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Pellas, Nikolaos; Kazanidis, Ioannis – Education and Information Technologies, 2015
Nowadays three-dimensional (3D) multi-user virtual worlds (VWs) are the most well-known candidate platforms in Higher education. Despite the growing number of notable studies that have presented VWs as valuable platforms for the e-Education, there is still a paucity of a comparative study in order to be determined the degree of the students'…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Online Courses, Higher Education, Comparative Education
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Carey, Phillip; Allen, Donald – Social Science Quarterly, 1977
Analyzes the impact of black studies on the self-concept and achievement of black students. No statistical evidence was found to justify the existence and continuance of black studies programs in their present state. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Black Studies, Educational Responsibility
Keane, Francis J.; Cheffers, John T. F. – 1978
The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship of sex, coach behavior, leadership style, and coach-player interaction in a university setting. A statistical experiment was designed using a population of 10 coaches (five male and five female) and six randomly selected players from each coach's team. The Leader Behavior Description…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Behavior Patterns, Higher Education
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Okunade, Albert A.; Berl, Robert L. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 1956-91 business school alumni (n=2,000) found marginal probability of giving significantly related to time since graduation, major, willingness to recommend the institution to others, household attributes, family ties to the university, number of other donors known, and availability of employee matching-gift programs. The model…
Descriptors: Alumni, Behavior Patterns, Business Administration Education, Donors
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Herzog, Harold A., Jr. – Teaching of Psychology, 1988
Describes exercises designed to give students experience in using methods of naturalistic observation to quantify behavior. Students construct a coding system of the behaviors observed in a small mouse colony, gather data by instantaneous and focal animal sampling, and use the data to calculate interrater reliability and sequence analysis. (GEA)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Leonard, Wilbert Marcellus, II – 1977
The document describes a field study to investigate the relationship between altruism and blood donating behavior among members of a large midwestern college community. Altruistic behavior is interpreted as combining three motivations: (1) reward-cost, also referred to in terms of behavior as social exchange; (2) social responsibility and…
Descriptors: Altruism, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Surber, Colleen F.; And Others – 1976
The study compares the content retention by students who are self-paced with content retention by students whose pacing is modified by instructors. The subjects included 148 students enrolled in an introductory college level child development course. One group of 74 students was randomly assigned to a self-paced section and another group of 74…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Comparative Analysis