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Anas Hajar; Mehmet Karakus – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
This mixed-methods study explored the nature, effectiveness, and policy implications of the fee-charging private supplementary tutoring (PT)--including online--that first-year Kazakhstani university students attended over the last 12 months. The data were collected from 952 participants using a close-ended questionnaire followed by semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Tutoring, Fees
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Sharma, Shailja; Palomares-Fernandez, Ronald – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention among college students with externalizing behaviors and attentional problems. Participants: Three students attending their first year in college received mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention and data were collected…
Descriptors: College Students, Metacognition, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Michelle E. Waleski – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Leadership plays a crucial component in an organization's success. The present mixed-methods study investigated the relationship of perceived stress among first-year college students who were emerging adults aged 18 through 24 and mindfulness training. The study was two-fold, beginning with the quantitative portion. The participants (N = 36)…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Training, College Freshmen, Young Adults
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Lu, Ming-Tsan Pierre; Setayesh, Shaghayegh – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
To improve college students' achievement and success rate in the College Algebra course, a new program called Link2Success (L2S) was implemented in several sections of the course at the study's university. The program required students to increase their class time to six hours. Three of those hours were spent with certified tutors who helped…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, College Freshmen, Mathematics Achievement, Algebra
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Biwer, Felicitas; de Bruin, Anique; Persky, Adam – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2023
Recent research shows the importance to teach students the self-regulated use of effective learning strategies at university. However, the effects of such training programs on students' metacognitive knowledge, use of learning strategies, and academic performance in the longer term are unknown. In the present study, all first-year pharmacology…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Training, Study Habits, Student Behavior
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Pradorn Sureephong; Suepphong Chernbumroong; Pakinee Ariya; Kannikar Intawong; Kitti Puritat – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of a new approach for a university transition program that uses a location-based game to familiarize first-year students with the university environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved 775 university students from 15 faculties, 9 from Human and Social Sciences and 6 from Technology and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Transitional Programs, Student Motivation, Intellectual Disciplines
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Ann Celestini; Agnieszka Palalas – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Diversity in age, background, circumstances, and abilities among post-secondary learners has become increasingly common in online nursing education. Thus, there is a need for educators to build an inclusive environment that is responsive to this variety, to optimize learner achievement. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) offers educators a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Nursing Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology
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Tisoglu, Secil; Piri, Zeynep; Mericelli, Murat; Catan Inan, Funda – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2022
One of the most emphasized skills for social, educational and workplace settings is creativity in the present decade. This study aims to understand whether a collaborative digital storytelling production project improves the creativity of undergraduate students. 109 students engaged in group work and employed a range of digital tools (i.e. wikis,…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Educational Technology, Creativity, Undergraduate Students
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Tzu-Yu Tai – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) are a valuable tool in language learning because they provide opportunities for authentic interaction. However, their effectiveness, compared with that of human interlocutors, in facilitating second and foreign language interaction has not been explored. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of IPAs…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Penazzi, Davide; McCready-Fallon, Joseph; Rosser, Sharon – PRIMUS, 2023
Student retention is a priority in universities, as drop-out rates among university students within 12 months of starting continue to rise, according to UK figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/non-continuation, accessed February 2022), and with…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education, Transitional Programs, Mathematics Education
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Vanessa Harwood; Lisa Macaruso; Gabriela Zuccolo; Alexa Tabile; Nina Schiarizzi-Tobin; Katharine Musella – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2025
Purpose: An increasing number of autistic students are pursuing higher education to enhance career opportunities, achieve personal growth, and increase independence. Nonetheless, many encounter difficulties in transitioning to and thriving in this environment, despite the support offered by universities. Here, we review the preliminary data from a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, College Freshmen, Inclusion
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Lee-Paul, Shawna N. – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2023
Student retention and lack of encouragement are post-secondary institutional barriers that play a critical part in why African Americans are represented in small numbers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (National Science Foundation, 2017). Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have always promoted a supportive…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Black Colleges, Communities of Practice, African American Students
Erin White Beaman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the study was to learn which activities are effective for producing a community of learners, retaining students, preparing students for the rigors of nursing school, and determining the best practices for Living Learning Community (LLC) housing and academic policies for nursing students. The research utilized a qualitative case…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Nursing Students, Communities of Practice, Student Attitudes
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Huerta, Mark V.; Carberry, Adam R.; Pipe, Teri; McKenna, Ann F. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Background: There is clear consensus among influential education reports that an expansive range of intrapersonal (e.g., self-regulation) and interpersonal competencies (e.g., empathy) highly influence educational and career success. Research on teaching and learning these competencies is limited in engineering education. Purpose/Hypothesis: This…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness
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Weijiao Huang; Chengyuan Jia; Khe Foon Hew; Jia Guo – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Aural decoding skill is an important contributor to successful EFL listening comprehension. This paper first described a preliminary study involving a 12-week undergraduate flipped decoding course, based on the flipped SEF-ARCS decoding model. Although the decoding model (N = 44) was significantly more effective in supporting students' decoding…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension
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