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Kentei Takayaa – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2024
This study investigates Taiwanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' use of strategies in developing job interview skills in English. The participants were 40 EFL learners majoring in English at a private university in Taiwan. The study was part of a four-week job interview training program, during which they prepared for a mock…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Hehir, Thomas – Educational Leadership, 2017
The author, a professor and former student at Harvard, was intrigued by how much the percentage of students with disabilities at that college has increased in recent decades. He began simply asking certain students, "How did you get here?" Drawing from in-depth interviews conducted with 16 Harvard attendees who had disabilities that…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Achievement Need, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Cennetkusu, Nazmiye Gürel – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Because of the importance of English as a scientific lingua franca among academic communities, a great emphasis is put on English education--especially in higher education--in countries where English is a second or foreign language. Therefore, the significant productions of graduate studies such as research articles and dissertations are often…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Students, Academic Discourse, Barriers
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Catrysse, Leen; Gijbels, David; Donche, Vincent; De Maeyer, Sven; Lesterhuis, Marije; Van den Bossche, Piet – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Up until now, empirical studies in the Student Approaches to Learning field have mainly been focused on the use of self-report instruments, such as interviews and questionnaires, to uncover differences in students' general preferences towards learning strategies, but have focused less on the use of task-specific and online measures.…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Eye Movements, Measurement Techniques, Interviews
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Braund, Heather; DeLuca, Christopher – Australian Educational Researcher, 2018
This study explored how elementary teachers leveraged and structured student-involved formative assessment to promote metacognition and self-regulation. Research has suggested a connection between formative assessment practices (e.g., self-assessment and peer-assessment) and metacognition. However, this connection has limited empirical support,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Elementary School Students, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
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Sugeng, Bambang; Suryani, Ani Wilujeng – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify an effective learning strategy for students to engage authentically in their learning process. This study also aims to introduce an innovative active learning approach. This is intended to enhance students' involvement and to strengthen self-confidence throughout their learning in the Financial…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Active Learning, Money Management, Action Research
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Harrison, Laura M.; Mather, Peter C. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
College campuses have experienced a recent resurgence of student activism, particularly in response to some of President Donald Trump's executive orders as well as controversial speakers like Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulous. Student activism presents both challenges and opportunities for higher education leaders seeking to engage productively…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Student Behavior, Phenomenology
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Hockings, Christine; Thomas, Liz; Ottaway, Jim; Jones, Rob – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Independent learning is one of the cornerstones of UK higher education yet it is poorly understood by students and is seen by politicians as a poor substitute for face to face teaching. This paper explores students' understandings, approaches and experiences of independent learning and how they may become more effective independent learners. This…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Student Research
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Eshach, Haim; Kukliansky, Ida – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
The present study uses the intuitive rules theory as a framework to examine whether some of the difficulties in dealing with errors and uncertainties observed among students in the university physics laboratory can stem from their use of intuitive rules. The study also examines the relationship between the use of intuitive rules and laboratory…
Descriptors: Physics, Engineering Education, Error of Measurement, Error Patterns
Quirion Hutton, Ann Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative case study explored the experiences of college-age learners using visual notetaking to aid learning. The following research questions guided this descriptive case study: How do college-age learners perceive visual notetaking as a means of retaining and understanding information? How do college-age learners believe that visual…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Notetaking, College Students, Qualitative Research
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Kaufman, David; Kumar, Swapna – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
The iPad, which came out in 2010, was introduced in one-to-one initiatives in schools to replace the laptop, or simply as a new technology. Schools that incorporated tablets reported an increase in student-led learning, increased collaboration, and increased communication. Following a one-to-one iPad implementation at an urban high school for one…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, Urban Schools, Handheld Devices
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Pawlak, Miroslaw; Szyszka, Magdalena – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Disparate goals that learners might have in learning second or foreign language pronunciation and the scant classroom time that can be dedicated to teaching this target language subsystem dictate that learner autonomy is of vital importance in this case and adept use of pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) can be viewed as key to the…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preferences
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Dye, Kathryn Morris; Stanton, Julie Dangremond – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Students with awareness and control of their own thinking can learn more and perform better than students who are not metacognitive. Metacognitive regulation is how you control your thinking in order to learn. It includes the skill of evaluation, which is the ability to appraise your approaches to learning and then modify future plans based on…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Biology, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Learning Strategies
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Erdem, Aliye – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Mind map, which was developed by Tony Buzan as a note-taking technique, is an application which has the power of uncovering the thoughts which the brain has about a subject from different viewpoints and which activate the right and left lobes of the brain together as an alternative to linear thought. It is known that mind maps have benefits such…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Concept Mapping, Learning Strategies, Lifelong Learning
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Maybee, Clarence; Bruce, Christine Susan; Lupton, Mandy; Rebmann, Kristen – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Students in higher education typically learn to use information as part of their course of study, which is intended to support ongoing academic, personal and professional growth. Informing the development of effective information literacy education, this research uses a phenomenographic approach to investigate the experiences of a teacher and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Gender Issues, Language, Teacher Role
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