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McAlpin, Jacob D.; Kulatunga, Ushiri; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Motivation helps drive students to success in general chemistry, and active learning environments with social interactions has consistently shown to improve motivation. However, analyzing student outcomes in an interactive environment is best done by considering students not as isolated units but as working together and influencing each other.…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Science Instruction, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes
Hasegawa, Atsushi; Shima, Chiharu – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2020
The present study examined differential social experiences of international students living in a residential hall called 'Nihongo House' (Japanese language house) at a Japanese university. By conducting social network analysis (SNA), as well as making use of ethnographic data collected through participant observation and semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Dormitories, Educational Experience
Designing and Validating an Evaluation Inventory for Assessing Teachers' Professional Accountability
Rahmatollahi, Maryam; Mohamadi Zenouzagh, Zohre – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
Research has already established the boundless potential of teachers in assisting effective learning processes, and there is still a need to expand research to illustrate interrelation and connection between the construct of teachers' professional accountability which moderates and directs student learning. To this end, a comprehensive review of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Learning Processes, Content Analysis, Likert Scales
Paul, Jing Z.; Friginal, Eric – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
This study investigated the effects of Facebook and Twitter on foreign language (Chinese) learners' written production in both short- (10 days) and long-term (50 days) pseudo-experimental settings. Adopting two concepts (i.e. symmetric vs. asymmetric) from matrix theory in social network analysis, we categorized Facebook as a symmetric social…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Second Language Learning, Network Analysis, Sentences
Hatzipanagos, Stylianos; John, Bernadette A. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2017
In this paper we report on the evaluation of an institutional social network (KINSHIP) whose aims were to foster an improved sense of community, enhance communication and serve as a space to model digital professionalism for students at King's College London, UK. Our evaluation focused on a pilot where students' needs with regard to the provision…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Sense of Community, Institutional Characteristics, Pilot Projects
López Solé, Susana; Civís Zaragoza, Mireia; Díaz-Gibson, Jordi – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
This paper studies the social side of pre-service teacher education and draws on social network analysis to explore the relation between the social capital of pre-service teachers and their academic and professional success. An online survey was applied to a sample of 321 students enrolled full time either in Preschool Education or Primary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Social Networks, Network Analysis
AlShoaibi, Rana; Shukri, Nadia – English Language Teaching, 2017
The major aim of this study is to better understand the university students' perceptions and attitudes towards using social network sites for learning English as well as to identify if there is a difference between male and female university students in terms of using social networking sites for learning English inside and outside the classroom.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Social Media
Palmer, Betsy; Boniek, Susan; Turner, Elena; Lovell, Elyse D'nn – College Student Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the spectrum of undergraduate students' social interactions and related technological tools. Qualitative methods were used for this phenomenological study exploring 35 in-person interviews, with horizonalization in an open coding system secured by in-depth analysis which revealed nuanced themes and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Networks, Interaction, Network Analysis