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AnswerPro: Designing to Motivate Interaction
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AlSugair, Balsam; Hopkins, Gail; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Brailsford, Tim – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2014
This paper describes the design and initial testing of AnswerPro, a mobile academic peer support system for school pupils aged 11-16 years. AnswerPro is a mobile optimised web application that enables pupils to seek support with school work from knowledgeable peers on various subjects. This paper presents research findings from the project, and in…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Peer Influence, Adolescents
Disposed or Apposed to Learning? The Development and Application of the Learning Disposition Questionnaire
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Adderley, Hannah – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2015
In this article, the author describes the "Learning Disposition Questionnaire" (LDQ) a tool designed to address more of the "integrity and identity" of college students as learners. Rather than using students' documented skills as a lens by which to assume or interpret learning dispositions, a direct way to evaluate and assess…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Cognitive Style, Questionnaires, College Students
Preventing Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: The Signs of Self-Injury Program
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Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J.; Walsh, Barent W.; McDade, Moira – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) continues to be a problem among youth and there is a great need for programming aimed at reducing NSSI in adolescents. The signs of self-injury program is the first known NSSI school-based prevention program for adolescents that attempts to increase knowledge, improve help-seeking attitudes and behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Injuries, Adolescents, School Guidance
Experiences of a Newbie Helper in a Free, Open, Online, Mathematics Help Forum Community
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van de Sande, Carla – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
Free, open, online help forums are open to the public and allow students to anonymously seek homework help from volunteers who have the time, willingness, and experience to respond. These forums offer affordable, accessible, and efficient help given as a social, public endeavor. Some forums exhibit a strong sense of virtual community, especially…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Homework, Help Seeking, Computer Mediated Communication
The Capacity of a Southern University to Promote and Support Health Literacy among College Students: A Case Study Approach
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Epperson, Alison B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The primary purpose of this case study was to determine if the university under study had adequate health-related programs, services, and supports in place to develop health-literate young adults. A secondary purpose was to identify strengths and gaps in these university health-related programs, services, and supports, which, if addressed, could…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Health Materials, Health Education, Health Services
Telephone Support for Parenting: An Evaluation of Parentline Plus
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Boddy, Janet; Smith, Marjorie; Simon, Antonia – Children & Society, 2005
Recent Government policy has advocated universal support services for parents, including a national telephone helpline (for example, Department for Education and Skills, 2003). The Home Office funded just such a helpline--Parentline Plus--as part of the "Supporting Families" initiative. The efficiency and effectiveness of this service in…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Telecommunications, Public Policy, Program Effectiveness