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Gender, Faculty Status, and Discipline as Predictors of Teaching in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Stapleton, Sarah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the way of life for people and businesses around the world. Institutions of higher education and their constituents are no exception. As the pandemic began, colleges and universities moved their operations and teaching modalities online. The emergency shift to remote learning and operating has put a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, School Closing
An Evaluation of the English Preparatory Program at Istanbul Medeniyet University
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Atar, Cihat; Kir-Cullen, Elif; Denkci-Akkas, Ferdane – Online Submission, 2020
At Turkish universities, schools of foreign languages provide compulsory and voluntary language education for college students before they start their programs. This study aims to evaluate the program implemented for the English preparatory classes at Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Foreign Languages during 2016-2017 academic year. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Student Plagiarism in Higher Education in Vietnam: An Empirical Study
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Do Ba, Khang; Do Ba, Khai; Lam, Quoc Dung; Le, Dao Thanh Binh An; Nguyen, Phuong Lien; Nguyen, Phuong Quynh; Pham, Quoc Loc – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This paper assesses and compares the prevalence of plagiarism across different student and assignment characteristics at a university in Vietnam, using the similarity index reported by the text-matching software Turnitin as a proxy measure of plagiarism on a sample of 681 student papers. The findings present a level of match higher than reported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Plagiarism, Assignments
2017 Student Academic Experience Survey
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Neves, Jonathan; Hillman, Nick – Higher Education Academy, 2017
Since 2006 (with the exception of 2013), the "Student Academic Experience Survey" has been designed and developed in partnership between the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy (HEPI-HEA). The Survey has become one of the major surveys within the UK higher education landscape, providing insight into how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, National Surveys, Higher Education
Understanding the Impact of Gender by Imagining the Self as the Other Gender: A Role-Play Writing Assignment
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Black, Katherine A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
To encourage students to think about and understand the considerable role gender plays in their lives, a writing assignment early in a gender course asks them to consider the impact of permanently becoming the other gender. Students' papers were examined for particular themes, which were used to illustrate course concepts and to spark class…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Course Content, Gender Differences, Sex Role
Gender Differences in Types of Assignments Preferred: Implications for Computer Science Instruction
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Wilson, Brenda Cantwell – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
A study analyzing survey results of more than 850 students enrolled in college computer courses was conducted. The survey included, among other things, questions about students' preferences for a programming assignment. The three choices given were examples of common types of programming assignments found in CS1 textbooks: an application to…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Programming, Assignments, Gender Differences