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Download full textAllison, Lane M. – 1994
A study compared the choices of Charlottesville area children with those from Children's Choice lists, published annually in "The Reading Teacher." Subjects, 62 third- to sixth-grade students, were interviewed before they checked books out of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Main Branch in Charlottesville, Virginia. Children were…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Interests
Majnerick, Troy G. – 2002
An evaluation was conducted of the Peer Referral Orientation Staff (PROS) program of Rowan University to determine the extent to which the program is meeting its desired goals and objectives and achieving the desired effects for the students it serves. PROS members are currently enrolled students who are trained to offer personal, social, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Induction, Orientation
Austin, Donna; Austin, John – 2002
Increased attention on the quality of teaching has meant an increase in the use of student surveys as a measure of perceived teaching quality. Many student surveys, which typically take the form of teacher and course evaluations, are conducted at the end of a school term and are more summative in nature. Results are given to the instructor after…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Evaluation, Feedback, Higher Education
Dionisio, Maria de Lourdes – 2001
In Portugal, the word "literacy" acquired public importance in October 1995, in the first national literacy assessment report. In the last few years, "reading habits" and not "literacy" became a privileged research object, and it is the amount and kind of reading that is being measured, with the results taken as…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literacy
Hwang, Young Suk; Fisher, William; Vrongistinos, Konstantinos – 2001
This study examines the functioning of an instrument for measuring elementary school students' motivation to learn about technology. The theoretical framework of the study is based on expectancy-value theory, which focuses on cognitive factors in determining achievement behaviors. Participants were 129 sixth grade students. A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Motivation
Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – 2001
This study examined the relationship between library anxiety and social interdependence. Participants were 115 graduate students from various disciplines who were administered the Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) and the Social Interdependence Scale (SIS). The LAS assesses levels of library anxiety. This instrument has the following five subscales:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Correlation, Graduate Students
Bozik, Mary – 1996
Currently every Area Education Agency, community college, and Regent University in Iowa is connected by a fiber optic system known as the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). Every semester, 7 to 13 college credit classes have been offered at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) via the ICN since 1993. In the Spring of 1995 seven classes (six…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Course Evaluation, Distance Education, Higher Education
Dobie, Ann; Poirrier, Gail – 1997
A study determined how including significant amounts of writing in varied forms for different audiences throughout a four-year baccalaureate program in nursing affected professional practice. Subjects were graduating seniors and practicing nurses from a writing intensive baccalaureate program (College A) and graduating seniors and nurses from a…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Nursing Education
Vidmar, Dale J. – 1996
The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect a pre-session given prior to a typical library instruction class had upon the affective experience of freshman composition students. Students in six paired classes were given pre-test and post-test questionnaires to determine if there was a difference in scores in four areas measured by the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Instruction
Gribbons, Barry C.; Dixon, P. Scott – 2001
In order to assess the services of the International Students Program (ISP), the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita (California) surveyed its international student population. The survey instrument included Likert-scale items as well as open-ended questions. Questionnaires were mailed to the homes of 130 ISP students, and 37 surveys were…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Foreign Students, Program Evaluation
Mersky, Rebecca A.; Chambliss, Catherine – 2001
Although most national and regional statistics show that violent crimes have been declining, there is a widespread misperception among the public that such crimes are increasing. The Perception and Experience of Violent Crime survey, based on research on actual rates and perceptions of crime, was administered to subjects enrolled in a college…
Descriptors: Crime, Higher Education, Incidence, Mass Media Effects
Rice, Donald E. – 1999
The first step in a multi-stage approach to assessment of the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Art at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, this study assessed the department's introductory course. Data came from cognitive pre/post tests, self reports, and peer evaluations. Results indicated that: (1) students scored higher on…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
Schnell, Jim – 2001
The study of communication phenomena in China by a foreigner poses unique challenges. It requires not only understanding the particular phenomenon under analysis but also the cultural context within which the phenomenon exists. This paper focuses on meanings conveyed in 1987 that were related to the government campaign against bourgeois…
Descriptors: Communism, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Discourse Analysis
Wild, Nancy – 1998
This report shows the results of 1998 student opinion survey at Rogue Community College (RCC) (Oregon). Results of the survey provide broad insight into strengths and weaknesses of the college's programs, services, and image. As part of the additional questions that RCC incorporated into the survey, students were given the opportunity to offer…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Hammond, Ron J.; Knight, Austin L. – 2001
This report is based on the results of student surveys collected during the years 1997 to 2000 from students who took the Introduction to Sociology telecourse at Utah Valley Community College. With a response rate of 45 percent, 231 students completed the survey. The survey was designed to (1) track enrollments; (2) provide a value-added measure…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Enrollment Trends
