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Blayone, Todd J. B.; Mykhailenko, Olena; vanOostveen, Roland; Barber, Wendy – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
The Digital Competency Profiler (DCP) is an online application for surveying the technology preferences and abilities of students in higher education. To explore the DCP as a digital-learning-readiness tool, a mixed-methods research design was developed for relating self-reported digital competencies and online-learning activity. To this end,…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Readiness, Technological Literacy, Educational Technology
Montes, Amanda Lira Gordenstein – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study investigates the uses of English in advertising in Brazil and the attitudes of Brazilians towards the use of different difficulty levels of English in advertising. Using a two part, mixed-methods approach, drawing from quantitative and qualitative methods, I utilized a corpus study to examine English uses in Brazilian magazines and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, English, Advertising
Moore, Gwen – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
In recent years, music at Leaving Certificate level has come under increasing focus in media and higher education discourse as an easy option. In particular, scant attention has been paid to the musical knowledge and skills needed in the transition to higher music education within the Irish context. This paper addresses the perceived gap in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Secondary Education, Certification
Uzuner Yurt, Serap; Aktas, Elif – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
In this study, the effects of the use of peer tutoring in Effective and Good Speech Course on students' success, perception of speech self-efficacy and speaking skills were examined. The study, designed as a mixed pattern in which quantitative and qualitative research approaches were combined, was carried out together with 57 students in 2014 to…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Higher Education, College Students
Eliciting Engagement in the High School Classroom: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Teaching Practices
Cooper, Kristy S. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
This case study analyzes how and why student engagement differs across 581 classes in one diverse high school. Factor analyses of surveys with 1,132 students suggest three types of engaging teaching practices--connective instruction, academic rigor, and lively teaching. Multilevel regression analyses reveal that connective instruction predicts…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, High School Students, Learner Engagement, Regression (Statistics)
Cardinale, Betty Roberts – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this multiple case study was to explain how mathematically proficient homeschool graduates acquired their proficiency. Bronfenbrenner's (1979, 1999) ecological and Process-Person-Context-Time (PPCT) models were used as theoretical frameworks to analyze the development of the graduates in the homeschool environment. The National…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Mathematics Achievement, Family Influence, Family (Sociological Unit)
DeSimone, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this action research study was to examine the impact of cogenerative dialogues on instructor and student perceptions of rigor in a master's and certification program for alternatively certified teachers. Additionally, the study was designed to determine if these open dialogues would impact instructional decisions of college…
Descriptors: Action Research, Dialogs (Language), Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Skeldon, Michael A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With trends toward high stakes testing moving inexorably forward, project-based components of Rhode Island's Performance Based Graduation system have been largely overlooked. Existing studies focus primarily on implementation of senior projects (Davidson, 2009; Lorenz, 1999; Mayer, 1999; Nicolini, 1999; Shaunessy, 2004; Singer & Hubbard,…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Student Projects, Curriculum, Judges