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Cheng, Xusen; Wang, Xueyin; Huang, Jianqing; Zarifis, Alex – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
On the one hand, a growing amount of research discusses support for improving online collaborative learning quality, and many indicators are focused to assess its success. On the other hand, thinkLets for designing reputable and valuable collaborative processes have been developed for more than ten years. However, few studies try to apply…
Descriptors: Satisfaction, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Jones, Kevin T.; Procopio, Claire H. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2017
Research has demonstrated the efficacy of mentoring at-risk students in a number of fields from physical education to math and science. While separate research has found that many at-risk students lack effective communication skills, little research has explored the potential of communication mentoring in improving at-risk students' communication…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Mentors, Communication Skills, Middle School Students
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Hervás Torres, Mirian; Fernández Martín, Francisco D.; Arco Tirado, José Luis; Miñaca Laprida, María Isabel – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: The low productivity that prevailing in recent years in Higher Education requires urgently institutional responses aimed to improving quality of university education contributing to the development among students of key competences for lifelong learning. In this sense, the aim of this research was to explore the effects of an…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests
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AlRweithy, Eman; Alsaleem, Basma Issa – Education, 2014
This study aimed at presenting the University Teaching and Learning training program UTL and determining the efficiency of the UTL on developing the teaching competencies of the teaching staff at Imam University in Saudi Arabia. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the performance of the training group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Competencies, Faculty Development
Lewis, Sue Evelyn Joiner – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of preparation delivery programs available to those who seek business education teacher certification in Texas. There are three types of delivery programs in business education in Texas: (a) "traditional" certification programs delivered by institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Business Administration Education, Business Education Teachers, Teacher Certification
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Buckley, Patrick; Doyle, Elaine – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The literature suggests that gamified learning interventions may increase student engagement and enhance learning. We empirically investigate this by exploring the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on the participation and performance of over 100 undergraduate students in an online gamified learning intervention. The paper makes a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Intervention, Learner Engagement, Pretests Posttests
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Spisak, Art L.; Squires, Suzanne Carter – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
High-ability entering college students give three main reasons for not choosing to become part of honors programs and colleges; they and/or their parents believe that honors classes at the university level require more work than non-honors courses, are more stressful, and will adversely affect their self-image and grade point average (GPA) (Hill;…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Honors Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Program Attitudes
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Flynn, Ellen E. – College Student Journal, 2015
Urban college students on academic probation seldom utilize the academic support services offered in most colleges and universities. This study assessed a successful academic support program that emphasized the unique psychological, sociocultural and communal aspects of at-risk urban college students and how those aspects contributed to the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Probation, Academic Support Services, At Risk Students
Soliz, Adela; Long, Bridget Terry – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2016
Due to rising costs and declining affordability, many students have to work while attending college. The federal government takes a major role in subsidizing the wages of college students and spent over $1 billion on the Work-Study program in 2010-11 (College Board, 2011), yet little is known about how working during the school year impacts…
Descriptors: Student Employment, College Students, Work Study Programs, Federal Programs
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De Silva Lokuwaduge, Chitra; Armstrong, Anona – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
Australian government concern for improved governance in the higher education sector over recent years has driven the implementation of governance protocols. However, there has been little evidence of any evaluation of the impact of the governance structures on the performance of universities. This paper presents an analysis of the impact of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
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Hullinger, Megan; Hogan, R. Lance – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2014
A significant issue for U.S. institutions of higher education is reducing the anxiety of students in order to help increase retention rates and improve academic performance. The purpose of this study was to analyze the anxiety levels of incoming graduate students at a Midwest regional state university to determine if an online student orientation…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, State Universities, Anxiety, School Orientation
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
Developmental summer bridge programs are designed to reduce the need for developmental education in college by providing students with accelerated instruction in areas where additional knowledge and skills are needed to help them succeed in higher education. The WWC identified one study of developmental summer bridge programs that meets WWC…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Summer Programs, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education)
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Gallagher, Mary; Galindo, Claudia; Shin, Sarah J. – Across the Disciplines, 2016
This study examines the writing-related attitudes of L1 and L2 students who receive individual discipline-based writing help from Writing Fellows. It investigates changes in the students' attitudes toward writing through a survey administered at the beginning and end of the semester in which the students worked with their Writing Fellows.…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, English (Second Language), Writing Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Fuller, Ian C.; France, Derek – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of incorporating digital video into a traditional Cook's Tour as part of a 7-day road trip around the east coast of New Zealand's North Island over a 4-year period. Student-generated video diaries summarized landscape features and processes at fieldsites, empowering students through active learning and small…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Trips, Video Technology, Diaries
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Gossman, Peter; Horder, Sue – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
This article examines 28 teachers' views about their teacher education requirements. The participants were enrolled on a one-year full-time pre-service teacher education programme with a focus on post-compulsory education and training. The study examines how student teachers' self-evaluations against aspects of teaching professional practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Required Courses
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