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Sanchez-Gelabert, Albert; Figueroa, Mijail; Elias, Marina – European Journal of Education, 2017
An analysis of the phenomenon of combining work and study amongst university students is made using data obtained from surveys of graduates carried out four years after finishing their degrees. First, the article reviews the evolution of the phenomenon over the last ten years, taking into account the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Statistical Analysis, Sampling
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Asamoah, Moses Kumi; Oheneba-Sakyi, Yaw – Africa Education Review, 2017
This study describes how a professor-instructor of a Master of Arts (MA) programme in Contemporary Issues in an Adult Education classroom applied constructivist tenets to address an ICT-mediated teaching and learning class. The study provides an analysis of the professor's constructivist pedagogical approach in designing curriculum, engaging in…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Masters Programs, Universities, Foreign Countries
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Deniz, Sabahattin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
This study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and problem solving. The sample set of the research was taken from the Faculty of Education of Mugla University by the random sampling method. The participants were 386 students--prospective teachers--(224 females; 182 males) who took part in the study voluntarily.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence, Problem Solving, Correlation
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Abdullah, Nauman; Akhtar, Mahr Muhammad Saeed – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Teachers' job satisfaction leads to job continuity, which in turn affects teacher performance as well as the effectiveness of their institutions. The purpose of this study was to identify if there was a relationship between the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and Job Satisfaction (JS) of teachers since discretionary behaviours have a…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness
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Xiaoyu, Chen – Chinese Education & Society, 2015
The author uses sampling survey data from students at higher education institutions and performs an empirical analysis of the distribution of different types of higher education opportunities for residents with different socioeconomic backgrounds. The study finds that there is a significant relationship between the distribution of different…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, College Attendance, Higher Education, Social Status
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Jones, Nikoleta; Roumeliotis, Spiridon; Iosifides, Theodoros; Hatziantoniou, Maria; Sfakianaki, Eleni; Tsigianni, Eleni; Thivaiou, Kalliopi; Biliraki, Athina; Evaggelinos, Kostas – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2013
Purpose: The aim of the present study is to contribute to the discussion introducing the concept of social capital as a significant parameter influencing students' perceptions concerning greening initiatives in HEIs. Design/methodology/approach: A theoretical analysis is presented concerning the possible links of social capital components with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Capital, Correlation, Foreign Countries
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Gugiu, Mihaiela R.; Gugiu, Paul C.; Baldus, Robert – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2012
Background: Educational researchers have long espoused the virtues of writing with regard to student cognitive skills. However, research on the reliability of the grades assigned to written papers reveals a high degree of contradiction, with some researchers concluding that the grades assigned are very reliable whereas others suggesting that they…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Scoring Rubrics, Research Design
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Cao, Yingxia; Ajjan, Haya; Hong, Paul – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
As more and more faculty members jump on the wagon of social media, an increasing number of publications began to investigate the adoption of social media applications and its motivators in and out of the classrooms. However, little research has paid close attention to the educational outcomes of social media utilization in college teaching. Thus,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods, Higher Education
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Adams, Danielle R.; Meyers, Steven A.; Beidas, Rinad S. – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: Financial strain may directly or indirectly (i.e., through perceived stress) impact students' psychological symptoms and academic and social integration, yet few studies have tested these relationships. The authors explored the mediating effect of perceived stress on the relationship between financial strain and 2 important outcomes:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students, Mental Health
Nelson, Joretta – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With retention and persistence-to-graduation rates showing little improvement in previous decades, institutions of higher education continue to seek ways to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning in order to achieve. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the roles and relationships of selected psychological and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average, Graduation Rate
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Linn, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
When the precise basis of selection effect on correlation and regression equations is unknown but can be modeled by selection on a variable that is highly but not perfectly related to observed scores, the selection effects can lead to the commonly observed "overprediction" results in studies of predictive bias. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Bias, Correlation, Higher Education, Prediction
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Lochstet, Gwenn; Lehman, Donna H. – College & Research Libraries, 1999
Describes a correlation method for calculating reference statistics using weekly door counts that was tested at the University of South Carolina while studying a sampling technique for collecting reference statistics. Results indicate this method may offer libraries an accurate and less time-consuming procedure for keeping reference statistics.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Higher Education, Library Research
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Fuller, Edward, – 1973
This self-instructional manual for psychological assessment focuses on the following topics: (1) general statistics, (2) central tendency, (3) random, continuous, and discrete variables, (4) variability, (5) measuring variability, (6) sampling, (7) derived scores, (8) covariation, (9) reliability and validity, and (10) standard error of…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Correlation, Error of Measurement, Guides
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Metz, Paul; Litchfield, Charles A. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Examines data on circulation and in-house use of academic library collections to assess differences according to use, measurement technique, and time period. The discussion examines differences in current periodical use and other kinds of uses, differences between circulation and in-house use, and the reliability of short sampling periods. (13…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Higher Education
Thompson, Bruce; Melancon, Janet G. – 1990
Effect sizes have been increasingly emphasized in research as more researchers have recognized that: (1) all parametric analyses (t-tests, analyses of variance, etc.) are correlational; (2) effect sizes have played an important role in meta-analytic work; and (3) statistical significance testing is limited in its capacity to inform scientific…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation, Effect Size