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Navidinia, Hossein; Beidokhti, Zeinab; Hekmati, Nargess – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
This study aims to investigate the predictive power of personality traits for EFL students' preference for isolated or integrated form-focused instruction (FFI). Participants were 160 Iranian EFL university students. Results indicated that students' personality traits, as measured by Costa and McCrae (Revised NEO Personality inventory (NEO-PI-R)…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Students
Sundy, Carolyn Mitchell – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As retention becomes more of a key issue for community colleges, it is important that these institutions create an environment that is easy to navigate if they are to retain a greater percentage of their students. This study investigates the impact of the Student Support Services (SSS) program on the retention of students at Southeast Kentucky…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, School Holding Power, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Ecker, Andrew Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Approximately 20% of youth in the U.S. are experiencing a mental health challenge; a rate that is said to increase by more than 50% by 2020. Schools are the largest provider of mental health services to youth, yet two of schools' most efficacious evidence-based systems, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and school mental health…
Descriptors: Principals, Readiness, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
Warrington, Cartmell – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this study, the Big Five factor model of personality traits theory was tested for its ability to predict or explain Employee Information Security Behavior (EISB), when Generational Cohort (GCOHORT) moderated the relationship between the five factors of personality and EISB. The independent variables (IVs) Extraversion, Agreeableness,…
Descriptors: Information Security, Personality Traits, Generational Differences, Cohort Analysis
Hovey, Kate; Foland, Jody; Foley, John T.; Kniffin, Mike; Bailey, JoEllen – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2016
Body image is an ever-changing phenomenon that has a profound effect on women's quality of life. Research related to body image is expansive, but few researchers have focused on how outdoor education may influence body image. This study examines predictors of change in body image of female participants of an outdoor education program. Twenty-eight…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Self Concept, Human Body, Females
Kamanda, Mamusu – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016
In Sierra Leone, the number of primary schools is almost seven times more than junior-secondary schools (JSS). Living in a poor community has been shown to reduce children's school attendance because of lower access and poorer quality of education in these communities. However, it is unclear whether living in a poor community reduces attendance at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Attendance Patterns, Primary Education
Beaujean, A. Alexander; Morgan, Grant B. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2016
Education researchers often study count variables, such as times a student reached a goal, discipline referrals, and absences. Most researchers that study these variables use typical regression methods (i.e., ordinary least-squares) either with or without transforming the count variables. In either case, using typical regression for count data can…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Educational Research, Least Squares Statistics, Models
Lim, Janine M. – Distance Education, 2016
Self-paced online courses meet flexibility and learning needs of many students, but skepticism persists regarding the quality and the tendency for students to procrastinate in self-paced courses. Research is needed to understand procrastination and delay patterns of students in online self-paced courses to predict successful completion and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Time Factors (Learning), Pacing, Time Management
Zientek, Linda; Nimon, Kim; Hammack-Brown, Bryn – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: Among the gold standards in human resource development (HRD) research are studies that test theoretically developed hypotheses and use experimental designs. A somewhat typical experimental design would involve collecting pretest and posttest data on individuals assigned to a control or experimental group. Data from such a design that…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Labor Force Development
Koç, Canan; Köybasi, Fatma – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
This study aims to analyze the conceptions of the senior students at the faculty of education along with their attitudes towards multicultural education according to gender and department variables, and to identify the degree to which their conception of teaching and learning predicts their attitudes towards multicultural education. A total of 278…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs, Multicultural Education
Oduh, William Akporobaroh – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study examined the dimensions of cognitive dissonance and the extent to which cognitive dissonance could influence the level of job satisfaction of guidance counsellors. The study was guided by three research questions and one null hypothesis. The design of the study was correlational survey. The population of the study was 158 practising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counselors, Secondary Schools, Job Satisfaction
Barry, Adam; Madson, Michael; Moorer, Kayla; Christman, Kaila – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
Little research examines protective behavioral strategies (PBS) use among college high-risk drinking sub-groups. A secondary data analysis of the 2011 National College Health Assessment (n = 18,483 drinkers [13% Greek]) revealed fraternity and sorority members used PBS significantly (p < 0.001) less and reported significantly (p < 0.001)…
Descriptors: College Students, Sororities, Fraternities, Drinking
Smith, Martin M.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Yan, Gonggu; Sherry, Simon B. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2016
This study supports the generalizability of perfectionistic strivings and concerns across Canadian and Chinese university students (N = 1,006) and demonstrates the importance of establishing measurement invariance prior to hypothesis testing with different groups. No latent mean difference in perfectionistic concerns was observed, but Canadian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Personality Traits, Hypothesis Testing
Whitmyer, Charnita P. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation uses Bolman and Deal's Four Framework approach to reframing an organization to examine science teachers' beliefs on teacher preparation and reform practices for diverse learners. Despite the national emphasis on "science for all students" in the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 2011), some traditionally…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Educational Change
Washington, Vanassa – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The overall aim of this quantitative non-experimental study was to investigate the degree to which content-focused professional development, active based-learning professional development and teacher self-efficacy predict student performance in reading, within persistently low-performing schools. The need to investigate professional development in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Faculty Development, Reading Achievement, Reading Teachers