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Dubem Ikediashi; Cletus Moobela; Kenneth Leitch; Nimi Dan-Jumbo; Afolabi Dania; Sani Reuben Reuben Akoh; Paul Esangbedo – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: Researchers have opined that the quality of commitment to pedagogical approaches by lecturers is one of the most important factors in determining student academic success. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mediating effect of research informed teaching on the relationship between lecturer commitment to use of pedagogical…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Vidal, Borja; Fenollosa Ribera, M. Loreto; Ribal, Francisco Javier; Sanchis, Pablo; García-Rupérez, Jaime; Bes-Piá, M. Amparo; Blasco-Tamarit, E.; Noguera, Patricia; Muñoz-Portero, María José; Tortajada, Luis A. – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study explores the preferences for learning methods among the students of seven engineering disciplines in a Spanish technical university. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the students' views and from them contribute to the knowledge of the effectiveness of learning methodologies. Design/methodology/approach: An online…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
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Yanyao Deng; Chao Shi – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate student motivation before and after the summer internship, in other words, to evaluate whether the summer internship affects male and female motivations differently. Design/methodology/approach: Investigating whether the motivation score predicts grade point average was included by adopting a quantitative…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Engineering Education, Military Training, Active Learning
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Vázquez-Parra, José Carlos; Amézquita-Zamora, Juan Alberto; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The objective of the study was to analyze the perception of knowledge and experience development in social entrepreneurship in students of a university certified by Ashoka as a Changemaker campus and to identify data that argue for equitable training among all students regardless of gender and discipline studied.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, College Students, Gender Differences, Comparative Analysis
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Nortcliffe, Anne Louise; Parveen, Sajhda; Pink-Keech, Cathy – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Black British minority ethnics (BME) students are nationally underachieving in comparison to their Ethnic Chinese and White peers, showing typically a 16 per cent graduate attainment gap in the UK. Previous research has suggested that the attainment gap could be explained by BME student disengagement, as the students typically commute…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Peer Teaching, Blacks
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Abdelfattah, Faisal A.; Obeidat, Omar S.; Salahat, Yousef A.; BinBakr, Maha B.; Al Sultan, Adam A. – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study examined predictors of cumulative grade point average (GPA) from entrance scores and successive performance during students' academic work in university engineering programs. Design/methodology/approach: Scores from high school coursework, the General Ability Test and the Achievement Test were examined to determine if these…
Descriptors: Prediction, Validity, Scores, Grade Point Average
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Pandita, Alka; Kiran, Ravi – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Our findings show that the academic culture is base for quality teaching and education delivery and it impacts employee experience through employee involvement in decision-making and employee engagement demonstrating benefits for universities such as increased employee attraction, higher retention, greater productivity and improved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Success, Higher Education
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Vázquez-Parra, José Carlos; García-González, Abel; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze how university men and women in different disciplines of study in Mexico perceive social entrepreneurship competencies, using a multifactorial analysis to find possible areas of opportunity to reduce the gender gap in social-entrepreneurship-project proposals. Design/methodology/approach: This is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Competence, College Students
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Kumar, Neeraj; Choudhary, Pooja; Ahmad, Anees; Swain, Swapnarag; Singh, Pankaj Kumar – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the quality of technical education in a developing nation, India. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were 465 students and 310 faculty members who were randomly chosen from a total of 31 institutions/colleges/universities providing engineering education in Punjab state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Education, College Students, College Faculty