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Patton, Joseph T.; Jamsheed, Jacqueline T.; Lewis, Marc B. – Journal of Education for Business, 2023
This study of 643 students covering 1286 individual undergraduate business classes explored the factors impacting student acquisition of assigned textbooks and instructional materials. The findings indicated that counterintuitively, lower textbook prices did not increase acquisition rates, and that the utility of assigned materials was the primary…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Textbooks, Costs
Regina M. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students from marginalized and underserved groups have historically faced difficulties in learning mathematics. It is crucial to tap into the skills and creativity of such learners as it would positively impact our society. To cater to the needs of these learners, different mathematical pedagogies and initiatives are being implemented.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Power Structure, Instruction
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Cleary, Yvonne; Slattery, Darina M.; Flammia, Madelyn; Minacori, Patricia – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2019
This article reports on a qualitative study of strategies and competencies used by technical communication and translation students to address challenges inherent in global virtual team collaboration. The study involved students from three universities collaborating in virtual teams to write and translate instructional documents. Qualitative…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Translation, Career Choice, Technical Writing
Singer, Peter Warren; Fisk, Nathan; Anderson, Jimmeka; Guernsey, Lisa – New America, 2021
Our children, and our nation, face new challenges in our increasingly digital world. The following report makes the case for building greater resilience against the growing problems of misinformation and disinformation by equipping our teachers and students with the tools and skills they need to face and understand those problems. It begins with…
Descriptors: National Security, Computer Security, Information Security, Citizenship Education
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Wolf, Patrick J.; Harris, Douglas N.; Berends, Mark; Waddington, R. Joseph; Austin, Megan – Education Next, 2018
In the past few years, four states have established programs that provide public financial support to students who choose to attend a private school. These programs--a tax-credit-funded scholarship initiative in Florida and voucher programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio--offer a glimpse of what expansive statewide choice might look like. What…
Descriptors: School Choice, Financial Support, Resource Allocation, Private Schools
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Flory, Sara Barnard; Walton-Fisette, Jennifer L. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine how two teacher educators integrated sociocultural issues within their undergraduate physical education teacher education (PETE) programs. We engaged in self-study to examine challenges and barriers to teaching sociocultural issues to pre-service teachers (PSTs). After discussing social justice in PE at a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Sociocultural Patterns, Teacher Educators