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Jaber, Maisa Saadi; Daana, Hana Asaad – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2020
It is agreed that, if instruction in mathematics takes place in the students' first language, understanding abstract concepts and ideas in that subject can be challenging for them. However, many Jordanian students must master mathematics only via a second language or side by side with mastering it in Arabic, depending on their school system. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Aidman, Eugene; Jackson, Simon A.; Kleitman, Sabina – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Performance on many decision-making tasks is underpinned by metacognitive monitoring, cognitive abilities, and executive functioning. Fatigue-inducing conditions, such as sleep loss, compromise these factors, leading to decline in decision performance. Using a 40-hr sleep deprivation protocol, we examined these factors and the resulting decision…
Descriptors: Sleep, Executive Function, Cognitive Ability, Metacognition
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Nistor, Nicolae; Stanciu, Dorin; Lerche, Thomas; Kiel, Ewald – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
Technology acceptance models presuppose that technology users have clearly defined attitudes toward technology, which is not necessarily true. Complementary, social-psychological research proposes attitude strength (AS), a construct that has been so far insufficiently examined in the context of technology acceptance. Attitudes toward technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Computer Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Özer, Ömer; Soslu, Recep – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
This study was planned to examine the effect of Gymnastics-specific stretching exercises on flexibility and balance parameters. A total of 28 (16 males, 12 females) volunteer students were involved in the study, who were educated at the School of Physical Education and Sports. For 12 Weeks, 2 days a week and 90 min. stretching exercises specific…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Exercise, Human Body, Athletics
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Akyol, Pelin; Imamoglu, Osman – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between motivation and flow states in sports faculty students. A total of 289 athletes who were studying at Ondokuz Mayis University YaGar Dogu Faculty of Sports Sciences participated in the study. Sport Motivation Scale and The Flow State Scale--2 and Dispositional Flow Scale--2 were used.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Athletics, Foreign Countries
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Hadi, Noor Ul; Muhammad, Barudin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2019
Given the influx of new courses and programmes, an increase in the number of local and international students, as well as an upsurge in the number of universities in Malaysia, higher education has become a significant sector. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the factors affecting postgraduate research students' performance. For this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Academic Achievement, Mentors
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, 2017
Leadership elasticity enhances leadership style flexibility and mobility to enable educational leaders to maintain appropriate leadership equilibrium. The essential of leadership elasticity contributes towards organizational effectiveness by followership's maintenance through appropriate expansion and contraction of relations and task behavioural…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Qualities, Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2017
Leadership elasticity enhances leadership style flexibility and mobility to enable educational leaders to maintain appropriate leadership equilibrium. The essential of leadership elasticity contributes towards organizational effectiveness by followership's maintenance through appropriate expansion and contraction of relations and task behavioural…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Qualities, Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership
Parsley, Danette – American Educator, 2018
The Northwest Rural Innovation and Student Engagement (NW RISE) Network connects rural educators in the Pacific Northwest to help them succeed in the profession and overcome the challenges caused by teacher isolation. In this article, the author takes stock of what was learned in the four years since the network was established. She also shares…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Professional Isolation, Social Networks, Teacher Associations
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Ramírez, María-Soledad; García-Peñalvo, Francisco-José – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2018
Open science, as a common good, opens possibilities for the development of nations, through innovations and collaborative constructions, which help to democratize knowledge. Advances in this area are still emerging, and the open science, co-creation of knowledge and open innovation triangle, is presented as an opportunity to generate an original…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Innovation, Open Source Technology, Teamwork
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Senkova, Olesya; Otani, Hajime; Skeel, Reid L.; Babcock, Renée L. – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
If assessment is the purpose of testing, open-book tests may defeat the purpose. However, a goal of education is to build knowledge, and based on the literature, open-book tests may not be inferior to closed-book tests in promoting long-term retention of information. Participants studied Swahili-English pairs and either re-studied or took an…
Descriptors: Tests, Test Format, Recall (Psychology), Recognition (Psychology)
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Cogliano, MeganClaire; Bernacki, Matthew L.; Kardash, CarolAnne M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The present study examined the effects of a classroom intervention on students' metacognitive monitoring of retrieval practice performance feedback and metacognitive control of future study decisions. A true experimental design was used to randomly assign 103 undergraduate students from an education course to trained (n = 49) and control (n = 54)…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Recall (Psychology), Self Management, Intervention
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Odom, Sara; Boso, Halle; Bowling, Scott; Brownell, Sara; Cotner, Sehoya; Creech, Catherine; Drake, Abby Grace; Eddy, Sarah; Fagbodun, Sheritta; Hebert, Sadie; James, Avis C.; Just, Jan; St. Juliana, Justin R.; Shuster, Michele; Thompson, Seth K.; Whittington, Richard; Wills, Bill D.; Wilson, Alan E.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Zhong, Min; Ballen, Cissy J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
To investigate patterns of gender-based performance gaps, we conducted a meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data collected across 169 undergraduate biology and chemistry courses. While we did not detect an overall gender gap in performance, heterogeneity analyses suggested further analysis was warranted, so we investigated whether…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Science Achievement, College Science
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Rogobete, Doris Antonia; Ionescu, Thea; Miclea, Mircea – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
The proliferation of digital gadgets and increased media consumption among adolescents has raised interest and concern regarding possible effects on cognitive functioning. Research investigating this relationship has yielded mixed results. This study aims to replicate the research conducted by Baumgartner et al. concerning the relationship between…
Descriptors: Correlation, Executive Function, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents
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Burkholder, Eric; Wang, Karen; Wieman, Carl – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Diagnostic tests for placing students into appropriate courses are commonly used in higher education math and science departments. We found no physics education research examining the validity of such exams, how well they are placing students into appropriate courses, and what guidance these exams can give for better focusing instruction. In this…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Diagnostic Tests, Student Placement, Undergraduate Students
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