In this study social work instructor and student reactions to a behavioral instructional method called mastery learning were examined using qualitative methods. Mastery learning utilizes additional learning time and repeated testing opportunities to increase student learning. Students rated how helpful seven instructional elements of mastery…

This practicum report evaluates student perception of the conversion to a semester academic calendar at Snead State Community College (Alabama). A survey instrument was used to record the responses of students at Snead about whether they viewed the conversion to a semester academic calendar to be a positive experience. Results of the study showed…

This paper reports on a survey conducted in 2001 by the American Bar Association, Division for Public Education of high school students who were participating in a week-long civic education program in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Close Up Foundation. The focus was twofold: first, the survey mapped the knowledge and opinions of high school…

This report presents findings reported in the follow-up survey of Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) (Virginia) graduates of the class of 1998-99. Graduates were surveyed during the spring of 2000 to determine what jobs they had obtained, which schools they were attending, how much they earned, how satisfied they were with their employment…

For Australians the issue of globalization adds a new dimension to the complex of concerns around questions of national identity. This year has seen wide coverage of issues of citizenship and the rules whereby entry of refugees is permitted. Yet another indication of growing concern at the way Australia is understood came through educational…

As part of the ongoing effort to provide and maintain quality educational programs and services for students, the San Diego Community College District conducted a comprehensive student satisfaction survey during fall 2001. This article provides a brief summary of this survey research including instrumentation, data collection, data analysis,…

The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) conducted a survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students affiliated with local youth service organizations around the United States. A total of 496 youth from 32 states completed the survey fully. Over 90% reported that they sometimes or frequently hear homophobic remarks in…

This study was conducted to explore the views of the absentee partner by examining students' perspectives of education reform, specifically with regard to their experience with instruction in a school district committed to K-12 mathematics reform. Survey data for this study were drawn from the responses of 1,176 elementary and secondary education…

The College Board conducted a survey of students who took the ELPT test in 1996 and 1997. The survey yielded responses from 141 students with self-reported TOEFL scores. The results suggest a strong, near linear relationship between students' performance levels on these two English language proficiency instruments.

Hypothesizes that people perceive media content to have a greater impact on others than on themselves, leading people to take actions such as censorship to prevent the impact. Surveys 202 college students using rap lyrics as the context. Reveals strong support for both components of the hypothesis. (PA)

Provides examples and a summary of the results of a survey completed by nonscience majors (n=57). Students provided information about the importance of chemistry to their majors and argued their point of view in a paper. (DDR)

Studied the efforts of Hong Kong to embrace information technology (IT) in education, focusing on a survey of IT skills and attitudes among four cohorts of incoming college freshmen. Findings for 2,330 students over the 4 years show that in each successive year freshmen report higher levels of computer skills and greater confidence in using…

Examined the responses of 58,288 college students to 8 scales involving 53 items from the National Survey of Student Engagement to gauge whether individuals respond differently to surveys administered via the Web and paper. Found that mode effects were generally small; however, students who completed the Web-based survey responded more favorably…

A brief survey was conducted of nearly 900 first-year students in 14 U.S. veterinary medical schools in order to gather impressions of the first year of veterinary medical education. Although some students reported that conditions were stressful, the majority did not feel that they were inordinately so. Overall, most students were quite positive…

Examines the preferences and meanings of labels for White Americans as discursively defined expressions of identity, after preliminary revelations of resistance by Whites to self-labeling was seen. Surveys 371 White undergraduate students, rating seven labels regarding preference and discussing feelings about self-labeling. Reveals that the most…