NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Research Governance in Public University: Proposal of a Composite Index
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
El Kadiri Boutchich, Driss – Journal of Education, 2023
This work aims to elaborate a governance composite index for research laboratories in public university. This index is composed by an indicator of responsible liberalism associating effectiveness and ethics, to which are added an organizational management indicator and a strategic management indicator. To achieve the above aim, several methods are…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Laboratories, Governance, Universities
The Citation Index of Chemistry Education Research in the "Journal of Chemical Education" from 2008 to 2016: A Closer Look at the Impact Factor
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rodriguez, Jon-Marc G.; Bain, Kinsey; Moon, Alena; Mack, Michael R.; DeKorver, Brittland K.; Towns, Marcy H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
Journal impact factors are a metric often used to evaluate journals; they are calculated by considering a journal's citation and publication rates during a specified time period. In some cases, impact factors can be misleading because they do not take into account the publication of different types of papers. In the "Journal of Chemical…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Citations (References), Periodicals
Assessing Retest Effects at the Individual Level: A General IRT-Based Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ferrando, Pere J. – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2015
Test-retest studies for assessing stability and change are widely used in different domains and allow improved or additional individual estimates of interest to be obtained. However, if these estimates are to be validly interpreted the responses given at Time-2 must be free of retest effects, and the fulfilment of this assumption must be…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Evaluation Methods, Responses, Testing
A Seasoned Instructor's New Look at Fixed-Income Securities: An Exercise Using Discounted Bonds
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Secrest, Thomas W. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Having returned to teaching the basics of pricing fixed-income securities after several years, the author recalls the difficulty students have in understanding the total return provided by fixed-income securities that are purchased at either a discount or premium from face value. This teaching note attempts to clarify the concept by suggesting…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Business Administration Education, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods
Simple Heuristic Approach to Introduction of the Black-Scholes Model
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Yalamova, Rossitsa – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
A heuristic approach to explaining of the Black-Scholes option pricing model in undergraduate classes is described. The approach draws upon the method of protocol analysis to encourage students to "think aloud" so that their mental models can be surfaced. It also relies upon extensive visualizations to communicate relationships that are…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Models, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
On the Utility of National Datasets and Resource Cost Models for Estimating Faculty Instructional Costs in Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Morphew, Christopher; Baker, Bruce – Journal of Education Finance, 2007
In this article, the authors present the results of a research study in which they used two national datasets to construct and examine a model that estimates relative faculty instructional costs for specific undergraduate degree programs and also identifies differences in these costs by region and institutional type. They conducted this research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, National Surveys, Data Interpretation