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Justice, Mary F.; King, Keith A.; Vidourek, Rebecca A.; Merianos, Ashley L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: Many misconceptions about breast cancer exist. College students have the opportunity to perform breast cancer risk-reducing behaviors. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess breast cancer knowledge among university students and examine the influence of breast cancer knowledge on health behaviors for breast cancer prevention.…
Descriptors: Cancer, Knowledge Level, College Students, Prevention
Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2020
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) conducted a digital engagement survey in May 2020, designed to capture the short-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the working habits of staff, students, and university leaders. Results provide a snapshot of individual levels of digital engagement, changing attitudes and behaviours, and the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Skamp, Keith; Boyes, Eddie; Stanisstreet, Martin – Science Education, 2013
Science educators have a key role in empowering students to take action to reduce global warming. This involves assisting students to understand its causes as well as taking pedagogical decisions that have optimal probabilities of leading to students being motivated to take actions based on empirically based science beliefs. To this end New South…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Berridge, Gina; Goebel, Vella – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the beliefs and perceptions of some of the stakeholders directly involved in a GED® program located in a county jail. The researchers investigated the perspectives of the jail's Chief of Programming, GED® supervisor, teachers, and inmates participating in the program. Although gathering data from the…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions