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August, Rani – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Educator well-being is of immense importance to student success, yet rising instances of educator stress, burnout, and attrition can lead to lowered levels of well-being. While educators' experiences with stress, burnout, and attrition can involve multiple factors, researchers have noted the convergence of mindful attention awareness and educator…
Descriptors: Metacognition, School Districts, Well Being, Measures (Individuals)
Brazill-Murray, Colleen Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Addictive disorders are a public health crisis that affects our society by draining our workforce, health care, judicial, education, and law enforcement, resources. Adolescents are particularly susceptible to social influence--for better and for worse--and addiction. Through social media, today's youth experience a whole new way of communicating.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Mixed Methods Research, Attitude Measures
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Çetin, Yakup; Bahar, Mustafa; Griffiths, Carol – Journal of International Students, 2017
The number of international students in Turkey has steadily increased in recent years. As they come from different geographical locations, their successful adaptation to a medium sized country in-between three continents is of great interest. This study was conducted to investigate international students' perceptions of their Turkish experience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Culture
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Bullock, Emma P.; Shumway, Jessica F.; Watts, Christina M.; Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2017
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the research on mathematics app use by very young children, and specifically mathematics apps for touch-screen mobile devices that contain virtual manipulatives. The study used a convergent parallel mixed methods design, in which quantitative and qualitative data were collected in parallel, analyzed…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
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Scholz, Kyle; Tse, Crystal; Lithgow, Katherine – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2017
This paper explores the alignment of student and instructor experiences when employing ePortfolio activities in a Canadian higher education context. Successful ePortfolio activities are operationalized as exhibiting alignment of expectations between students and instructors, whereas misalignment of expectations is characteristic of a poorer…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Goodkind, Jessica R.; Amer, Suha; Christian, Charlisa; Hess, Julia Meredith; Bybee, Deborah; Isakson, Brian L.; Baca, Brandon; Ndayisenga, Martin; Greene, R. Neil; Shantzek, Cece – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are a long-standing and important design for conducting rigorous tests of the effectiveness of health interventions. However, many questions have been raised about the external validity of RCTs, their utility in explicating mechanisms of intervention and participants' intervention experiences, and their…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Mixed Methods Research
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Kiplangat, Henry Kiptiony; Momanyi, Marcella; Kangethe, Ngigi Simon – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Attaining high levels of academic staff job satisfaction has proved to be challenging for university management. This paper is an excerpt of a study that investigated the magnitude of Kenyan University academic staff's job satisfaction based on various managerial leadership practices. The study focused on the Rift Valley Region (RVR) of Kenya. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Job Satisfaction, College Administration
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
McDaniel, Luther – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to assess school principals' perspectives of the extent to which they apply the principles of andragogy to the professional development of assistant principals in their schools. This study was conducted in school districts that constitute a RESA area in a southeastern state. The schools in these…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Assistant Principals, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Trendell Nation, Molly – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Climate change science is complex and controversial in nature, yet seen by educators and policy makers as an important topic to be taught within secondary science education. This is becoming increasingly evident with the inclusion of climate change into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Earth and Space Sciences as well as Life…
Descriptors: Climate, Ecology, Teacher Attitudes, Environmental Education
King, Alison R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between early intervention providers' backgrounds, and their perceptions of caregiver coaching and auditory skill development, to develop professional development programs. An explanatory sequential design was used with participants of varying backgrounds and experience. In the first…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Caregivers, Coaching (Performance), Early Intervention
Fagan, Sharon Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A midsize nonprofit blood bank organization is experiencing a high percentage of supervisors and managers not transferring skills taught in leadership development training programs back to the workplace. The purpose of this mixed methods, sequential, explanatory study was to understand the relationship between supervisor support or opposition and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Trainees, Student Attitudes, Influences
Baber, Marla Ann Lasswell – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the United States students have traditionally struggled with mathematics. Many students leave the educational system with limited mathematical literacy that can adversely affect their success as a college student, a consumer and citizen. In turn, lack of mathematical literacy affects their socioeconomic status. Through improving their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Mathematics Achievement, High School Freshmen
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Pulis, Angele – Management in Education, 2018
This article describes a study conducted in Malta on pupil voice in the role of assessor. The purpose of the study was to provide a fresh perspective on school quality assurance in Malta, by asking those who are directly affected--the pupils themselves. The data provided by the study could help educational leaders, together with the whole school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Quality Assurance, Educational Indicators
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Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
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