Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 6 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 11 |
Descriptor
| College Students | 12 |
| Search Strategies | 12 |
| Computer Software | 11 |
| Foreign Countries | 6 |
| Student Attitudes | 6 |
| Web Sites | 5 |
| Content Analysis | 4 |
| Information Retrieval | 4 |
| Internet | 4 |
| Teaching Methods | 4 |
| Academic Language | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Abrahamson, Earle Derek | 2 |
| Mann, Jonathan | 2 |
| Al-Kabi, Mohammed N. | 1 |
| Alsmadi, Izzat M. | 1 |
| An, Hyeri | 1 |
| Azios, Jamie H. | 1 |
| Bak, Peter | 1 |
| Bellon-Harn, Monica L. | 1 |
| Berlanga, Adriana | 1 |
| Blaney, Jennifer | 1 |
| Boers, Nanda | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 11 |
| Reports - Research | 8 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 10 |
| Postsecondary Education | 7 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Media Staff | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkBellon-Harn, Monica L.; Smith, Danielle J.; Dockens, Ashley L.; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Azios, Jamie H. – Reading Improvement, 2018
Problem: Although many young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are intellectually capable of pursuing college degrees, a high percentage either do not enroll in or do not graduate from two-year or four-year institutions. Online student support services may uniquely support the higher education goals of this population. Understanding…
Descriptors: College Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Readability
Smith, David; Qayyum, M. Aslm; Hard, Natascha – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2017
Studying via the Internet using information tools is a common activity for students in higher education. With students accessing their subject material via the Internet, studies have shown that students have difficulty understanding the complete purpose of an assessment which leads to poor information search practices. The selection of relevant…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cues, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education
Download full textAbrahamson, Earle Derek; Mann, Jonathan – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2018
Online systems like Turnitin have been identified as way to improve the quality of work that students submit. Related to this, recent studies concerned with Turnitin have foregrounded its capacity as an educative tool that improves students' understanding of academic misconduct. Academic writing, and the ability of students to appreciate feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Cheating, Plagiarism
Abrahamson, Earle Derek; Mann, Jonathan – Online Submission, 2018
Online systems like Turnitin have been identified as way to improve the quality of work that students submit. Related to this, recent studies concerned with Turnitin have foregrounded its capacity as an educative tool that improves students' understanding of academic misconduct. Academic writing, and the ability of students to appreciate feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Cheating, Computer Software
Blaney, Jennifer; Filer, Kimberly; Lyon, Julie – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2014
Critical reflection allows students to synthesize their learning and deepen their understanding of an experience (Ash & Clayton, 2009). A recommended reflection method is for students to write essays about their experiences. However, on a large scale, such reflection essays become difficult to analyze in a meaningful way. At Roanoke College,…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Software, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Shin, Dong-Hee; An, Hyeri; Kim, Jang Hyun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The use of a second screen can enhance information processing and the execution of search tasks within a given period. In this study, we examined the learner's attentional shift (AS) between two screens and controlled secondary tasks (STs) in the media multitasking setting and its effect on the learning process. In particular, we analyzed how…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Search Strategies, Attention Control, Learning Processes
Maabreh, Majdi A.; Al-Kabi, Mohammed N.; Alsmadi, Izzat M. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: This study is an attempt to develop an automatic identification method for Arabic web queries and divide them into several query types using data mining. In addition, it seeks to evaluate the impact of the academic environment on using the internet. Design/methodology/approach: The web log files were collected from one of the higher…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Web Sites, Search Engines, Classification
Bak, Peter; Meyer, Joachim – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2011
Information systems increasingly provide options for visually inspecting data during the process of information discovery and exploration. Little research has dealt so far with user interactions with these systems, and specifically with the effects of characteristics of the displayed data and the user on performance with such systems. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graphs, Criteria, Information Retrieval
King, Douglas – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
In the last issue, this journal asked a question on many librarians' minds, and it was pleased with the depth and variety of responses. As suggested by this journal editorial board member Oliver Pesch, readers were asked, "Many libraries have gone to federated searching to win users back from Google. Is it working?" Respondents approached the…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Computer Software, Synthesis
Drachsler, Hendrik; Hummel, Hans; van den Berg, Bert; Eshuis, Jannes; Waterink, Wim; Nadolski, Rob; Berlanga, Adriana; Boers, Nanda; Koper, Rob – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The need to support users of the Internet with the selection of information is becoming more important. Learners in complex, self-organising Learning Networks have similar problems and need guidance to find and select most suitable learning activities, in order to attain their lifelong learning goals in the most efficient way. Several research…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Learning Activities, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness
Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis
Peer reviewedSpragg, Edwin B. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
A 1989 study at Cornell University compared students' competence, behavior, and preference in searching the ERIC database on Silver Platter CD-ROM systems for IBM and Macintosh computers. Although no significant differences in search success were noted between the systems, the majority of students expressed a preference for the Macintosh's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
