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Özdemir, Murat; Aypay, Ahmet – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2022
This study elaborates on the epistemological foundations of Turkish higher education research drawing on data from 854 doctoral dissertations with an analytical framework based on the institutional organization of researchers and knowledge, the object of study, and the object of knowledge. The results imply that the long-established state higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Research, Doctoral Dissertations
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Arslantas, Süleyman; Kurnaz, Ahmet – Online Submission, 2017
Independent and original thinking are the concepts which define critical thinking. A critical thinker doesn't passively accept other people's views and thoughts, on the contrary he constitutes his own thoughts by analyzing them. This independence liberates his mind, heart and actions (Doganay and Ünal, 2006). In this context, the definition of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations, Masters Theses, Classification
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Arslantas, Süleyman; Kurnaz, Ahmet – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2017
Independent and original thinking are the concepts which define critical thinking. A critical thinker doesn't passively accept other people's views and thoughts, on the contrary he constitutes his own thoughts by analyzing them. This independence liberates his mind, heart and actions (Doganay and Ünal, 2006). In this context, the definition of…
Descriptors: Classification, Masters Theses, Doctoral Dissertations, Critical Thinking
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Pawley, Alice L.; Schimpf, Corey; Nelson, Lindsey – Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Background: The participation of women in engineering education has increased only slightly since the 1980s, despite the publication of many research studies on gender in engineering education. We think that these studies have not affected practice because researchers have focused too narrowly on how gender relates to engineering education.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Periodicals, Engineering Education, Gender Differences
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Holman, Debra K.; Banning, James H. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2012
A potential source of useful information about undergraduate honors education can be found in doctoral dissertation abstracts that focus on honors. Debra Holman and James Banning of Colorado State University sought to explore this resource by undertaking a bounded qualitative meta-study of such abstracts using document analysis. Three…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations, Undergraduate Students, Documentation
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Hulleman, Chris S.; Schrager, Sheree M.; Bodmann, Shawn M.; Harackiewicz, Judith M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
This meta-analysis addresses whether achievement goal researchers are using different labels for the same constructs or putting the same labels on different constructs. We systematically examined whether conceptual and methodological differences in the measurement of achievement goals moderated achievement goal intercorrelations and relationships…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis, Goal Orientation
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2008
This book provides an internationally comparable set of indicators on educational provision for students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages (DDD). It highlights the number of students involved, where they are educated--special schools, special classes or regular classes--and in what phases of education--pre-primary,…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools
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Clisbee, Mary – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2005
This analysis of literature explores gender differences in leadership style. As greater numbers of women enter the ranks of leadership and more research is conducted, contradictory findings emerged. Using the qualitative software program Nvivo version 1.2, 36 pieces of qualitative, quantitative, and popular culture literature were summarized,…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Leadership Styles, Gender Differences, Literature Reviews
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Lyons, Claire W.; O'Connor, Fiona – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2006
Although the issue of challenging behaviour receives a great deal of attention in educational literature, the exact nature of this behaviour is open to debate. Challenging behaviour can be defined objectively by listing or describing behaviours that are considered disruptive and undesirable. On the other hand, challenging behaviour can be seen as…
Descriptors: Intervention, Models, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection