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Direct linkKearney, Philip E.; Comyns, Thomas M.; Hayes, Philip – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth analysis of the prevalence and consequences of within-sport specialization in track and field in the United Kingdom. Method: The competition histories of top 100 ranked athletes from four representative events (100 m, 800 m, long jump, and shot put) were recorded from a…
Descriptors: Incidence, Specialization, Track and Field, Performance Factors
Baines, Ning; Smith, Helen Lawton – Industry and Higher Education, 2019
University spin-offs (USOs) are an important firm class since they constitute an economically important sub-group of high-tech start-up firms: they have, consequently, engendered many academic studies. However, what the firms deliver by way of innovation in the form of new products and services has largely been missing from the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Business, Innovation
Collins, Loel; Collins, Dave – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
This paper expands work on professional judgment and decision-making and examines the coping strategies used by adventure sports professionals to manage the cognitive loads of decision-making. A mixed methodology was employed in which a sample of participants completed a Pro Active Coping Inventory and a sub-group then completed an Applied…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Evaluative Thinking, Decision Making
Download full textClack, Alice; Dommett, Eleanor J. – Education Sciences, 2021
Student Approaches to Learning (SAL) have been the focus of much research, typically linking different approaches, e.g., surface and deep, to different assessment types. However, much of the previous research has not considered the different conditions under which different types of assessment occur and the different types of feedback they…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Undergraduate Students, Feedback (Response)
Breslin, Dermot – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Whilst formative feedback has been highlighted as a key element in both student satisfaction and learning, research highlights the dissatisfaction of both tutors and students with its effectiveness in improving performance. This study tracks changes in undergraduate student satisfaction and performance across three cohorts in response to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Performance Factors, Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction
Emily Smith-Woolley; Jean-Baptiste Pingault; Saskia Selzam; Kaili Rimfeld; Eva Krapohl; Sophie von Stumm; Kathryn Asbury; Philip S. Dale; Toby Young; Rebecca Allen; Yulia Kovas; Robert Plomin – npj Science of Learning, 2018
On average, students attending selective schools outperform their non-selective counterparts in national exams. These differences are often attributed to value added by the school, as well as factors schools use to select pupils, including ability, achievement and, in cases where schools charge tuition fees or are located in affluent areas,…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Tests, Differences, Selective Admission
Gafni, Ruti; Goldstein, Anat – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2020
Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to discover usage differences in task performance by students of different cultures, by examining procrastination patterns from a national cultural perspective and exploring the effect of multicultural virtual teamwork on students' individual procrastination. Background: This study aims to examine…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Time Management, Intercultural Communication, Online Courses
Tang, Xing; Zhang, Danhui – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Informal science learning has been proven to have effects on a variety of science learning outcomes. This study explored the direct and indirect influence of both prior and current informal science learning on science performance by using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment 2015. More than ten kinds of informal science…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Science Education, Science Achievement, Performance Factors
Black, Kate; Warhurst, Russell – Management Teaching Review, 2019
This article describes an inquiry-based classroom activity for strategic management, human resource management, and related courses to enhance the understanding of organizational culture. We use visual methods to provide fresh insights into an organization's culture from which we can enable students to draw conclusions upon how this culture might…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Class Activities, Human Resources
Walsh, Ed – School Science Review, 2017
This article explores an approach to tracking student progress in GCSE courses that yields useful diagnostic information. As well as obtaining an overall score, teachers can learn more about some of the generic characteristics that affect performance.
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Progress Monitoring, Secondary School Science, Performance Factors
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
Robson, Sue; Almeida, Joana; Schartner, Alina – European Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Internationalization is a key contemporary debate within Higher Education (HE). Many universities worldwide proclaim their "international" status, citing quantitative indicators, particularly international student and staff recruitment and outbound student mobility data to illustrate this. In this paper, we focus on the non-mobile…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Medland, Emma – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Assessment is fundamental to student learning and achievement. However, whilst research consistently emphasises the role of assessment in supporting the development of the learner, the reality of assessment processes and practices in higher education is frequently indicated to fall someway short. This article aims to contribute to a shared…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Barriers, Student Evaluation, Educational Practices
Messeter, Tamzin; Soni, Anita – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
This paper reports the findings from a systematic review of research evidence on the use of managed moves as an alternative to exclusion in UK schools. The review begins by discussing the political landscape of school exclusion, the concept of managed moves and their use with children and young people (CYP) 'at risk' of permanent exclusion. During…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Expulsion, Politics of Education
Murtagh, S.; Ridley, A.; Frings, D.; Kerr-Pertic, S. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
The first year of study in higher education is a time of major transition for students. While the importance of induction has been widely demonstrated, there is evidence to suggest that not all students benefit equally from participation in induction. This study examined attendance rates at induction, the relationship between induction attendance…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, School Orientation, Attendance Patterns
