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Mandy Chien – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to assess adult English Learners' perceptions of using Microsoft Teams in classes. Specifically, the study aims to explore the strength and direction of the correlation between the elements of the technology acceptance model (TAM) and using Microsoft Teams in English language courses. This study addressed the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Joshua A. Kosola – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Student veterans play an integral role in higher education. Veterans bring a unique and holistic understanding of world views when they enter the classroom. Student veterans bring leadership and teamwork to the classroom. Understanding the effects COVID-19 had on the student veteran population during the onset of the pandemic and transition to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Veterans, Veterans Education
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Anita Jug Došler; Tita Stanek Zidaric; Metka Skubic – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
The article addresses the challenges of distance education, i.e. how to manage the pedagogical process of project-based learning (PBL). The research objective was to use PBL as a teaching method where students learn by actively participating in a real professional task -- preparing antenatal classes for future parents. We were also interested in…
Descriptors: Barriers, Distance Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Zavrel, Lauren L. – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2019
At Larch Corrections Center, a men's prison in Southwest Washington, GED® Faculty Lauren Zavrel has created two original programs: an internship program for graduate students to gain experience in corrections education, and a tutor training curriculum for inmate teaching assistants (TAs) who tutor GED® and business students. Graduate interns…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Internship Programs
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Warhuus, Jan P.; Tanggaard, Lene; Robinson, Sarah; Ernø, Steffen Moltrup – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to ask: what effect does moving from individual to collective understandings of the entrepreneur in enterprising education have on the student's learning? And given this shift in understanding, is there a need for a new paradigm in entrepreneurship learning? Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education
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Favor, Judy K.; Kulp, Amanda M. – Adult Learning, 2015
This article reports adult students' (N = 632) perceptions of long-functioning academic learning teams in accelerated online and on-campus business cohort groups in six constructs: attraction to team, performance expectation alignment, workload distribution, intra-team conflict, preference for teamwork, and impact on learning. Comparisons between…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Online Courses, On Campus Students, Acceleration (Education)
Duggan, Louise – Online Submission, 2014
Generic skills are considered as key essential skills which are required by all individuals in the engineering profession and are considered vital for success. Integrating generic skills into engineering education is a key concern for universities and colleges involved in delivering such courses. The accreditation criteria for engineering…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Basic Skills
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Favor, Judy – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2012
This study examined 718 adult students' perceptions of long-functioning cooperative study teams in accelerated associate's, bachelor's, and master's business degree programs. Six factors were examined: attraction toward team, alignment of performance expectations, intrateam conflict, workload sharing, preference for teamwork, and impact on…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Adult Students, Conflict
Callahan, Kathryn E.; Rogers, Matthew T.; Lovato, James F.; Fernandez, Helen M. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2013
Quality improvement (QI) initiatives are critical in the care of older adults who are more vulnerable to substandard care. QI education meets aspects of core Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education competencies and prepares learners for the rising focus on performance measurement in health care. The authors developed, implemented, and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Experiential Learning, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
Hagelskamp, Carolin; Schleifer, David; DiStasi, Christopher – Public Agenda, 2013
This research report examines the expectations, attitudes and needs of adults who are thinking about earning postsecondary credentials after having spent some or in most cases many years in the workforce. Most of these prospective students hope a certificate or degree will advance their chances in the labor market, but they are greatly worried…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Reentry Students, Adult Students, Student Attitudes
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de Silva, Eugene, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today's schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach college and then graduate into the workforce. "Cases on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Hands on Science, Elementary Secondary Education