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Van Houtte, Mieke; Stevens, Peter A. J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
It has been established since the 1960s that tracking yields negative consequences for students in lower tracks. As this research has been carried out mainly in the USA and UK, the effects of tracking have been demonstrated in systems of within-school tracking mostly. However, in many European countries--such as Belgium (Flanders)--tracking is…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Correlation, Comparative Education, Vocational Education
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Randler, Christoph; Horzum, Mehmet Baris; Vollmer, Christian – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
There are many studies related to distance learning. Willingness and anxiety are important variables for distance learning. Recent research has shown that anxiety and willingness towards distance learning are moderated by personality. This study sought to investigate whether distance learning willingness and distance learning anxiety are…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Distance Education, Scores, Questionnaires
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Tai, Hung-Cheng – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study explored the effects of collaborative writing instruction on undergraduate nursing students' writing performance and self-efficacy beliefs within an online learning system. A single-group experimental study utilized two instruments, the NCEEC (National College Entrance Examination Center) writing grading criteria (the SRCT) and a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Polidano, Cain – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
The aim of this report is to examine the potential use of information from the Student Outcomes Survey, including the use of student course satisfaction information and post-study outcomes, as a means of determining markers of training quality. In an analysis of the student course satisfaction measures, the authors found there are very small…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Quality, Outcomes of Education, Student Surveys
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Koul, Ravinder; Roy, Laura; Kaewkuekool, Sittichai; Ploisawaschai, Suthee – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This investigation examines Thai college students' motivational goals for learning the English language. Thai student volunteers (N = 1387) from two types of educational institutions participated in this survey study which combined measures of goal orientations based on two different goal constructs and motivation models. Results of two-step…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Multivariate Analysis, Student Volunteers
Kraska, Marie F. – 1991
A study compared the perceptions of work and work value orientations of high school students enrolled in the first year of a vocational education programs. Three hundred eight students were compared on the basis of gender, ethnic group, and academic status (disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged). Two hundred were from two small rural southern area…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Employment, Ethnic Groups
Uren, Judith – 2001
A study examined individual student, institutional, and environmental factors influencing student non-completions and determined strategies that Western Australia's Central TAFE (technical and further education) might introduce to improve student retention. After completing a multivariate analysis of module completion rates, further data for a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Developed Nations, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Long, Michael; Carpenter, Peter; Hayden, Martin – 1999
This report draws on the Youth in Transition surveys to present educational participation rates for various categories of Australian youth. The focus is on how educational experiences differ among the categories and on the way in which such differences may have changed over time. Chapter 2 describes the way in which educational participation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education