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Lizza, Joseph P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Fraternal organizations are unique in how their very existence is routed in their espoused values, principles, and standards. These ideals spotlight what their organization was founded upon, and how those who associate themselves with the organization should conduct themselves. There are few instances where an organization is forced to be as…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Organizational Culture, Fraternities
Robinson, Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Higher Education is an industry that continues to be filled with an underrepresentation of African-American presidents at majority White institutions. Although the number of qualified candidates continues to increase, the number of occupants of the chief role does not. In comparison to White men and women, African-American presidents in higher…
Descriptors: Mentors, African Americans, Semi Structured Interviews, College Presidents
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Yang, Chia-chen – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2018
Social networking sites, first embraced by youth, have become increasingly popular among older generations. With more parents joining the sites, young people today are likely to encounter their parents on these platforms. However, there is limited information about how youth respond to the changing landscape, especially during the transition to a…
Descriptors: Social Media, College Freshmen, Parent Child Relationship, Family Relationship
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Mackaway, Jacqueline; Winchester-Seeto, Theresa – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2018
Universities, industry and professional bodies advocate work-integrated learning (WIL) as a valuable way to prepare graduates to meet the challenges of contemporary society. When organizations preference particular students over others to host on placement, the full individual and collective potential of WIL is not realized. This paper reports…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Integrated Activities, Human Resources, Qualitative Research
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Yang, Shuxia; Mei, Bing; Yue, Xiaoyu – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
This technology report aimed to explore preservice chemistry teachers' perception of mobile augmented reality (MAR) assisted chemical education. To this end, 15 participants were recruited from a Chinese university. They were provided access to an MAR chemistry learning app, Elements 4D, on their own mobile computing devices, and were instructed…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning
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Liversage, Lindi; Naudé, Luzelle; Botha, Anja – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
In this study, black South African first-generation students' experiences related to identity development during their first year at a higher education institution were explored. Chickering and Reisser's [1993. "Education and Identity." 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass] seven-vector identity development theory served as overarching…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Reflection, College Freshmen, African American Students
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Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Chen, Ariel Yu-Zhen; Yeh, Katherine Pin-Chen; Cheng, Yu-Ting; Lin, Yu-Yan – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of polling technologies (clickers or tablets) integrated with strategies (individual or group) on students' academic performance, anxiety, and attention. The participants were 34 students enrolled in an educational research methodology course. The anxiety scale, pre- and in-class quizzes,…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Attention
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Mitchell, Fiona; Stalker, Kirsten; Matthews, Lynsay; Mutrie, Nanette; Melling, Chris; McConnachie, Alex; Murray, Heather; Melville, Craig A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience significant inequalities and tend to be more sedentary and less physically active than the wider population. Walking programmes are an effective way to increase physical activity (PA) but have not been used in studies involving adults with intellectual disabilities. Method: Nineteen…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Physical Activities, Qualitative Research
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Davies, Emma L.; Law, Cara; Hennelly, Sarah E. – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: Many existing interventions to reduce excessive drinking in university students attempt to target individual cognitions, which ignore the wider contextual features that drive excessive drinking and mark this as an important aspect of university life. The purpose of this paper is to explore students' views about preventing excessive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Young Adults
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Head, Annabel; Ellis-Caird, Helen; Rhodes, Louisa; Parkinson, Kathie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Background: People with learning disabilities are moving out of hospitals as part of the Transforming Care programme, although thus far their views on how they have experienced this have not been researched. Materials and Methods: A qualitative design was used to explore how people with learning disabilities experienced moving as part of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Hospitals, Transitional Programs, Independent Living
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Jansen, Dorien; Emmers, Elke; Petry, Katja; Mattys, Laura; Noens, Ilse; Baeyens, Dieter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Because of a better understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in all stages of life and the improvement of support of students with ASD in primary and secondary education, an increasing number of students with ASD are accessing higher education. Previous research suggests that these students have fewer opportunities in higher education due…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Higher Education, Autism, Mentors
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Culllen, Amanda L.; Cullen, Craig J.; O'Hanlon, Wendy A. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
In this article, we report on the findings of a study investigating the effects of an intervention designed to provide students in Grades 3-5 with opportunities to work with dynamic and static models of angles in a dynamic geometry environment. We utilized the microgenetic method in this cross-sectional study to observe and document changes in…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Hayes, David; Butler, Michelle; Devaney, John; Percy, Andrew – Child Care in Practice, 2018
During imprisonment, fathers are separated from their families and contact is limited. When delivering a prison based parenting programme, providing an opportunity to rehearse newly acquired parenting skills can be key for mastering the performance of these skills and using these skills to improve father-child relationships. This paper takes an…
Descriptors: Fathers, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Observation
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Maher, Anthony John – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
There is a propensity for academics and policy makers in Britain to use the terms integration and inclusion synonymously, possibly resulting in diverse interpretations of the inclusion principles laid out in the new National Curriculum. Much of the research available relating to conceptualisations of inclusion in physical education (PE) is from…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Physical Education, Coordinators, Special Needs Students
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Smith, Carol A.; Parks, Rodney; Parrish, Jesse; Swirski, Ryan – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2018
Technology plays an integral role in the lives of the majority of the US population. As technology becomes integrated into young people's lives, questions arise regarding its effects on learning. This exploratory study draws on interviews with students who attend university in the United States to determine how separating students from technology…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Study Abroad, Student Experience, Influence of Technology
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