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Fight Dispersion through Education: The Results of The First Cycle of the NoOut Project
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Batini, Federico; Bartolucci, Marco; De Carlo, Ermelinda – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2017
Dropping out of school can involve several internal and external factors. Regarding internal factors, learning difficulties and the experience of failure could trigger the withdrawal of commitment, rejection of and resistance to school, as well as a general perception of inadequacy. Here, we show the results of a series of interventions…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dropout Prevention, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes
Teaching Arithmetic Combinations of Multiplication and Division to Students with Learning Disabilities or Mild Intellectual Disability: The Impact of Alternative Fact Grouping and the Role of Cognitive and Learning Factors
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Agaliotis, Ioannis; Teli, Afroditi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The effectiveness of two instructional interventions was investigated in the context of teaching Arithmetic Combinations (ACs) of multiplication and division to students with Learning Disabilities (LD) or Mild Intellectual Disability (MID). The intervention for the control group (LD = 20, MID = 10) was based on principles of effective instruction,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disability
The Effectiveness of Using a Student Response System on Baccalaureate Nursing Student Dominant Learning Approach
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Rebeschi, Lisa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Professional nurses are challenged to provide high quality, evidence-based care in today's increasingly complex healthcare environment. Thus, nurses need to develop an appreciation for life-long learning. Understanding student approach to learning may provide nurse educators with empirical evidence to support specific teaching/learning strategies…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Program Effectiveness, Audience Response Systems, Learning Strategies
Enhancing Self-Regulation and Approaches to Learning in First-Year College Students: A Narrative-Based Programme Assessed in the Iberian Peninsula
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Rosario, Pedro; Nunez, Jose C.; Gonzalez-Pienda, Julio; Valle, Antonio; Trigo, Luisa; Guimaraes, Carina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
A programme to enhance first-year college students' self-regulated learning strategies is proposed and assessed in two samples, one from the University of Oviedo (Spain) and the other from the University of Minho (Portugal). Each sample was divided into two groups (experimental and control). The Spanish sample comprised 44 students in the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes
An Initial Study of a Method for Instructing Educators about the Revised Taxonomy
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Sultana, Farzana – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A taxonomy of learning objectives generally refers to a schema to classify the levels of learning. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, with a group of educational psychologists, created a taxonomy for classifying educational objectives using six major categories of thinking skills: (a) knowledge (recalling information), (b) comprehension, (understanding the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design
The Effect of Electronic Performance Support Systems on Self-Regulated Learning Skills
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Kert, Serhat Bahadir; Kurt, Adile Askim – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Electronic performance support systems (EPSSs) are the software programs commonly used in commercial environments since the early 1990s. These software programs are generally called performance-based systems and focus on the complete job rather than providing individual development. For that reason, the usage of these systems in learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Learning Strategies