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Hyun-Sook Kang; LaTanya Kurney – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This qualitative case study examines, through an educational equity lens, the motivation, challenges, and assessment associated with international program development as appraised by the faculty and administrators in a district of multiple community colleges. To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four faculty members and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Study Abroad, Overseas Employment
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Alibak, Morteza; Talebi, Hooshang; Neshat-Doost, Hamid-Taher – Journal of Educators Online, 2019
Test anxiety is a serious problem for many college students. This study examines the development and validation of the Online Test Anxiety Inventory (OTAI) to evaluate test anxiety among online students. In this study, the OTAI is developed and administered to a sample of 157 postgraduate online students: 77 males and 80 females, aged 22 to 51…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Likert Scales, Test Anxiety, College Students
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Shen, Ji; Liu, Ou Lydia; Chang, Hsin-Yi – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
This paper presents a transformative modeling framework that guides the development of assessment to measure students' deep understanding in physical sciences. The framework emphasizes 3 types of connections that students need to make when learning physical sciences: (1) linking physical states, processes, and explanatory models, (2) integrating…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Academic Achievement, Knowledge Level, Cohort Analysis
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Herrmann, Kim Jesper; Bager-Elsborg, Anna; Parpala, Anna – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
While focus on quality in Danish higher education has been growing in recent years, limited attention has been devoted to developing and thoroughly validating instruments that allow collecting data about university students' perceptions of the teaching-learning environment. Based on data from a large sample of Danish university students, a Danish…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Questionnaires, Learning Strategies, Outcome Measures
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Saraswat, Satya Prakash; Anderson, Dennis M.; Chircu, Alina M. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2014
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a graduate level Business Process Management (BPM) course with process modeling and simulation as its integral component, being offered at an accredited business university in the Northeastern U.S. Our approach is similar to that found in other Information Systems (IS) education papers, and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Statistical Significance
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Mega, Carolina; Ronconi, Lucia; De Beni, Rossana – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
The authors propose a theoretical model linking emotions, self-regulated learning, and motivation to academic achievement. This model was tested with 5,805 undergraduate students. They completed the Self-Regulated Learning, Emotions, and Motivation Computerized Battery (LEM-B) composed of 3 self-report questionnaires: the Self-Regulated Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Motivation, Active Learning, Emotional Response
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Clem, Jamie M.; Mennicke, Annelise M.; Beasley, Christina – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
Experiential learning is recommended as a way to increase critical thinking and engagement, enhance theory-informed practice, increase preparedness, and improve multicultural understanding for students involved in social work education. The purpose of this study is to validate the Experiential Learning Survey (ELS), which measures students'…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Program Validation
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Gallagher, Shawn P.; Cook, Shaun P. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
The Major Field Test in Psychology (MFT) is a standardised test designed to assess subject mastery at the conclusion of an undergraduate career. Eighty-one graduating majors completed the MFT and 56 of them also took a multiple-choice exam of questions drawn randomly from an introductory psychology test bank. Like the MFT, the constructed exam was…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Exit Examinations, Field Tests, Standardized Tests
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Filik Iscen, Cansu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The role of teachers in the formation of environmentally sensitive behaviors in students is quite high. Thus, the water awareness of teachers, who represent role models for students, is rather important. The main purpose of this study is to identify the reliability and validity study outcomes of the Water Awareness Scale, which was developed to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Test Reliability
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Zelkowski, Jeremy; Gleason, Jim; Cox, Dana C.; Bismarck, Stephen – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2013
Within the realm of teaching middle and high school mathematics, the ability to teach mathematics effectively using various forms of technology is now more important than ever, as expressed by the recent development of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice. This article presents the development process and the results from 15…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Preservice Teachers, Program Validation, Technological Literacy
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Beitzel, Brian D. – Journal of Research in Education, 2013
The Student Response to Faculty Instruction (SRFI) is an instrument designed to measure the student perspective on courses in higher education. The SRFI was derived from decades of empirical studies of student evaluations of teaching. This article describes the development of the SRFI and its psychometric attributes demonstrated in two pilot study…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness, Psychometrics
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Archibong, Ijeoma Aniedi; Nja, Mbe Egom – Higher Education Studies, 2011
This research is conducted to examine what is currently evaluated with respect to teaching in Nigerian public universities and to produce instruments that would be useful for examining the course and teaching effectiveness of course lecturers. Telephone interview of ten (10) professors in ten public Nigerian Universities is used to elicit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
Shumer, Rob; Digby, Cynthia – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2011
The purpose of this investigation is to tell the story of how six states are developing Programs of Study (POS) as mandated by the Perkins IV federal legislation. The authors' effort focuses on how states' technical assistance systems evolved and what successes and challenges existed for states developing POS. There was no intent to compare one…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Federal Legislation, Program Validation, Vocational Education
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Djajadikerta, Hadrian G.; Trireksani, Terri; Djajadikerta, Hamfri – International Education Studies, 2008
Today's institutions of higher education are facing an increased number of significant challenges taking place in the political, economic, social and technological environment. Accordingly, the issues of performance, accountability, and marketing strategies have become ever more important. It has been suggested that universities that are more…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Web Sites, Accounting, User Satisfaction (Information)