library Service, Florida State Department of Education, and an examination of an available bibliography of books for high school libraries, it has been ascertained that there is a need for such a list"--Introduction. / "June, 1953." / At head of title: Florida State University. / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sara K. Srygley, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-45).

published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy