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Direct linkRodney McCrowre; Burcu Adivar – Industry and Higher Education, 2024
This study aims to analyse the impact of demographic and educational factors on in digital upskilling. We address the relationship between digital skills, critical thinking skills and the student learning experience in courses with embedded upskilling programs. Statistical analysis and exploratory research are used to analyse the data collected by…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Skill Development, Competence, Critical Thinking
Kentucky Department of Education, 2013
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is exploring competency-based education as a way to better prepare students for success in college and their careers. Some individual schools and districts are moving ahead with this innovative approach where achievement is the constant and time is the variable. Not all students learn at the same rate, or in the same…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Individualized Instruction
Bettinger, Eric P.; Baker, Rachel B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
College graduation rates often lag behind college attendance rates. One theory as to why students do not complete college is that they lack key information about how to be successful or fail to act on the information that they have. We present evidence from a randomized experiment which tests the effectiveness of individualized student coaching.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), College Students, Nontraditional Students, Goal Orientation
