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Nielsen, Sara E.; Yezierski, Ellen J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Academic tracking, placing students in different classes based on past performance, is a common feature of the American secondary school system. A longitudinal study of secondary students' chemistry self-concept scores was conducted, and one feature of the study was the presence of academic tracking. Though academic tracking is one way to group…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Chemistry, Self Concept, Secondary School Students
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List, Alexandra; Grossnickle, Emily M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading Psychology, 2016
The present study examined undergraduate students' multiple source use in response to two different types of academic questions, one discrete and one open-ended. Participants (N = 240) responded to two questions using a library of eight digital sources, varying in source type (e.g., newspaper article) and reliability (e.g., authors' credentials).…
Descriptors: Profiles, Questioning Techniques, Information Sources, Undergraduate Students
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Costa, Carolina; Alvelos, Helena; Teixeira, Leonor – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
This study analyses and compares the use of Web 2.0 tools by students in both learning and leisure contexts. Data were collected based on a questionnaire applied to 234 students from the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and the results were analysed by using descriptive analysis, paired samples t-tests, cluster analyses and Kruskal-Wallis tests.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web 2.0 Technologies, College Students, Questionnaires