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Bailey, Toni – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2022
The prioritization and overemphasis of mathematics and English language arts for decades in U.S. curricula has led to the othering of various forms of knowledge and an intellectual hierarchy that jeopardizes students' self concepts. Premised on Aristotle's ta endoxa and Bourdieu's field theory, a critical discourse analysis was conducted to…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Educational Philosophy, Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods
Çelik, Serkan; Dalbudak, Ibrahim – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
This research is a study with the aim of determining the factors that affect the participation of students from different faculties in the university in recreational activities. Thus, it is aimed to reveal the factors affecting the participation of students from different faculties in the university to recreational activities and to develop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Participation, Recreational Activities
Orona, Gabe Avakian; Pritchard, Duncan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
There has recently been a great deal of theoretical interest in the relevance of the intellectual virtues for education, including undergraduate education. This study introduces a novel online module, as part of a larger university-wide initiative, to introduce and potentially inculcate intellectual virtue in students. Using a non-experimental…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Ethics, Online Courses, Intellectual Development
Espinoza-Parra, Oscar; Collins, Christopher S. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2020
This study examined student learning via the composite measure of intellectual abilities among 1,210 Latina/o undergraduates at 4-year institutions. Longitudinal pre and post surveys were used to examine the impact of interrelated variables on Latina/o' senior year cognitive gains. This study applied Becker's (1993) human capital theory and…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, College Environment, College Freshmen
Rodríguez-Nieto, Ma. Concepción; Sánchez-González, Ana Sofía; Sánchez-Miranda, Martha Patricia – Educational Process: International Journal, 2019
The aim of the study was to analyze the conceptions of giftedness of average university students as they influence attitudes and behaviors that positively or negatively influence the emotional, academic and social wellbeing of the gifted. The study design was mixed method; the sample was non-probabilistic with 74 participants who answered an…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics
Dziewanowska, Katarzyna – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Effective education at the tertiary level is one of the key conditions for the development of modern economies; it also has a substantial impact on social development. Nowadays, higher education institutions all over the world are facing numerous challenges, some of them global (e.g. funding), others local (e.g. demographic trends). Universities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Marketing, Student Attitudes
Orona, Gabe Avakian – Theory and Research in Education, 2021
Virtue education is gaining popularity in institutions of higher education. Given this growing interest, several theoretical accounts explaining the process of virtue learning have emerged. However, there is scant empirical evidence supporting their applicability for intellectual virtue. In this study, we apply a theory of virtue learning to the…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
Mabingo, Alfdaniels – Journal of Dance Education, 2019
As globalization endures onslaughts from neo-state nationalism, examining the role that dances from non-Western cultures play in facilitating intercultural education is necessary. This article critically examines the intercultural reflections and meanings that student performers constructed from learning and performing the movements, techniques,…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Dance Education, Singing, Music
Murray Bettina P. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Urban college students (n=179) from diverse cultural backgrounds and regions received instruction in the writing of short narratives, or allegories, to express generalizations about human behavior. At the beginning of the three-month semester students were given samples of allegories concluding with a lesson and then were asked to create an…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Urban Areas, College Students, Student Diversity
Serquina, Evelyn A.; Batang, Boyet L. – TESOL International Journal, 2018
Difficulty in expressing oneself using the International language is a continuing issue in classroom situations. The descriptive research design using correlational method was employed in this study. Point-biserial correlation was used to determine the degree of relationship between sex and nature of parents' occupation and psychological and…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Potter, Sharyn J.; Abrams, Eleanor; Townson, Lisa; Wake, Cameron; Williams, Julie E. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
We describe the development and evaluation of the university-wide, weeklong undergraduate research conference at the University of New Hampshire. Despite increases nationally in the number of undergraduate research conferences (URC), there has been little research examining the social and educational impact of these events on student presenters.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Intellectual Development, Surveys
Mazer, Joseph P.; Graham, Elizabeth E. – Communication Education, 2015
Periodic assessment and scrutiny of the discipline's measurement practices, instruments, and research findings are necessary to provide clarity and direction by revealing what we know, how we know it, and where the knowledge gaps exist. Reflective reviews have produced ample appraisals of the theory, research, and methods employed in the conduct…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Instruction, Measurement, Test Reliability
McKeown, Joshua S. – SUNY Press, 2009
Study abroad programs on American college and university campuses are booming, with a national goal of sending abroad one million students within ten years. In this timely and thought-provoking look at the benefits of studying abroad, Joshua S. McKeown moves beyond the acknowledged cultural and linguistic benefits to focus on how it promotes…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Abroad, Intellectual Development, Role of Education

Freehill, Maurice F.; McDonald, Jan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1981
From a study of 13 gifted adolescents, two cases provide support for the concept of a special motivation associated with breadth and depth of intellectual competency, evenness of functioning across modalities, consistency in ratings of personality characteristics, and specificity of personality profile characteristics. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gifted, Intellectual Development, Personality Traits

Lovecky, Deirdre V. – Roeper Review, 1994
This study delineates modes of thinking that differentiate exceptionally gifted children from more moderately gifted peers. Cognitive differences include viewing the simple as complex, a need for precision, viewing the complex as simple, abstract reasoning ability, early grasp of essential elements of an issue, high capacity for empathy,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Gifted