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Egwu, Sarah Oben – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was conducted to ascertain attitude of students towards teaching profession in Faculty of Education, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. A sample of 300 students completed a 15 item questionnaire designed for the study the instrument was validated and the reliability calculated which was 0.92 using Pearson product moment correlation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
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Shaulskiy, Stephanie; Duckett, Kirstan; Kennedy-Phillips, Lance; McDaniel, Anne – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2015
The authors argue that there are multiple dimensions of financial wellness that student affairs practitioners must consider when understanding and helping students improve their financial wellness. Data were analyzed from more than 3,000 students attending 19 two- and four-year colleges in one midwestern state to uncover underlying factors of…
Descriptors: College Students, Two Year College Students, Money Management, Wellness
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Latham, Lindsey; Rayfield, John; Moore, Lori L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of FFA activities on critical thinking skills of Texas FFA members in three-star FFA chapters. This descriptive study was conducted in eight purposively selected three-star FFA chapters throughout Texas. Three-star chapters are those chapters who have emerged as outstanding programs…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Student Organizations, Learning Activities
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Baranowski, Michael K.; Weir, Kimberly A. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2015
For political scientists looking for creative ways to engage students, simulations might be the answer. The common conception is that because this type of activity offers a unique way to convey information through active learning, student learning will consequently increase. In order to evaluate this claim, we conducted a meta-analysis reviewing…
Descriptors: Political Science, Simulation, Active Learning, Learner Engagement
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Sule, H. A.; Akor, J. A.; Toluhi, O. J.; Suleiman, R. O.; Akpihi, L.; Ali, O. U. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The focus of this study was to investigate the impact of family sex education in secondary schools on students in Kogi State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A total of 1,960 secondary school students were drawn by stratified random sampling from 40 schools within Kogi State, Nigeria. Three research questions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Family Life Education, Secondary School Students
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Hwang, Isabel; Wong, Kevin; Lam, Shun Leung; Lam, Paul – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Student response systems (commonly called "clickers") are valuable tools for engaging students in classroom interactions. In this study, we investigated the use of two types of response systems (a traditional clicker and a mobile device) by students in human physiology courses. Our results showed high student satisfaction with the use of…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Gojkov, Grozdanka; Stojanovic, Aleksandar; Gojkov-Rajic, Aleksandra – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2015
This paper presents the findings of explorative research undertaken on an intentional sample consisting of 112 master's students of pedagogy in Serbia, assumed to be potentially gifted and to have demonstrated academic giftedness, since their average mark during their studies was above 9.00 on a scale of 1.0 to 10.0. The intention was to examine…
Descriptors: Gifted, Masters Programs, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies
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Gundlach, Ellen; Maybee, Clarence; O'Shea, Kevin – Journal of Faculty Development, 2015
This article examines a social media assignment used to teach and practice statistical literacy with over 400 students each semester in large-lecture traditional, fully online, and flipped sections of an introductory-level statistics course. Following the social media assignment, students completed a survey on how they approached the assignment.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Erasmus, Daniel J.; Brewer, Sharon E.; Cinel, Bruno – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2015
The use of internet-based technologies in the teaching of laboratories has emerged as a promising education tool. This study evaluated the effectiveness of using remote access technology to operate an atomic absorption spectrophotometer in analyzing the iron content in a crude myoglobin extract. Sixty-two students were surveyed on their level of…
Descriptors: Internet, Science Instruction, Educational Technology, Science Laboratories
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Harris, Diane; Black, Laura; Hernandez-Martinez, Paul; Pepin, Birgit; Williams, Julian – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
Mathematics has long been known to be problematic for university engineering students and their teachers, for example, Scanlan. This paper presents recent data gathered from interviews with engineering students who experienced problems with mathematics and their lecturers during their transition through the first year in different programme…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Interviews, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction
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Roepke, Tena L.; Gallagher, Debra K. – Mathematics Teacher, 2015
Mathematics preservice teachers often complain vehemently about their required content-area reading courses. They ask such questions as, "Why do I have to worry about literacy when I'm going to be a mathematics teacher?" or "How will this ever help me in my mathematics classes?" or "When will I ever have time for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Content Area Reading, Literacy
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Hung, Yu Hsin; Chang, Ray I.; Lin, Chun Fu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
In recent decades, the rapid growth of technology has resulted in software being widely applied in various domains. Attitudes toward using software play an important role in every industry. This study aims to explore the software literacy of accounting students along with their personal traits, such as learning styles and user behavior. This was a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Accounting, Majors (Students), Computer Software
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Ferguson, Anneka – Journal of Learning Design, 2015
There is a growing movement to create successful, ethical, well-rounded and practice ready legal professionals both in terms of their content knowledge and their mental well-being. As a Legal Teaching "profession" it is incumbent on us to answer this call in a responsive, creative, integrated, well researched and evaluated manner. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legal Education (Professions), Ethics, Knowledge Level
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Konokman, Gamze Yavuz; Yelken, Tugba; Yokus, Gürol – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Acquisition of research qualifications are one of the most demanded learning outcomes of education faculties. There is great emphasis on building a research identity by developing the skills of students in the department of education faculties. However, very few surveys analyze the current situation of university students in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Skills, Preservice Teachers, Preschool Education
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Brandenberger, Jay W.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2015
Ethical growth and prosocial development are increasingly salient learning outcomes in higher education. Previous research has shown that the traditional college years facilitate moral development, especially with respect to moral reasoning. This research examined the impact of college experiences on students' sense of active responsibility for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Prosocial Behavior, Moral Development, Higher Education
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