Peter Grainger
University of the Sunshine Coast
41 Papers
146 Citations
Peter Grainger is an academic researcher from University of the Sunshine Coast. The author has contributed to research in topics: Teacher education & Rubric. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 38 publications. Previous affiliations of Peter Grainger include Griffith University & Central Queensland University.
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Papers
•Journal Article
Putting Transformative Learning Theory into Practice.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how Mezirow's theory can help adult educators and prospective school teachers understand that social structures and belief systems can influence student learning, that learners make meaning of their experiences in various ways which influence the sort of value systems they develop and that disorienting dilemmas often challenge the validity of one's values and the assumptions that underpin them.
Language-Learning Strategies for Learners of Japanese: Investigating Ethnicity.
TL;DR: This paper conducted an exploratory study seeking to identify the language-learning strategies of learners of Japanese as a foreign language at a tertiary institution and investigate the relationship between ethnicity and language learning strategy preferences.
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Judging Quality through Substantive Conversations between Markers.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on an experiment that documented the process of decision-making by multiple markers at a university who assessed the same written student assessment responses and found that the markers appeared to share common understandings of quality in the context of the marking criteria and standards across the achievement levels awarded.
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Second language learning strategies and Japanese: Does orthography make a difference?
TL;DR: A major aim of this study is to test the relevance of the SILL with a small group of undergraduate learners of English speaking background, learning Japanese in a foreign language learning environment, and reveals how these beginning learners of Japanese scored highly on most literacy related strategy items contained in the Sill.
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The Impact of Cultural Background on the Choice of Language Learning Strategies in the JFL Context.
TL;DR: The authors investigated the language learning strategies of learners of Japanese in a foreign language learning environment, focussing on the spoken communication strategies and the impact of cultural background on the choice of strategies.
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