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Demirtas, Zeynep; Arslan, Nihan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
In this study, the first aim of the research is to adjust the scale of teachers' achievement goals to the Turkish culture. The second aim of the research is to get point of view about their achievement goals within the qualitative questions prepared by base on scale items. The mixed method has been used in the survey. The qualitative and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis
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Freed, Allison – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Environmental education scholars have argued for the need to focus on identity as a more predictive factor than attitude of individuals' environmental behavior. We examine individuals' decision-making as a mediating process between identity and behavior. University undergraduates (N = 299) were surveyed, with a select sub-sample interviewed. As…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Self Concept, Environmental Education, Undergraduate Students
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Morán-Soto, Gustavo; Benson, Lisa – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2018
This mixed methods research study focuses on two relevant factors in students' decisions to pursue and complete an engineering major: mathematics preparation and mathematics self-efficacy. This study describes the relationship of mathematics self-efficacy on engineering students' performance, behavior, and attitudes in their first college…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Engineering Education, Majors (Students), Mathematics Skills
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Claessens, Luce C. A.; van Tartwijk, Jan; van der Want, Anna C.; Pennings, Helena J. M.; Verloop, Nico; den Brok, Perry J.; Wubbels, Theo – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The authors voice teachers' perceptions of their interpersonal experiences with students in both positive and problematic relationships. Interview data from 28 teachers were examined by coding utterances on teacher and student interactions. Results indicate that teachers defined the quality of the relationship mostly by the level of communion…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews, Coding
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Torres, Mellie – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
This study provides insights to the school experiences of Latino male students through an exploration of how they describe their beliefs about education and how they engage in school for academic success. Data is drawn from interviews and surveys conducted with Latino males that participated in New York University's Black and Latino Male School…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Males, Student Attitudes, Success
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Cater, Kaaryn – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2016
It is my privilege to work as a tertiary learning advisor (TLA). Through my role I have had the opportunity to form unique relationships with students during individual consultations. This has enabled me to observe student behaviour, and the metacognitive strategies students use to negotiate the myriad challenges of tertiary study. I noticed…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Metacognition, Coping
Donnelly, Michael W. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify the perceptions of educators regarding the potential impact of technology as a motivator to elicit desirable behaviors within students that have been identified with an educational diagnosis of emotional disturbance at the elementary school level. A review of the literature focused on key…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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De Nobile, John; London, Teola; El Baba, Mariam – Management in Education, 2015
Over the past decade and a half, whole school behaviour management systems have been implemented in many Australian schools in efforts to reduce undesirable behaviours and improve outcomes for students with behaviour problems. There is evidence in the literature suggesting that whole school approaches are more effective at managing student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Lail, Sara-Frances Crow – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a common neurobehavioral disorder in childhood, negatively impacts academic and social functioning, both of which later influence adulthood (Bose, 2013). This action research study focuses on comparing the prevalence of on-task and off-task behaviors exhibited by elementary age students diagnosed…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Hussein, Hazreena; Daud, Md Nasir – Field Methods, 2015
This article discusses the authors' use of a combination of methods to understand the engagement of special needs children with design features in sensory gardens at two schools in Britain. In addition to observation and behavior mapping, we interviewed landscape architects, teachers, and therapists to anticipate the children's behavior when…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Student Behavior, Gardening, Special Schools
Pyle, Stephanie J. Asteriadis – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Gambling disorder is a behavioral addiction that disproportionally affects college students as a population group and can disrupt college careers. While gambling disorder has not traditionally been one that institutions of higher education have addressed, the rapid growth of legalized gambling in the United States and the resulting widespread…
Descriptors: Prevention, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Mixed Methods Research
Lemmons, Heather Rachelle – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this retrospective, explanatory sequential mixed-methods study was to determine the impact of an inclusive educational setting on the behavioral, social, and emotional growth and development of students with various disabilities. Many aspects of a student's educational experiences can be affected by a proper placement in an…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Middle School Students, Disabilities
Jackson, Angela Coleman – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of suspension as a deterrent to student misconduct. A mixed methods approach using both qualitative (interviews of administrators and teachers) and quantitative (discipline records of identified sixth graders) were utilized. In this case study approach, one-on-one semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Garnett, Bernice R.; Becker, Kelly; Vierling, Danielle; Gleason, Cara; DiCenzo, Danielle; Mongeon, Louise – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: Less than half of young people in the USA are meeting the daily physical activity requirements of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity. A mixed-methods pilot feasibility assessment of "Move it Move it!" was conducted in the Spring of 2014 to assess the impact of a before-school physical activity…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Program Evaluation, Incentives, Physical Activity Level
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Zhu, Xihe – European Physical Education Review, 2015
Recent state and federal legislations on educational accountability push evaluation and grading to the frontline. This study examined students' perspectives of grading in physical education. The participants included students (N = 39) from two middle schools. Data were collected through observation, student profile grading sheets and interviews.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grading, Profiles, Physical Education
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