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Estrera, Edwin B. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
This study examines the perception of Humanities and Social Science teachers among public Senior High Schools in the Department of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences strand in the Philippines. It uses Erden's element-based model of evaluation by considering the alignment to the goals of the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines, the…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Humanities
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Mokhtari, Saba; Shariat, Seyed Vahid; Ardebili, Mehrdad Eftekhar; Shalbafan, Mohammadreza – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: This study is performed to examine the attitudes regarding marriage, family, and premarital sex among the students of different majors. Participants: Four hundred fifty-seven students from four majors studying Medical Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and Mathematics/Engineering within the age range of 18- to 24-year old. Method: Participants…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Sexuality, Child Rearing
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Koç, Yakup; Mutlu, Ahmet – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to determine the information and communication technologies integration approaches of physical education and sports teachers and language, science and humanities teachers. A survey model was used in the research. The research group consisted of teachers working in public high schools affiliated with the Ministry of…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Athletics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Elphinstone, B.; Whitehead, R.; Tinker, S. P.; Bates, G. – Educational Psychology, 2019
Previous research has indicated that nonattachment mediates the relationship between mindfulness and the ability to be adaptable. Additionally, adaptability has been associated with increased academic engagement and subsequently, higher grades. The current study combined these findings into a single model. In an undergraduate sample (N = 725), the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Metacognition, Grades (Scholastic), Learner Engagement
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Trudgett, Michelle; Page, Susan; Harrison, Neil – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2016
Drawing on demographic data collected from interviews with 50 Indigenous Australians with a doctoral qualification and 33 of their supervisors, this paper provides the first detailed picture of Indigenous doctoral education in Australia, with the focus on study modes, age of candidates, completion times and employment. It also analyses data…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Interviews, Doctoral Degrees, Foreign Countries
Olga Temple; Syeda Sana Fatima – Online Submission, 2018
This paper is a follow-up on our 2017 study of the effect of Age of Onset of learning English (AO) on the academic performance of University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) students in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS). It investigates the relationship between three factors in the students' Early Language Education {Age of Onset of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sella, Francesco; Sader, Elie; Lolliot, Simon; Cohen Kadosh, Roi – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Recent studies have highlighted the potential role of basic numerical processing in the acquisition of numerical and mathematical competences. However, it is debated whether high-level numerical skills and mathematics depends specifically on basic numerical representations. In this study mathematicians and nonmathematicians performed a basic…
Descriptors: Numbers, Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Skills, Professional Personnel
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Mestan, Kemran – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Attrition, which courses in the humanities and social sciences particularly suffer from, is a major problem for universities and students. This paper investigates the reasons students give for prematurely discontinuing studying the Bachelor of Arts. This is a qualitative study that thematically analyses semi-structured interviews. The sample…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Dropouts, Student Attrition
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Khezrlou, Sima – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2012
The present research investigated the use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies by 60 young and 90 adult learners of different levels of education across different fields of study. The intermediate level young participants included junior-high and senior-high school learners between the ages of 14 and 17. The high-intermediate adult…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Second Language Learning, Correlation, Metacognition
Ramasamy, Shamala – Online Submission, 2011
A component in the study of critical thinking which needs to be addressed is informal reasoning fallacy. It is a type of mental trickery which is able to self-deceive undergraduates and public at large. In order to practice good critical thinking, one has to detect and get rid of these fallacies. However, students have to be disposed in detecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Thinking Skills, Misconceptions
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Araque, Francisco; Roldan, Concepcion; Salguero, Alberto – Computers & Education, 2009
This paper develops personalized models for different university degrees to obtain the risk of each student abandoning his degree and analyzes the profile for undergraduates that abandon the degree. In this study three faculties located in Granada, South of Spain, were involved. In Software Engineering three university degrees with 10,844…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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van Rooijen, L. – Higher Education, 1986
A study of the adjustment of third-, fourth-, and sixth-year university students in the humanities, sciences, and medicine in a Dutch university is reported. The study examined mental health variables, satisfaction, interpersonal orientations, and assessments of the learning environment across sexes, majors, and cohorts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Environment, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Kyvik, Svein – Higher Education, 1990
A study of Norwegian researchers revealed substantially different patterns in age and research productivity in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and natural sciences. It is suggested that discrepancies arise from differences in the development of scientific disciplines, particularly the speed of knowledge production and technological…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Publishing