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Brian Mumba; Yasmin Sultana-Muchindu – SAGE Open, 2024
The study examined students' attitudes toward online learning classes introduced during the pandemic lockdown among students at the University of Lusaka. The study adopted a quantitative methodology with descriptive and comparative design methods. The study developed an attitude scale toward online learning and administered it to 1,542 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, COVID-19
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Wise Mainga; Marlo B. Murphy-Braynen; Daniel Thompson; Bernadette Robins – International Journal for Business Education, 2025
Research has identified the importance of perceived employability in enhancing new graduates' job search and finding initial employment. Students with high perceived employability are likely to have high self-confidence and perseverance in their job search, which may lead to early initial employment post-graduation. Perceived employability affects…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Business Education, College Graduates
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María-Jesús Mancebón-Torrubia; Domingo P. Ximénez-de-Embún; Begoña Álvarez-Farizo – European Journal of Education, 2024
This study investigates the factors driving the financial literacy of adult population in Spain using a regression count model (specifically the latent class Poisson model). The paper pays special attention to the effect of certain financial attitudes and financial personality traits (such as financial myopia, risk aversion, attitude to financial…
Descriptors: Financial Literacy, Adults, Foreign Countries, Attitudes
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Polat, Murat – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
Investigating the possible washback effect of Foreign Language Proficiency Exam called YDS could provide valuable data regarding how test-takers feel about taking this exam. This study aims to design a scale and collect data regarding the possible washback effect of YDS. In the initial phase, with the help of 6 academicians from ELT and testing…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Attitude Measures, College Faculty
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Pappas, Marios A.; Demertzi, Eleftheria; Papagerasimou, Yannis; Koukianakis, Lefteris; Kouremenos, Dimitris; Loukidis, Ioannis; Drigas, Athanasios S. – Education Sciences, 2018
Deaf individuals present differences compared to their hearing peers in terms of their learning profile. In addition, deaf adults seem to still be socially excluded nowadays, given that the transition from school to work is more difficult for people with hearing loss. This study aims to analyze the cognitive characteristics of deaf adults, as well…
Descriptors: Deafness, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Adults
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Cerdà-Navarro, Antoni; Salvà-Mut, Francesca; Comas-Forgas, Rubén; Morey-López, Mercè – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2020
This article looks at the differences and similarities between Spanish-born and immigrant students enrolled in the first year of Intermediate Vocational Education (IVET) programmes in Spain. We analyse and compare their sociodemographic and academic backgrounds, their reasons for choosing IVET courses, their dropout intention and, finally, their…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Student Characteristics
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Ludlum, Marty; Hongell, Linn; Tigerstedt, Christa; Alsobrook, Laura – College Student Journal, 2016
This research details surveys of current Finnish college students and their study habits. In the current project, we surveyed two distinct sets of students in the spring of 2012 (n = 74), and in the spring of 2014 (n = 119). We found that the students studied less than 9 hours per week. We found significant differences between students' study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Study Habits, Investigations
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Li, Jia; Kay, Robin; Markovich, Louise – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2018
Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs in many Ontario colleges offer adult learners who have low literacy and basic skills with opportunities to improve their employment skills as well as results on prerequisite courses for entrance into post-secondary education. LBS students encounter many challenges and require extra interpersonal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Adult Students, Adult Literacy
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Costa, Sebastiano; Ingoglia, Sonia; Inguglia, Cristiano; Liga, Francesca; Lo Coco, Alida; Larcan, Rosalba – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
The purpose of this multistudy report was to adapt the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) to the Italian context. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, we investigated the dimensionality, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the instrument in a sample of 544 participants (males = 41%) from 16…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Psychometrics, Need Gratification, Gender Differences
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Gbadamosi, Gbolahan; Evans, Carl; Obalola, Musa Adebayo – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
Students working part-time while studying for a full-time university degree are commonplace in many Western countries. This paper, however, examines the historically uncommon part-time working activities and career aspirations among Nigerian university students. In particular, how working is perceived to contribute to developing employability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Employment, Student Employment, College Students
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Rothes, Ana; Lemos, Marina S.; Gonçalves, Teresa – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2017
This study investigated profiles of autonomous and controlled motivation and their effects in a sample of 188 adult learners from two Portuguese urban areas. Using a person-centered approach, results of cluster analysis and multivariate analysis of covariance revealed four motivational groups with different effects in self-efficacy, engagement,…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Independent Study, Profiles
UK Department for Education, 2017
This report presents the findings of the Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2017, The evaluation, consisted of telephone interviews with 4,990 Level 2 and 3 apprentices and 835 higher apprentices, undertaken from late February to mid-April 2017. The sample was evenly split between current apprentices and those that had completed their…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Ethnicity
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Gil-Jaurena, Inés; Callejo, Javier; Agudo, Yolanda – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The paper is a study about the MOOC experience at the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED), where we have collected initial and final information about learners' profiles and opinions, as well as enrolment, completion and certification rates. It is a survey-based study covering 17 MOOCs offered in UNED's own platform, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Glennie, Elizabeth; Lauff, Erich; Ottem, Randy – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2017
High school students who complete technical coursework in a given field should be able to demonstrate their skill mastery by passing a technical skill assessment that is recognized in that field. States are using a variety of approaches to assess students' skill attainment, with some adopting industry-recognized assessments linked to national…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Education, Professional Education, State Legislation
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Roebuck, Deborah Britt; Siha, Samia; Bell, Reginald L. – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2013
This study seeks to understand the perceptions of professors using social media (also called Web 2.0 tools) in the classroom, what kinds of mobile devices are used to access the social media used, and what drives individuals to use them. In addition, it seeks to identify the advantages and concerns faculty has with the use of social media for…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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