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Buli, Bereket Mamo; Yesuf, Wasihun Mohammed – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that could explain the difference in entrepreneurial intention (EI) among technical-vocational education and training (TVET) program students. Centered on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the paper aims to contribute to the understanding of factors that affect EIs of students and offer…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Intention, Vocational Education, Student Surveys
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Jiménez-Mejías, E.; Amezcua-Prieto, C.; Martínez-Ruiz, V.; Olvera-Porcel, M. C.; Jiménez-Moleón, J. J.; Lardelli Claret, P. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) on university students' satisfaction with and academic performance in a course on epidemiology and social and demographic health. The participants in this interventional study were 529 students (272 in the intervention group and 257 in the control group) enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning
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Vallade, Jessalyn I.; Malachowski, Colleen M. – Communication Education, 2015
Using Attribution Theory as a theoretical framework, this study explored the role of forgiveness in impacting student nonverbal responsiveness, out-of-class communication (OCC), and perceptions of cognitive and affective learning following instructor misbehavior. Additionally, the role of instructor nonverbal immediacy was examined. Participants…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Behavior, Attribution Theory, Undergraduate Students
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Haciomeroglu, Erhan Selcuk – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The present study sought to design calculus tasks to determine students' preference for visual or analytic processing as well as examine the role of preferred mode of processing in calculus performance and its relationship to spatial ability and verbal-logical reasoning ability. Data were collected from 150 high school students who were enrolled…
Descriptors: Calculus, Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Instruction, High School Students
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Gökler, Riza; Gürgan, Ugur; Tastan, Nuray – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This study investigated the relationship between quality of school life and happiness among university students. For this purpose, 326 students from five different faculties in Çankiri Karatekin University participated in the study. Participants filled in the "scale for quality of school life" and "scale for Oxford happiness-Compact…
Descriptors: College Students, Quality of Life, Educational Environment, Educational Experience
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Rosman, Tom; Mayer, Anne-Kathrin; Krampen, Günter – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
This article examines the significance of information literacy self-assessments in higher education with a special focus on situational conditions increasing their explanatory power. First, it was hypothesised that self-assessments of information literacy correlate higher with factual information literacy if measured after the administration of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Information Literacy, Educational Practices, Higher Education
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Tseng, Shu Hsien – Infants and Young Children, 2015
This study investigates teacher responses in Taiwan to children's initiations in regular classrooms and the differences between children with and without developmental delays. The sample consisted of 107 teacher-child dyads, including 53 children with developmental delays and 54 typically developing peers. Teacher-child interactions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Behavior, Developmental Delays, Preschool Education
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Ahmad, Zauwiyah; Ismail, Hishamuddin; Anantharaman, R. N. – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study accounting students' intentions to pursue their careers as accountants and modelling this within the context of Malaysian accounting education. Design/methodology/approach: Data were gathered via a questionnaire survey involving undergraduate accounting students. Factor analysis, independent sample…
Descriptors: Accounting, Investigations, Student Educational Objectives, Intention
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Amro, Hanan Jamal; Mundy, Marie-Anne; Kupczynski, Lori – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2015
Demand for online learning has increased in recent years due to the convenience of course delivery. However, some students appear to have difficulties with online education resulting in lack of completion. The study utilized a quantitative approach with archival data. The factors of achievement and demographics were compared for face-to-face and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction
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Sato, Brian K.; He, Wenliang; Warschauer, Mark; Kadandale, Pavan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
Undergraduate biology education is often viewed as being focused on memorization rather than development of students' critical-thinking abilities. We speculated that open-note testing would be an easily implemented change that would emphasize higher-order thinking. As open-note testing is not commonly used in the biological sciences and the…
Descriptors: Science Education, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Biology
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Mojgan, Fadaei Nasab; Kadir, Rusnani Abd.; Soheil, Saidian – International Education Studies, 2011
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between state and trait anxiety with career indecision of Iranian undergraduate students. According to the literature anxiety has a strong impact on career indecision among students. However, there is controversy in research findings regarding the contribution of state and trait anxiety to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Career Choice, Foreign Countries
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Menard, Scott – Social Forces, 2011
Standardized coefficients in logistic regression analysis have the same utility as standardized coefficients in linear regression analysis. Although there has been no consensus on the best way to construct standardized logistic regression coefficients, there is now sufficient evidence to suggest a single best approach to the construction of a…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Standards, Computation, Structural Equation Models
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Ismail, Siti Noor – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: This study attempted to determine whether the dimensions of TQM practices are predictors of school climate. It aimed to identify the level of TQM practices and school climate in three different categories of schools, namely high, average and low performance schools. The study also sought to examine which dimensions of TQM practices…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Secondary Schools, School Effectiveness, Educational Environment
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Dinis da Costa, Daniel – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
This article presents student-teachers' perceptions of spatial 3D-descriptive geometry education in Mozambique. To interpret a 3D object through 2D projections and vice-versa requires spatial abilities that are deemed crucial for learning in any spatially dependent discipline such as 3D-descriptive geometry, engineering and technical-vocational…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research, Preservice Teachers, Focus Groups
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Savas, Ahmet Cezmi; Bozgeyik, Yunus; Eser, Ismail – European Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The major purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between teacher self efficacy and burnout. In order to collect the related data, "Maslach Burnout Inventory" and "Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale" were used. The sample of the study consisted of 163 randomly chosen teachers who worked in various primary and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Burnout, Teacher Characteristics, Public School Teachers
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