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Tuzlak, Kadir – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The overall objective of this study is to increase the awareness of secondary school students of the effects of pollen allergy on human health by mapping allergic pollens appearing in Burdur atmosphere. This study is a pre-test and post-test experimental design. Mix method is applied thus. Both qualitative and quantitative data are gathered. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Familiarity, Investigations
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Eskicioglu, Yeser Eroglu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
According to the National Disabled People Data Base within Ministry of Family and Social Policies (Özveri), there are 1.559.222 disabled people in Turkey. If this rate would be linked to the families of the disabled people, the number of people who spend time with disabled individuals would increase to 10 million. This number corresponds to 12.5%…
Descriptors: Action Research, Barriers, Educational Change, Adapted Physical Education
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Romine, William L.; Miller, Michele E.; Knese, Shawn A.; Folk, William R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Using the context of a 2-wk instructional unit focused on eye and vision health, we developed and validated a multilevel measure of middle school students' interest in science and health careers. This survey contained three subscales positioned differently with respect to curricular content. Interest in Vision Care was most related, but less…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Interests, Health Sciences, Career Development
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Martínez-Argüelles, María-Jesús; Batalla-Busquets, Josep-Maria – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This paper examines the influence that student perceived quality of service (PSQ) has on continuance intention and willingness to recommend a course in a fully online university. A holistic view of the service provided by the university is taken. It is not only the effect of the teaching which is examined, but also that of the administrative…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Student Satisfaction
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Guclu, Sultan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Located in each discipline, communication also bears a huge importance in the health sector. Communication with patients and relatives require more moderate and friendly because of their sensitive situation. Developing communication skills of students in health sciences will be able to communicate effectively with patients. In…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Young Adults, Andragogy, Skill Development
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Kennedy, Michael J.; Hirsch, Shanna Eisner; Dillon, Sarah E.; Rabideaux, Lindsey; Alves, Kathryn D.; Driver, Melissa K. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
The use of multimedia-driven instruction in college courses is an emerging practice designed to increase students' knowledge. However, limited research has validated the effectiveness of using multimedia to teach students about functional behavioral assessments (FBAs). To test the effectiveness of a multimedia tool called Content Acquisition…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials
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Azid, Nurulwahida Hj; Yaacob, Aizan; Shaik-Abdullah, Sarimah – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2016
Purpose: Howard Gardners' concept of multiple intelligence (MI) offers an alternative perspective on intelligence which highlights the importance of acknowledging learner diversity, individual talents and the development of human potentials. MI has been used as a basis for the construction of modular enrichment activities to facilitate the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Multiple Intelligences, Foreign Countries, Quasiexperimental Design
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Zhu, Jiangang – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2016
China began its modern system of higher education with the establishment of the former Peking University in Beijing in 1898. The traditional Confucian philosophy of education has been replaced dramatically by modern western philosophy. However, since the communist party came to power in 1949, the philosophy of higher education has experienced many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Practices
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Lin, Li – Journal of Leadership Education, 2016
This study examined the effectiveness of a 4.5-day service leadership program for students from Chinese universities using objective outcome evaluation. The participants were assessed before and after the program, with two post-test measurements (immediate assessment and assessment 12 days after the completion of class learning). At pretest and…
Descriptors: College Students, Pretests Posttests, Leadership Training, Service Learning
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Perks, Tom; Orr, Doug; Alomari, Elham – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This case study examines the physical aspects of a particular university classroom, and what affect specific changes to the classroom had on the perceptions of students, instructors and observers regarding the room as an effective learning space. We compare survey and focus group data collected from students taking courses in the classroom prior…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Barriers, Educational Practices, Educational Change
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Ryan, Qing X.; Frodermann, Evan; Heller, Kenneth; Hsu, Leonardo; Mason, Andrew – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
The combination of modern computing power, the interactivity of web applications, and the flexibility of object-oriented programming may finally be sufficient to create computer coaches that can help students develop metacognitive problem-solving skills, an important competence in our rapidly changing technological society. However, no matter how…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Coaching (Performance), Introductory Courses, Physics
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Fajriah, Ulfah Nur; Churiyah, Madziatul – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study aims to produce instructional media Corel VideoStudio Pro X7-based on teaching infrastructure administration at class XI of APK in SMKN 1 Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia. This study uses Research and Development research design (R & D) through 10 steps, namely: (1) the potential and problems, (2) data collection, (3) the design of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Administration, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups
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Al-Harby, Jubeir Suleiman Samir – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The main intent of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of the reciprocal-teaching strategy in learning outcomes and attitudes of Qassim-University students in Islamic culture. The study was conducted in Oqlat Al-Soqour Faculty of Sciences and Arts for paucity of research conducted in such a faculty, as well as for being the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reciprocal Teaching, Islamic Culture, College Students
Bebeau, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This quantitative, randomly controlled study sought to find relationships between occupational therapy students' participation in a virtual situated-case scenario (VSCS) and enhanced perceived self-efficacy as well as academic performance when compared to participation in a text-based case study. To determine effects of participation in a virtual…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Altounji, Myriam Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Community colleges provide educational opportunity to a variety of goals including certificates, associate degrees, or transfer. These institutions are open-access which presents challenges to completion for students due to typically long developmental mathematics sequences. The purpose of this study was to explore Reading Apprenticeship (RA),…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges
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