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Laupper, Ellen; Balzer, Lars; Berger, Jean-Louis – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2020
Survey-based formats of assessing teaching quality in higher education are widely used and will likely continue to be used by higher education institutions around the world as various global trends contributing to their widespread use further evolve. Although the use of mobile devices for course evaluation continues to grow, there remain some…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Questionnaires, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Students
Al-Azzawi, Amad Mohammed Jamil; Nagavi, B.G.; Hachim, Mahmood Y.; Mossa, Omar H. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Background: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) were used to assess translational pharmacotherapeutic skills of a Gulf-region representative academic institution. Aim: The aim of the current study was to assess the clinical skills of students enrolled within the third year Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) programme within Ras Al…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmaceutical Education, Objective Tests, Undergraduate Students
Haugen, Tommy; Reinboth, Michael; Hetlelid, Ken J.; Peters, Derek M.; Høigaard, Rune – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if mental toughness moderated the occurrence of social loafing in cycle time-trial performance. Method: Twenty-seven men (M[subscript age] = 17.7 years, SD = 0.6) completed the Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire prior to completing a 1-min cycling trial under 2 conditions: once with individual…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Personality Traits, Group Dynamics, Secondary School Students
Lin, Hanyu – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2016
Numerous studies have reported that spatial ability improves through training. This study investigated the following: (1) whether design training enhances spatial ability and (2) whether differing solution strategies are applied or generated following design training. On the basis of these two research objectives, this study divided the…
Descriptors: Design, Spatial Ability, Visualization, Visual Perception
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
Hammer, Ronen; Peer, Eyal; Babad, Elisha – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2018
With the worldwide implementation of students' evaluation of teaching (SET), faculty attitudes and trust in students' feedback as well as possible defensive (i.e., self-protective) motivations seem most relevant to the facilitation of the primary organizational goal of SET, namely, teaching improvement. A questionnaire--administered to 2241…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Concept, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Feedback (Response)
Derkachev, P. V.; Zinovyev, A. K. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
The goal of our study was to compare the working conditions, salary size, and professional outcomes of teachers at schools that switched to the competitive performance-based (so-called 'effective') contract in comparison with teachers at schools that did not switch to this employment framework. The study focused on teachers at 83 vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Salaries, Comparative Analysis
Zhu, Chang; Cai, Yuzhuo; François, Karen – European Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This study investigates perceptions of European and Chinese stakeholders on doctoral education (DE) in China and Europe, particularly the cooperation between the two sides. Data were collected through online and paper survey from both European and Chinese stakeholders (N = 946). The results provide insights for policy-makers, university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Doctoral Programs, Models
du Preez, Michelle – South African Journal of Education, 2018
Prompted by the poor state of mathematics education in South Africa and the shortage of competent mathematics teachers, this study sought to identify what factors influenced 40 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) students at three universities in the Western Cape Province, with Mathematics as a major subject, to choose teaching as a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching (Occupation), Career Choice, Occupational Aspiration
Tamanja, Emmanuel Makabu J. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The nexus between migration and academic performance is complex and difficult to extricate. Not only are there several factors affecting academic performance, but also many of these factors are confounding, making it difficult to identify and isolate in order to address. Furthermore, the discourse appears silent on the nexus between child…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Migrant Education, Migrant Children
Addressing Common Concerns about Online Student Ratings of Instruction: A Research-Informed Approach
Winer, Laura; DiGenova, Lina; Costopoulos, Andre – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Concerns over the usefulness and validity of student ratings of instruction (SRI) have continued to grow with online processes. This paper presents seven common and persistent concerns identified and tested during the development and implementation of a revised SRI policy at a Canadian research-intensive university. These concerns include bias due…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
Wouters, A.; Croiset, G.; Schripsema, N. R.; Cohen-Schotanus, J.; Spaai, G. W.; Hulsman, R. L.; Kusurkar, R. A. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017
Medical schools seek ways to improve their admissions strategies, since the available methods prove to be suboptimal for selecting the best and most motivated students. In this multi-site cross-sectional questionnaire study, we examined the value of (different) selection procedures compared to a weighted lottery procedure, which includes direct…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Medical Students
Duckworth, Angela L.; Yeager, David Scott – Educational Researcher, 2015
There has been perennial interest in personal qualities other than cognitive ability that determine success, including self-control, grit, growth mind-set, and many others. Attempts to measure such qualities for the purposes of educational policy and practice, however, are more recent. In this article, we identify serious challenges to doing so.…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Self Control, Measurement, Vocabulary
Jessop, Tansy; Maleckar, Barbara – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores disciplinary patterns of assessment and feedback, using data from the Transforming the Experience of Students through Assessment project. Its central research question concerns the effect of disciplinary assessment patterns on student learning. Audit data from 18 degree programmes at 8 UK universities showed variations in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
Nwokike, Felicia Ogonnia; Eya, Gloria Mgboyibo – World Journal of Education, 2015
The study dealt with perception of accounting educators and senior accountants on skills required of accounting education graduates for effective job performance in automated offices. The study adopted a descriptive research design.The population consisted of 149 respondents, made up of 80 accounting educators in public tertiary institutions and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Accounting, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries