“Two randomized field experiments tested a social-psychological intervention designed to improve minority student performance and increase our understanding of how psychological threat mediates performance in chronically evaluative real-world environments. We expected that the risk of confirming a negative stereotype aimed at one’s group could undermine academic performance in minority students...

Sara Davidson Squibb is Head, User Communication & Instruction, University of California, Merced Library, e-mail: [email protected]; Susan Mikkelsen is Teacher Librarian, Merced High, (formerly, Instruction & Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of California, Merced Library), e-mail: [email protected]. © 2016 Sara Davidson Squibb and Susan Mikkelsen, Attribution-NonCommercia...

This study investigated the effectiveness of massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)-based (massive multiplayer online role-playing game) instruction in elementary English education. The effectiveness of the MMORPG program was compared with face-toface instruction and the independent variables (gender, prior knowledge, motivation for learning, self-directed learning skills, comput...

There is a lack of empirical data on the ability and achievement characteristics of Australian university students seeking accommodation under the Disability Discrimination Act because of SpeciŽ c Learning Disabilities (SLD). A series of 30 self-referred students was assessed individually using an extensive test battery (WJ-R) based on a modern, comprehensive model of intelligence and achieveme...

In light of the COVID -19 pandemic and government policies to conduct online learning, present study aimed examine how EFL faculty students perceive teaching learning writing online, whether they differ significantly in their perceptions, if scores who face are different from those studied .21 teachers 104 voluntarily participated this via Google Form. Both were asked complete a five-Likert poi...