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Blayone, Todd J. B.; Mykhailenko, Olena; vanOostveen, Roland; Barber, Wendy – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
The Digital Competency Profiler (DCP) is an online application for surveying the technology preferences and abilities of students in higher education. To explore the DCP as a digital-learning-readiness tool, a mixed-methods research design was developed for relating self-reported digital competencies and online-learning activity. To this end,…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Readiness, Technological Literacy, Educational Technology
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Khan, Delvin; Fjerbaek, Annette; Andreasen, Jan J.; Thorup, Charlotte B.; Dinesen, Birthe – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: To determine how cardiac patients use the Activeheart.dk digital toolbox Methods: Mixed-methods study. A total of n = 33 cardiac surgical patients were enrolled in a study, which encouraged use of the Activeheart portal for 4 weeks after discharge. Patients were surveyed with respect to their demographic characteristics, e-health…
Descriptors: Surgery, Questionnaires, Interviews, Heart Disorders
Perez-Calhoon, Massiel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
America needs a healthy workforce to sustain the country. The scourge of obesity continues to plague Americans despite government initiatives such as the Affordable Care Act and wellness programs in the workplace to combat this epidemic. However, despite initiatives to make America healthy, barriers continued to impede the nation's health. Lack of…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Health Promotion, Wellness, Workplace Learning
Tapia Mascareño, Joel Isaac – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Reading achievement gaps for diverse students in high-poverty schools is a persistent problem nationally (Berliner, 2017; Carter & Welner, 2013; Darling-Hammond, 2010; Milner, 2010a; National Center for Education Statistics, 2009) and at the site of study. To better understand this phenomenon at Aspiring Elementary School, using the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Poverty, Elementary School Teachers
Waggoner, Reneau – ProQuest LLC, 2016
One of the challenges facing community colleges in the United States is the looming retirements of executive/senior-level leadership, particularly the president, on a wide scale. This study explored the career aspirations of executive-level leaders within the community college using Social Cognitive Career Theory as the conceptual framework.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Administrators, Occupational Aspiration, College Presidents
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Liu, I-Fan; Young, Shelley S. -C. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
The purpose of this study is to describe an online community-based English extensive reading contest to investigate whether the participants' intrinsic, extrinsic, and interpersonal motivations and learning results show significant gender differences. A total of 501 valid questionnaires (285 females and 216 males) from Taiwanese high school…
Descriptors: Competition, Motivation, Gender Differences, Questionnaires
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King Rice, Jennifer; Malen, Betty; Jackson, Cara; Hoyer, Kathleen Mulvaney – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
This article provides evidence and generates insights about the power of financial rewards to motivate school administrators and the design features that influence their motivational potency. The multi-year mixed-methods study is grounded in expectancy and goal setting theories that suggest (a) awards must be salient and sizable enough to appeal…
Descriptors: Incentives, Rewards, Administrator Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
Vargas Blanco, Edgar Mauricio – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The following study explores the attitudes of 40 Hispanic families towards Spanish and their ethnic community in Houston and its suburbs. The research participants included 20 Colombian families and 20 Mexican families. A mixed methodology using quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Through family's observation, surveys and interviews to…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Spanish Speaking, Ethnic Groups, Neighborhoods
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Geidne, Susanna; Fredriksson, Ingela; Eriksson, Charli – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: This study aimed to explore the motives of young people in multicultural suburbs for participating in youth-centre activities. Design and setting: The study employed practice-based research with a focus on collaboration and methodological diversity. Data on motives for participation were collected in spring 2013 at two non-governmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Suburbs, Mixed Methods Research
Miller, Emma Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine what variables predict the use of instructional technology among community college instructors. Legislators, community college administrators, and students expect innovative lessons from instructors that use technology. This study addresses the problem of not knowing what predicts instructional technology…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Faculty, Community Colleges
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Onjoro, Veronica; Arogo, Rebecca Bwari; Embeywa, Henry Etende – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Motivational strategies guarantee quality assurance in the educational system. Motivational strategies like staff training and development, promotion, salary, remuneration, working conditions, status and participatory decision making, acted as a barrier towards achieving quality assurance in the educational system. The study adopted the…
Descriptors: Motivation, Mentors, Secondary School Teachers, Reinforcement
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Hancock, Sally; Hughes, Gwyneth; Walsh, Elaine – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Doctoral scientists increasingly forge non-academic careers after completing the doctorate. Governments and industry in advanced economies welcome this trend, since it complements the "knowledge economy" vision that has come to dominate higher education globally. Knowledge economy stakeholders consider doctoral scientists to constitute…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Scientists, Knowledge Economy, Higher Education
Best, Terri L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative study explored elementary assistant principals' perspectives on their role and responsibilities. Online interview questions, focus group interviews and review of documents were the source of data for this study. The study produced seven emergent themes: School Operational Management, Daily Discipline Management, Teacher Support…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Elementary Schools, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
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Day, Frederick C.; Burbach, Mark E. – Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 2015
A unique challenge for organizations is in leading diverse, dispersed teams whose members are motivated to work independently, but are willing to collaborate. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how nuanced variations in motivational patterns influences the relationship between work satisfaction and virtual team…
Descriptors: Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Teamwork, Mixed Methods Research
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Neier, Stacy; Zayer, Linda Tuncay – Journal of Marketing Education, 2015
Recent research has discussed the opportunities associated with the use of social media tools in the classroom, but has not examined the perceptions students themselves hold about its usefulness in enhancing their educational experience. This research explores students' perceptions of social media as an effective pedagogical tool. Undergraduate…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Social Media, Undergraduate Students
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