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Direct linkHervás Torres, Mirian; Fernández Martín, Francisco D.; Arco Tirado, José Luis; Miñaca Laprida, María Isabel – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: The low productivity that prevailing in recent years in Higher Education requires urgently institutional responses aimed to improving quality of university education contributing to the development among students of key competences for lifelong learning. In this sense, the aim of this research was to explore the effects of an…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests
Download full textMarenco-Dominguez, José Miguel – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2017
Twelve 14-to-15-year-old students participated in this investigation. The participants faced difficulties to speak fluently in an L2 and they evinced different levels of proficiency. Therefore, it was planned to assess the effects of peer tutoring and computer-mediated tasks on students' spoken fluency. Differences among learners were the starting…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Language Fluency, Computer Uses in Education
From "Struggling" to "Example": How Cross-Age Tutoring Impacts Latina Adolescents' Reader Identities
Drake, Dustin H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Educators and policy makers have shown a consistent concern over the achievement gap. In academic assessments, Latino students have demonstrated lower achievement than their peers, particularly in reading scores. Many researchers attribute the existence of the achievement gap to a school system that ignores Latino culture or perpetuates struggles…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Achievement Gap
Resnik, Pia; Schallmoser, Christine – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This paper reports on crossing borders virtually via an e-Tandem scheme and presents the findings of a study, in which students of English from an Austrian university were paired with students of German from the UK and the USA. Drawing on data from 19 in-depth interviews, the study aims to identify links between e-Tandem language learning and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language)
Abune, Addisu Alehegn – Online Submission, 2019
The main purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Peer Scaffolding on students' grammar proficiency development. The recently developed model under study--Peer scaffolding--is based on Vygotsky's and Leentevo's Scaffolding instruction. To put the model into practice an intervention program was designed and implemented. The program had…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Neves, Jonathan; Hewitt, Rachel – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2021
Many of the headline findings reflected in this year's Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES) 2021 will be disappointing to the sector, though perhaps not entirely unexpected. The 2021 SAES was offered to over 47,000 undergraduate students in the United Kingdom (UK) and took place between 2 February 2021 and 22 March 2021, with all four parts…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, Student Experience, Foreign Countries
Gartland, Clare – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
Employing students to market higher education (HE) and widen access is established practice in the United Kingdom and other developed countries. In the United Kingdom, student ambassadors are held to be effective in aspiration and attainment-raising work and cited as "role-models" for pupils. The focus of this paper is student ambassador…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Models, Student Role, STEM Education
Reyes-Hernández, Cynthia Guadalupe; Carmona Pulido, Juan Manuel; De la Garza Chapa, Roberto Isaac; Serna Vázquez, Ruth Patricia; Alcalá Briones, Ricardo Daniel; Plasencia Banda, Perla Marina; Villarreal Silva, Eliud Enrique; Jacobo Baca, Guillermo; de la Garza Castro, Oscar; Elizondo Omaña, Rodrigo Enrique; Guzmán López, Santos – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2015
Near-peer teaching (NPT) is a strategy in which senior students assume the instructor role with junior peers (mentees). Senior students develop unique skills and knowledge through NPT, an experience which extends their learning beyond content mastery. Different teaching modules featuring NPT were utilized in the human anatomy course at the School…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Peer Teaching, Medical Education, Medical Students
James L. Jordan; Kristi S. Lekies; Scott D. Scheer – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2015
The United States is a vehicle-dependent society and allows adolescents to obtain driver's licenses at age 16 or younger. This study examined the impacts of a driver intervention program on reducing risky driving behaviors among youths who had received their first traffic citation, as well as parental management of driving practices. Participants…
Descriptors: Motor Vehicles, Driver Education, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Veale, Clinton G. L.; Krause, Rui W. M.; Sewry, Joyce D. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
Pharmaceutical chemistry, medicinal chemistry and the drug discovery process require experienced practitioners to employ reasoned speculation in generating creative ideas, which can be used to evolve promising molecules into drugs. The ever-evolving world of pharmaceutical chemistry requires university curricula that prepare graduates for their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Peer Teaching, Cooperative Learning
Karadag, Mustafa; Agirtas, Resul; Pulur, Atilla – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine the changes in student attitudes towards the course of Physical Education and Sports as well as in students' development of skill as a result of using Peer Education in the course of Physical Education and Sports in secondary schools. The study was conducted with a total of 120 students, who studied in the…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Physical Education
Farias, Cláudio; Hastie, Peter Andrew; Mesquita, Isabel – European Physical Education Review, 2018
This study was the first in sport education to provide a yearlong, in-depth examination of the scaffolding processes used by a teacher during student participation in four consecutive seasons. Given the peer teaching format of the learning activities and curriculum ownership allocated to students, a focus was placed on the preparation of the…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Team Sports, Action Research, Semi Structured Interviews
Narayanan; Sturtz – College Quarterly, 2018
The importance of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professions to America's ability to advance its quality of life have long been a matter of discussion on a national level. The rewards of study in these areas are as evident to those who teach it, as they are, often, difficult for students to appreciate. This article…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Achievement, Evidence Based Practice, STEM Education
Smith, Aoife; Prendeville, Paula; Kinsella, William – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
This study explored the benefits of using preferred interests to model social skills in a peer-mentored environment for students with special educational needs (SEN). Research suggests that in order for true inclusion to take place, students must participate socially with their peers, outside the classroom space. However, funding and availability…
Descriptors: Modeling (Psychology), Interpersonal Competence, Peer Teaching, Mentors
Sansone, Nadia; Ligorio, Maria Beatrice; Buglass, Sarah L. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
In this paper, we describe a procedure to promote active participation in online courses by supporting students in performing the role of an e-Tutor during group activities. A case study, conducted to explore the procedural effects both on students' interactions and on their perceptions about the role, is discussed. Eighteen university students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Online Courses, Peer Teaching
