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Stacy, Ivan; Bennett, Cathryn B. – Cogent Education, 2017
The rationale for the study is the developing state of Bhutanese higher education, and Bhutanese students' current tendency to employ reproductive learning strategies. This research therefore aims to determine whether using non-linear, semi-autonomous learning activities encourages Bhutanese students to adopt constructivist attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Student Attitudes, Writing Assignments
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Duman, Serap Nur; Akbas, Oktay – Cogent Education, 2017
This study evaluated secondary school seventh-grade Turkish and mathematics programs using the Context-Input-Process-Product Evaluation Model based on student, teacher, and inspector views. The convergent parallel mixed method design was used in the study. Student values were identified using the scales for socio-level identification, traditional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Value Added Models
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Turgut, Yildiz – Cogent Education, 2017
Many teacher education institutes (TEI) are expected to provide preservice teachers (PTs) with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to teach with information and communication technology (ICT). To address this challenge, many TEIs have included introductory ICT courses in their curriculum to develop technological knowledge and skills.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Technological Literacy
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Levi-Keren, Michal – Cogent Education, 2016
This study explains mathematical difficulties of students who immigrated from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) vis-à-vis Israeli students, by identifying the existing bias factors in achievement tests. These factors are irrelevant to the mathematical knowledge being measured, and therefore threaten the test results. The bias factors were identified…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Immigrants, Interviews
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Dinning, Track; Ünlü, Hüseyin – Cogent Education, 2017
With graduate employability being high on many universities' agendas, it becomes vital that a curriculum delivers not only subject knowledge but also the opportunity for students to develop and enhance industry-specific skills. This paper is concerned with how a work-based project can support skill development and considers the views of students…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Curriculum Enrichment, Skill Development, Undergraduate Students
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Yidizli, Hülya; Saban, Ahmet – Cogent Education, 2016
This study examined the effect of self-regulated learning on sixth-grade Turkish students' mathematics achievements and motivational beliefs. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in the study. Participants included sixth-grade students attending at TOKI 125. Year Middle School in Nevsehir (Turkey) during the 2014-2015…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Beliefs, Student Motivation
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Ajaps, Sandra; McLellan, Ros – Cogent Education, 2015
This study sought to understand environmental knowledge and attitudes among young people to explain the relationship between environmental education (EE) and reported pro-environmental behaviours (PEB). A mixed-methods design was employed: 88 university students in the UK and Nigeria were surveyed and 6 were subsequently interviewed. The findings…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Knowledge Level, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes
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Long, Deanna; Szabo, Susan – Cogent Education, 2016
This quasi-experimental mixed methods study examined the use of e-readers during guided reading instruction and its impact on 5th grade students' reading motivation, attitude toward reading, and reading comprehension. For 10 weeks, 19 students received guided reading instruction by means of the traditional paper/text format, while 16 students…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning
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Anderson-Pence, Katie L. – Cogent Education, 2015
This paper seeks to illuminate teachers' perceptions of the challenges and benefits of systematically examining students' thinking as part of a professional development program in elementary mathematics education. Using a framework of models of conceptual change and principles of discomfort, three elementary teachers' perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics
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Nguyen, Kate; Stanley, Nile; Stanley, Laurel; Wang, Yonghui – Cogent Education, 2015
International students, who study a foreign language abroad, experience more adversities than their domestic peers. The social challenges they face include problems with immigration status, isolation, difficulty speaking a new language, and learning unfamiliar customs. There is limited research focused on the coping strategies of these…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Correlation, Social Status