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Jirasatjanukul, Kanokrat; Jeerungsuwan, Namon – International Education Studies, 2018
The objectives of the research were to (1) design an instructional model based on Connectivism and Constructivism to create innovation in real world experience, (2) assess the model designed--the designed instructional model. The research involved 2 stages: (1) the instructional model design and (2) the instructional model rating. The sample…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Design, Constructivism (Learning), Models
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Frey, Jodi Jacobson; Hopkins, Karen; Osteen, Philip; Callahan, Christine; Hageman, Sally; Ko, Jungyai – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
In social work and other community-based human services settings, clients often present with complex financial problems. As a need for more formal training is beginning to be addressed, evaluation of existing training is important, and this study evaluates outcomes from the Financial Stability Pathway (FSP) project. Designed to prepare…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Human Services, Financial Needs
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Charoensap-Kelly, Piyawan; Broussard, Lauren; Lindsly, Mallory; Troy, Megan – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2016
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a soft skills employee training program. We examined willingness to learn and delivery methods (face-to-face vs. online) and their associations with the training outcomes in terms of learning and behavioral change. Results showed that neither participants' willingness to learn nor delivery…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Delivery Systems, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction
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Beck, Hall P.; Davidson, William B. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2015
This investigation sought to determine when colleges should conduct assessments to identify first-year students at risk of dropping out. Thirty-five variables were used to predict the persistence of 2,024 first-year students from four universities in the southeastern United States. The predictors were subdivided into groups according to when they…
Descriptors: College Students, College Freshmen, Higher Education, School Holding Power
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Rahikainen, Katariina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate Finnish high school students' and teachers' perceptions of the effects of short-term Nordic study abroad programs in which they had participated. The data presented were based on a "mixed-methods strategy." The data set consisted of responses from 158 students and 92 teachers to a specifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
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Carpinello, Sharon E.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
Alternate reasons for conducting program evaluation in community health care (CHC) settings and their relationships with information needs were explored in a survey of 136 CHC decision makers. Major reasons for conducting program evaluation included accreditation, true evaluation, and pseudoevaluation. Information needs were predictors of true…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Attitudes, Community Health Services, Decision Making