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Balakrishnan, Vimala – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
The paper first explores the factors that affect the use of social networks to enhance teaching and learning experiences among students and lecturers, using structured questionnaires prepared based on the Push-Pull-Mooring framework. A total of 455 students and lecturers from higher learning institutions in Malaysia participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Questionnaires, College Students
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Gbore, L. O.; Daramola, C. A. – Current Issues in Education, 2013
This study investigated the relative contributions of selected teachers' variables and students' attitude towards academic achievement in biology among senior secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. It involved descriptive survey research and ex-post facto research designs. The sample, 360 respondents which consists of 180 biology teachers and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Predictor Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Qualifications
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Yamada, Reiko – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2014
Ensuring gains in the learning outcomes of college students has become a major concern for Japanese higher education institutions. In recent decades, national and public as well as private universities have been forced to embed learning outcomes into their curriculum. A number of studies have shown that the learning outcomes of students are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis
JohnBull, Ranjini Mahinda – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study sought to determine the nature of the relationship between cultural competence and teacher efficacy. According to 30 years of NAEP data, stagnant achievement among minority students persists; among factors related to student achievement, teacher efficacy represents the school-related variable that is most closely correlated and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Outcomes of Education
Patrizi, Larry A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the relationship between student satisfaction with faculty characteristics via the community of inquiry (CoI) framework. The CoI framework includes cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. Subsets of teaching presence were explored more deeply by including subsets facilitation of discourse and direct…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Doctoral Degrees
Dincher, Michael A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The volume of literature for research on work ethics is extensive but most involves workers on the job or looking for employment (Petty & Hill, 2005). A gap in the literature exists for research of work ethics among students and instructors involved in Career and Technical Education. Using the Employability Skills Assessment (ESA) authored by…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Work Ethic, Community Colleges