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Murry, Francie; Alqahtani, Ragea Mohammed Ali – World Journal of Education, 2015
The government of Saudi Arabia has devoted considerable financial resources toward the education for all goal and in future generations through emphasizing the importance of education and increasing the accountability of teachers' performance on their students' performance. It has emphasized education is to be "Education for All". These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education
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Al Hassan, Esam Idress K. – World Journal of Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify the perspectives of using Internet on the scientific research among the Postgraduate Students at the University of Khartoum. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method, the population consisted of all Postgraduate students at the University of Khartoum (Master & Ph.D.), registered during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Research, Internet, Mass Media Use
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Gyan, Emmanuel; Baah-Korang, Kwame; McCarthy, Paul; McCarthy, Peter – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of the study was to determine the main causes of students' misbehaviour and measures teachers and students consider to be most appropriate for controlling the unruly behaviour of the students. Purposive, sample, of 50 teachers who held the various positions in the school, and 150 students comprising the Students Representative Council,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Razak, Nur Afifah Binti Abdul; Hamidon, Nur Izeanty Binti – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Effective leadership helps our nation through times become a developed country. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of leadership style among students in Technical and Vocational at University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Descriptive study carried out to evaluate student leadership. The study sample consisted of 319 Technical and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, College Students, Questionnaires
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Mårtensson, Pär; Richtnér, Anders – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
The starting point of this paper is the question: Which issues do students think are important when choosing a higher education institution, and how are they related to the factors taken into consideration in ranking institutions? The aim is to identify and rank the parameters students perceive as important when choosing their place of education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Schools, College Choice, College Students
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Smyth, Lillian; Mavor, Kenneth I.; Platow, Michael J.; Grace, Diana M.; Reynolds, Katherine J. – Educational Psychology, 2015
Adopting a deep approach to learning is associated with positive academic outcomes. In the current paper, we extend this analysis in a university context by recognising that learners are not isolated individuals, but share important social identifications with others. Using online surveys at an Australian university, we examine the effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Identification, Social Behavior
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Koban, Lori; Sisneros-Thiry, Simone – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
FOIL is a well-known mnemonic that is used to find the product of two binomials. We conduct a large sample (n = 252) observational study of first-year college students and show that while the FOIL procedure leads to the accurate expansion of the product of two binomials for most students who apply it, only half of these students exhibit conceptual…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Freshmen, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Gladman, Andrew – TESOL Journal, 2015
This article outlines findings from a study of student perceptions of team teaching. The researcher surveyed students at different times during their first term of study at a private college in Japan where team teaching is applied across the curriculum. Responses were content-analysed and six major categories emerged. Team teaching was seen to…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Student Surveys
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Corwin, Lisa A.; Runyon, Christopher; Robinson, Aspen; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are increasingly being offered as scalable ways to involve undergraduates in research. Yet few if any design features that make CUREs effective have been identified. We developed a 17-item survey instrument, the Laboratory Course Assessment Survey (LCAS), that measures students' perceptions…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Scientific Research, Science Laboratories
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Akessa, Geremew Muleta; Dhufera, Abdissa Gurmesa – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
University is one of the places where a systematically organized and scientifically oriented education is offered. It is through such an organized manner that the knowledge, skill and desired attitude of the learner develop, but in a given class it is sometimes seen that there is a difference in achievement as a result of different factors that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Student Surveys, Questionnaires
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Mandracchia, Jon T.; Pendleton, Shandrea – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2015
Many college students experience mental health problems and engage in risky behavior. These problems perpetuate negative outcomes such as poor academic performance and health problems, which may ultimately result in dropping out of college. Maladaptive cognitions, such as criminogenic thinking, have been established as an important contributor to…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Negative Attitudes
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Andrade, Jeanette; Huang, Wen-Hao David; Bohn, Dawn M. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2015
The effective design of course materials is critical for student learning, especially for large lecture introductory courses. This quantitative study was designed to explore the effect multimedia and content difficulty has on students' cognitive load and learning outcomes. College students (n = 268) were randomized into 1 of 3 multimedia groups:…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Statistical Analysis, Difficulty Level, Multimedia Instruction
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Schwarz, Colleen; Zhu, Zhiwei – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
With increasing class sizes, faculty have increasingly been using online homework software (OHS) and in-person discussion groups as the classroom evolves. We sought to determine the effect of online homework software and in-person discussion groups on student engagement. Specifically, we posited that expectations influence this relationship, and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Expectation, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software
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Olufunke, Oluwunmi Adedamola – International Education Studies, 2015
Due to the increasing number of educational institutions in Nigeria, Universities (particularly private Universities) are competing to attract more students into their faculties. In a bid to achieve this goal, these Universities are making all efforts to satisfy their students. This paper therefore examines the impact of the faculty of study on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Fukuzawa, Ryoko; Joho, Hideo; Maeshiro, Tetsuya – Education for Information, 2015
This paper reports the results of a survey that investigated the practice and experience of task management of university students. A total of 202 tasks identified by 24 university students were analyzed. The results suggest that participants had a reasonable sense of priority of tasks, that they tend to perceive a task as a big chunk, not a…
Descriptors: College Students, Task Analysis, Self Management, Needs Assessment
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