In Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), learners can post both text comments and overall ratings regarding the courses. There is growing interest in assessing the consistency of online reviews and the determinants of learner satisfaction. This study analyses the disconfirmation effect between textual review topics and the determinants of learner…

Purpose: This study aims to assess higher education students' interest in learning sustainability competencies and their pro-ecological worldviews at a large research-intensive university in Finland to provide a background information for developing a sustainability science course. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 797 students participated…

Describes a taxonomic classification of literature, with examples of possible hierarchical taxons. Intended to bring science and humanities students to realize that "science is not necessarily a subject . . . but . . . a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the . . . mind is susceptible." (Author/AL)

Concerned with narrowing the gap between science and the humanities, the author examines briefly the nature of science and literature, and suggests several areas in which the science teacher and the literature may fruitfully work together. (LC)

This paper first evaluates discipline classification schemes and general differences between disciplines associated with the natural sciences and those associated with the humanities. It then reviews research which either asked students how professors in these fields teach, observed teachers in their classrooms, or asked students to describe their…