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Reverter, Antonio; Martinez, Cristina; Currey, Phil; van Bommel, Severine; Hudson, Nicholas J. – Cogent Education, 2020
There is debate over the functional basis of student evaluations of academics, and fresh potential for looking at the data in new ways. Student evaluation data was collated over a three year period (Semester 2 2015 to Semester 1 2018). We used a General Linear Model to estimate the variation in course scores explained by a number of coordinator…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Course Evaluation, College Faculty, College Students
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Hangyu Zhang; Hazel Tan – Cogent Education, 2024
Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been investigated as a significant factor in language performance and achievement. Increasing studies have revealed relevant factors of FLA relating to learning environments, and the study abroad context is one of them. In Australia, Chinese students consist of one of the biggest groups of international students.…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Anxiety, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
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Brown, Ted; Bonsaksen, Tore – Cogent Education, 2019
It is important for self-report scales and measures used by educators and health care professionals (such as the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire-Short Form [PSDQ-S]) to have documented reliability and validity. The aim of this study is to investigate the structural validity of the full PSDQ-S composite scale and 11 subscales using the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Physical Characteristics, Self Concept, Item Response Theory
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Bedwani, Mary-Ann Naguib; Bruck, Susan; Costley, Debra – Cogent Education, 2015
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder often have restricted verbal communication. For children who do not use functional speech, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices can be an important support. We evaluated the effectiveness of one AAC programme, the Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) using a Vantage…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication