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Development and Validation of the Student Perception of Academic Challenge Scale
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Jenna M. T. Vest – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study focuses on creating a reliable and valid instrument to measure high school students' perceptions of academic challenge. The research is divided into four phases: qualitative analysis, item development, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and validation. Initial data from college students' retrospective views and high school students'…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Multiple Case Study of Event Management Curricula and Industry Professionals' Expectations of New Graduates
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Whitney, Premila A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The event management segment of the hospitality industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. As a result, demand for qualified event management professionals continues to increase. To help prepare qualified professionals for the event management industry, higher education institutions in the United States are now offering…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, Hospitality Occupations, Case Studies
"Bridging the Gaps": A Case Study of Faculty and Student Expectations, Perceptions, Challenges, and Responses in the Chinese "Teach-Abroad" Learning Environment
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Goode, Matthew Lawson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Thousands of U.S. faculty travel abroad each year to teach host-country students (George, 1995). This study explores the "teach-abroad classroom", defined as "the teaching and learning processes and interactions between faculty and students" in this learning environment (George, 1987, 1995; Slethaug, 2007). Faculty and student…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, College Faculty, College Students, Qualitative Research
Identifying the Information-Seeking Behaviors of Students, the Expectations of Faculty, and the Role of Librarians in Writing Assignments That Require Students to Use Information Sources in Selected Pennsylvania Community Colleges: A Model for Instruction
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Barbara A. Zaborowski – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The intent of this exploratory study is to identify the information-seeking behaviors used by community college students when using information resources to complete a writing assignment, the expectations that faculty have in regard to that writing assignment and the role librarians can play in that process through information literacy…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Student Behavior, Expectation, Academic Libraries