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Hassen, Mohammed Motuma; Akmel, Mesud Mohammed – Educational Research and Reviews, 2018
Fx grading system is a newly incorporated grading system in the Ethiopian higher education curriculum. The system started to apply in 2013, as an element of the modular curriculum, with the intention to a give second chance for students. Currently, this grading system is being implemented in Samara University, Afar, Ethiopia. This study has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grading, Higher Education, College Faculty
Tam, Maureen – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
Governments' anxieties about ageing populations are mostly concerned with the costs of welfare, care and health provision which all have to be paid for by an ever dwindling working population. However, research in later life learning indicates the significant role that lifelong learning can play in promoting mental well-being and resilience, and…
Descriptors: Asians, Older Adults, Preferences, Foreign Countries
Therrell, James A.; Dunneback, Staci K. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Through prioritizing student voice, this study investigated the perspectives of millennial students in relation to their preferences and priorities for how they desired to experience teaching and learning. While not experts, our assumption was that undergraduate students, because of their relatively long experience as students, would be closely in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Needs Assessment, Student Interests
Bonner, Sarah M.; Torres Rivera, Camila; Chen, Peggy P. – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2018
We sought to understand how teachers' perspectives on standards-based instructional practices, classroom assessment, and external testing do or do not show coherence and alignment. Based on survey methods (n = 155) and interviews with a sample of secondary school teachers (n = 9) in a large urban district in the USA, we explored general trends and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Urban Schools, Academic Standards
West, Cynthia Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed method study was to examine the instructional preferences of millennial learners and how their instructional preferences affect their choice in post-secondary business programs. The instructional preferences of millennial learners are an important question for post-secondary business programs enrolling learners from…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Mixed Methods Research, Postsecondary Education, College Students
Ghahari, Shima; Farokhnia, Farzaneh – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2017
An experimental design was adopted in the present study to cross-compare the effect of two formative assessments, namely peer assessment (PA) and teacher assessment (TA), with summative assessment (SA) on the improvement of language learners' writing skill and self-efficacy. Writing excellence was operationalized by structural (grammar), lexical…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Interviews, Self Efficacy
Ölmezer-Öztürk, Elçin; Öztürk, Gökhan – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2016
Oral corrective feedback in language classrooms has received considerable attention for the last few decades. However, most of the studies focus on teachers' practices, and how learners perceive these practices still needs investigation. Based on this, the current study examined the perceptions and preferences of EFL learners regarding the types…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
North, Tamala S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Assessment is often used to hold schools and teachers accountable for student learning. Assessment instruments are used as tools to guide curriculum choices and lesson plans, from districts to individual students. In any discipline, knowing what students know and what they have learned following a lesson is important on multiple levels. This is…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Science Experiments, Interviews
Gredler, Joseph J. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Misalignment between student preferences and instructor practices regarding writing feedback may impede student learning. This sequential explanatory mixed-methods study addressed postsecondary online students' preferences and the reasons for their preferences. A survey was used to collect 93 responses from postsecondary students attending a large…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, Preferences, Private Colleges
Saefurrohman – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study was conducted using a mix method design with 24 Indonesian junior high school English teachers as respondents who completed the questionnaire on classroom assessment practices. Six respondents participated in an interview and observation to further clarify their practices on classroom assessment. The study found that an Indonesian…
Descriptors: Preferences, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Junior High Schools
Urick, Michael – International Journal of Training and Development, 2017
This article considers how training professionals can respond to differences in training preferences between generational groups. It adopts two methods. First, it surveys the existing research and finds generally that preferences for training approaches can differ between groups and specifically that younger employees are perceived to leverage…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Generational Differences, Training Methods, Qualitative Research
Falcone, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how faculty experience the transition from Blackboard to Canvas LMS and which LMS is preferred. The general problem addressed in this study was that California Community College students' success and retention in online courses was 7-10% lower than in face-to-face courses. To try to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Management Systems, Community Colleges
Floyd, Tiffany D.; DuHamel, Katherine N.; Rao, Jessica; Shuk, Elyse; Jandorf, Lina – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
African American women have the highest colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates among women of any race/ethnicity in the United States. Colonoscopy screening is an efficacious procedure for the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer, making it a promising tool in the effort to eliminate colorectal cancer disparities. Toward…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Screening Tests, Cancer
Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons; Piper, Benjamin; Ong'ele, Salome; Kiminza, Onesmus – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
Low-cost private schools (LCPS) are widespread in Kenya, particularly in urban areas. This study examines the reasons that parents send children to fee-charging schools in a context of free public primary education. Drawing on parent survey and interview data, as well as interviews with national policy makers, we found that parents who chose LCPS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, School Choice, Private Schools
Pan, Rui; Kuo, Shih-Ping; Strobel, Johannes – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
The purpose of this study is to investigate student designers' attitude and choices towards the use of computers and paper sketches when involved in a graphic design process. 65 computer graphic technology undergraduates participated in this research. A mixed method study with survey and in-depth interviews was applied to answer the research…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Design, Graphic Arts, Graphs