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Berg, Stephanie A.; Moon, Alena – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
To develop competency in science practices, such as data analysis and interpretation, chemistry learners must develop an understanding of what makes an analysis and interpretation "good" (i.e., the criteria for success). One way that individuals extract the criteria for success in a novel situation is through making social comparisons,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Feedback (Response)
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Bérubé, Nicole – Management Teaching Review, 2022
Personnel selection is a key topic in Human Resource Management (HRM) courses. Many selection exercises focus on management situations that are unfamiliar to students who are taking introductory HRM courses. In contrast, this exercise introduces students to the pre-interview steps in the personnel selection process by asking them to determine the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Human Resources, Professional Education, Teaching Methods
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Marshall, Jill; Bhasin, Amit; Boyles, Stephen; David, Bernard; James, Rachel; Patrick, Anita – Advances in Engineering Education, 2018
Our study used a natural experiment to compare a project-based cornerstone course with the traditionally-taught introductory course in civil engineering. During the study, two sections of the course were organized around an overarching project, the design of an event center, and the remaining sections used guest lectures, a textbook, and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Civil Engineering, Student Attitudes
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Avcioglu, Hasan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The objective of this study is to determine the behavior of teachers in inclusive classrooms and peers' acceptance levels towards students with intellectual disabilities in these classrooms. The qualitative research method was selected for collecting adequate data for the study. Information was collected from 16 teachers and 371 students in 16…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Peer Acceptance, Inclusion, Teacher Student Relationship
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Cooper, Joseph N. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine and contrast the experiences of Black male scholar athletes at a Division I historically Black college/university (HBCU) and historically White university (HWU) and identify key contributors to their positive transitional experiences (academic, athletic, and social) in college. Two focus groups, 8…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, College Athletics, Athletes, Interviews
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Shiang, Ruei-Fang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2018
While theories of embodied cognition have been investigated in lab experiments with proficient readers, currently no studies have applied these theories to improving reading comprehension for low-proficiency readers. Using an embodied cognition approach, this study investigated producing comics as an embodied reading activity. To compare effects…
Descriptors: Cartoons, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bildiren, Ahmet – World Journal of Education, 2018
Gifted and talented children show differences in many respects compared to normal developing children. It is expected that these differences may also arise in daily life of all these children. In this research, it is aimed to investigate that whether the responses of three wishes questions of the gifted and talented and normal developing children…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent, Student Attitudes, Student Needs
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Kruse, Jerrid W.; Easter, Jaclyn M.; Edgerly, Hallie S.; Seebach, Colin; Patel, Neal – Science & Education, 2017
This study explored changes in preservice teachers' (PSTs) nature of science pedagogical (NOSP) views and nature of science (NOS) rationales using pre- and post-course written responses as well as interview data. Through systematic analysis, themes were generated and compared to the NOS literature. Comparisons between pre- and post-course data…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Pretests Posttests
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Stagg, Steven D.; Eaton, Elizabeth; Sjoblom, Amanda M. – British Journal of Special Education, 2018
It may be thought that gaining a place at university confers self-belief on students with dyslexia; after all, they have succeeded in their academic studies. Our research explored self-efficacy beliefs in university students with and without dyslexia. An Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and a Sources of Academic Self-Efficacy Scale were completed by…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Self Efficacy, Student Surveys, Comparative Analysis
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Jones, Sara K. – Music Education Research, 2018
The purpose of this comparative case study was to examine the motivation for participation in traditional and non-traditional vocal ensembles by students who are not pursuing a career in music and the perceived benefits of this participation. Participants were selected from a traditional mixed choral ensemble and a student-run a cappella ensemble.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Music Education, Singing
Armstrong, Jasmine – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examines variation in the cultural stereotypes African American women encounter at a historically Black university and at a predominantly White university and the possible differences in the stereotypes' effect. Prior research reveals a variety of "controlling images" of African American women in the society at large and at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, African American Students, College Students, Females
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Cliburn Allen, Cara; Glanzer, Perry – Journal of College and Character, 2017
Recent research has shown the importance of the positive benefits of high-levels of self-control for both individuals and society. Yet, we know only a limited amount about how college students understand and apply self-control. This qualitative study examined how a national sample of 75 students defined self-control, whether or not they believed…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Control, College Students, Qualitative Research
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Özdas, Faysal – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
Teaching-learning process has a great important medium where pre-service teachers develop experiences and competences. Pre-service teachers are introduced to this process in a professional sense through the school experience course in teacher training. In this process, it is crucial to identify the encountered difficulties and matters. For this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Learning Processes
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Sawyer, R. Keith – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2018
This paper reports on an interview study with MFA students in two different full-time MFA degree programs in painting. The interviews were conducted as part of two ethnographic studies, each one academic year in length, of art and design schools at two U.S. universities. The goal was to explore the extended process whereby MFA student artists, in…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Fine Arts, Artists, Art Education
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King, Russell; Sondhi, Gunjan – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2018
This paper breaks new ground in its comparative analysis of two international student migration (ISM) streams, one from the Global South to the Global North (India to developed Anglophone countries), and the other within the Global North (UK to North America, Europe and Australia). These two ISM movements reflect different positionalities within…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Study Abroad, Comparative Analysis
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