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Henderson, Tiffany Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative correlational predictive study aimed to assess to what extent the number of actual study table hours predicted change of Grade Point Average (GPA) for at-risk student-athletes participating in revenue and non-revenue sports. Data was collected from 108 participants total, fifty-three participants in…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Program Evaluation, At Risk Students, Student Athletes
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Cailing Yan – Education & Training, 2025
Purpose: This research aims to construct an Evaluation Scale for Vocational Education Internships (ESVEI) tailored to assess the vocational educational internship experiences from the perspectives of vocational students. It also seeks to investigate the influence of certain factors -- such as gender, family background, educational attainment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Undergraduate Students, Internship Programs
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Linnea M. Horvath; Ryan D. Burns; Timothy A. Brusseau; Yang Bai; Julie E. Lucero; Jessica L. King Jensen – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Health coaching sessions that incorporate goal setting may help improve college students' health behaviors. Purpose: This study examined whether specific goal-setting practices moderated changes in health behaviors during an online wellness intervention in college students. Methods: Participants were 90 college students recruited from…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Behavior, Health Programs, Health Promotion
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Serrano, Raquel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The purpose of this state-of-the-art review is to provide a general overview of recent research on time distribution and second language (L2) learning with special implications for classroom settings. Several studies have been performed to examine how to best distribute the hours of L2 practice to maximize learning by comparing conditions that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Research, Linguistic Input
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Tamanja, Emmanuel Makabu J. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Continuous professional development of teachers plays a crucial role in improving learning outcomes in schools. This study investigated how teaching time is lost when teachers absent themselves to participate in sandwich programmes to upgrade themselves in the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in Ghana. Using a survey of 475 teachers pursuing…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Teacher Surveys
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2016
Research on school leadership shows that principals can significantly impact student achievement by influencing classroom instruction, organizational conditions, community support and setting the teaching and learning conditions in schools. Moreover, strong principals provide a multiplier effect that enables improvement initiatives to succeed. The…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Barriers, Program Evaluation
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Baroffio, Anne; Vu, Nu V.; Gerbase, Margaret W. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2013
Implementation of a pedagogical approach is a continuous and evolving process. As an institution with more than 15 years problem-based learning (PBL), we studied how the learning and teaching processes are currently practiced in a 2-year preclinical basic sciences program to assess whether they still match the intended objectives. Using both…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Tutors
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Henslee, Amber M.; Goldsmith, Jacob; Stone, Nancy J.; Krueger, Merilee – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
The current study compared an online academic integrity tutorial modified from Belter & du Pre (2009) to a pre-recorded online academic integrity lecture in reducing incidents of plagiarism among undergraduate students at a science and technology university. Participants were randomized to complete either the tutorial or the pre-recorded…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Lecture Method
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Budden, Connie B.; Budden, Michael C. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
As traditional universities grapple with an onslaught of demand for distance education a recurring call to ensure quality in such offerings arises. The Quality Matters Program intends to guarantee such quality through a peer-centered process and offers a certification process to help assure quality in online and blended courses. This report is a…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Program Implementation, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
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Elrod, Henry; Scott, Jeannie; Tiggeman, Theresa – Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment, 2012
This internship study was designed to help determine the effect of different management styles and structures, by studying two programs. One, housed in the MS in Accounting program, and the other housed in the Business Internship Director's office, produced statistically different results at the 5% level of significance, in intern's site ratings,…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Leadership Styles, Accounting, Program Effectiveness
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Flynn, Alison B. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
An instructional method is described that was used in a large, introductory organic chemistry course to ask online, post-class questions and to use the students' answers to design the lesson and learning activities for the following class. Additional goals of this method were to provide relevant, regular, and prompt feedback to students and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Instructional Design
Reddy, Alison Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this descriptive, mixed methods study, the researcher investigated the influence of teacher preparation programs' field experiences on teacher candidates' sense of teaching efficacy. Tschannen-Morgan & Woolfolk-Hoy's (2001) Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale questionnaire was sent to 221 teacher candidates enrolled in one of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Field Experience Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Kieran, Patricia; O'Neill, Geraldine – Australasian Journal of Peer Learning, 2009
Peer-Assisted Tutorials (PATs), a form of Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL), were introduced to a conventional 4-year honours degree programme in Chemical Engineering. PATs were designed to support students in becoming more self-directed in their learning, to develop student confidence in tackling Chemical Engineering problems and to promote effective…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Chemical Engineering, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs