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Zineb Draissi; Yu Rong – SAGE Open, 2023
This study aimed to comprehend the patterns and scope of the education mismatch in the Moroccan labor market by collecting and analyzing an extensive database of the types of skills that fuel economic expansion and growth. A self-assessment approach was used to determine the extent of mismatch in Morocco by adopting the World Bank's Skills Toward…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Urban Areas
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Thomas, Christopher L.; Cassady, Jerrell C. – SAGE Open, 2021
Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Model makes a theoretical distinction between the contribution of dispositional anxiety and the transitory experience of anxiety to performance difficulties during testing situations. According to the State-Trait framework, state anxiety is viewed as the primary performance barrier for test-anxious students, and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Test Anxiety, Psychometrics, Test Validity
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Huysamer, Carolyn; Seroto, Johannes – SAGE Open, 2021
Hazing is an ancient, universal practice. In past and modern societies, the need to join a group is an aspect of humanity. The process of joining a group frequently includes the need to be hazed to legitimate full membership. This article uses the theoretical frameworks of Foucault and Bourdieu's perspectives of social order, Tajfel and Turner's…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High School Seniors, Late Adolescents, Hazing
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Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin; Torbjørnsen, Astrid; Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen; Sparboe-Nilsen, B. Bente; Sandbekken, Ida Hellum; Almendingen, Kari; Leegaard, Marit; Ravn, Ingrid; Saeterstrand, M. Torill; Løyland, Borghild; Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal; Fagerlund, Bettina Holmberg; Valla, Lisbeth; Misvaer, Nina; Riiser, Kirsti; Utne, Inger; Rostad, Hanne; Winger, Anette; Albertini Früh, Elena; Holmen, Heidi; Lis, Ribu; Helseth, Sølvi; Grov, Ellen Karine – SAGE Open, 2021
Higher education students are considered to belong to a population susceptible to poor sleep health; however, there is a lack of broader evidence reviews. This systematic review aims to map out and categorize the existing literature related to higher education students and sleep. The present evidence map is based on a comprehensive systematic…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Health Behavior
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Pham, Vu Phi Ho – SAGE Open, 2021
Collaborative writing is widely researched for its effects on students' writing accuracy; however, previous research studies fail to prove its effects on students' writing fluency. Also, none of the previous studies have investigated the framework for students to compose argumentative essays collaboratively. The purpose of this article is to fill…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Lin, Ming Huei – SAGE Open, 2021
This article reports a pre-post comparative study investigating whether the data-driven learning (DDL) approach has different pedagogical effects on grammar students of English as a foreign language (EFL) with different levels of English proficiency. The study entailed a treatment group (TG) of 95 first-year undergraduates who learned grammar…
Descriptors: Data Use, Discovery Learning, College Freshmen, Late Adolescents
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Khumalo, Sinakekelwe; Mabaso, Musawenkosi; Makusha, Tawanda; Taylor, Myra – SAGE Open, 2021
The university period provides a critical developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood. During this period, young people establish patterns of behaviors and make lifestyle choices that affect their current and future health. Using the social constructionist paradigm that examines the development of masculinities as a mutual construct of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masculinity, Sexuality, Males
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Mohamed, Tarek Ismail – SAGE Open, 2021
This article focuses on applying the ethics of the product features during the students' design education. Good/Bad design term is a conventional approach to discuss the ethical/unethical design values of the products. It is noted that different aspects of the product design such as visual information design, interface design, and appearance…
Descriptors: Ethics, Graphic Arts, Merchandise Information, Marketing
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Han, Feifei – SAGE Open, 2021
This study explores the structure of motivation in foreign language (FL) reading among 186 university English language learners (ELLs) in China, and investigated the relations between motivation, strategy use, frequency, and proficiency in FL reading. The data were collected from three questionnaires and the reading section of a mock College…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Motivation, Reading Skills, Reading Habits
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Keshf, Zehra; Khanum, Saeeda – SAGE Open, 2021
Career guidance and counseling (CGC) is vital for smooth career development. Pakistan is a developing country having scarce CGC services; CGC is an emerging field in the country. CGC needs of undergraduates and the services available to them have not been explored extensively through research. This study explored it through 18 semi-structured…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Services, Undergraduate Students
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Chang, Cheng-Chieh – SAGE Open, 2019
Ocean literacy is of particular importance to an island nation like Taiwan. In this study, a Chinese version testing tool for ocean literacy was developed specifically for senior high students in Taiwan. The ocean literacy inventory can be administered using a group test format and consists of the following seven subscales: features of ocean,…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Oceanography, Natural Resources, Foreign Countries
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Burešová, Iva; Jelínek, Martin; Dosedlová, Jaroslava; Klimusová, Helena – SAGE Open, 2020
In line with the current psychological approach to health in general, mental health is perceived not only as the absence of psychopathological disorders, but also the presence of well-being. The study contributes to the identification of possible sources affecting mental health in adolescence. This cross-sectional study focuses on the role of…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Predictor Variables, Personality Traits, Positive Attitudes
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Shadiev, Rustam; Chien, Yu-Cheng; Huang, Yueh-Min – SAGE Open, 2020
Scholars suggest that not every student completely comprehends the content of a lecture in a foreign language as the medium of instruction, especially in the case of those with low language ability. To facilitate comprehension of lectures in a foreign language, learning content was presented to students in multiple modalities; that is, in addition…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Language of Instruction, Lecture Method, English (Second Language)