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Hugerat, Muhamad; Kortam, Naji; Kassom, Fadda; Algamal, Shafea; Asli, Sare – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Classroom climate and motivation plays a major role in the teaching-learning process. In this study, we proposed a new teaching method (PBL-JD). "Problem-Based Learning" (PBL)-Jigsaw Discussion (JD) (PBL-JD) is a student-centered teaching methodology applied in science education; it ensures that the students are actively involved…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Classroom Environment, Secondary School Students, Biology
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Ben Abu, Yuval; Kribushi, Renana – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
During the junior high and high school years, there is a dramatic decrease in motivation for math studies, which has been found to play a major role in learning processes. Many attempts have been made to mitigate this decrease in motivation and to encourage mathematics studies in higher grades. One way that researchers have proposed to stimulate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Preparation, Mathematics Education, College Bound Students
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Nasser-Abu Alhija, Fadia; Fresko, Barbara – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Graduate students play a major role in teaching in higher education, particularly in undergraduate programs. The purpose of the present study was two-fold: first, to identify graduate students' motives for working as graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), describe some aspects of their work, and ascertain their perceived benefits; second, to predict…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Barriers, Incentives
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Novis Deutsch, Nurit; Rubin, Osnat – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Highly religious students from fundamentalist or sectarian religious communities face unique challenges in pursuing higher education, directly bearing on their educational opportunities. This study reports findings on ultra-Orthodox Jewish female students in Israel, a group which only recently began pursuing higher education. Using a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Females, Judaism
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Zilka, Gila Cohen; Rahimi, Ilan Daniels; Cohen, Revital – American Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Feelings of threat, challenge, motivation, self-efficacy, and transactional distance reflect students' struggles with the learning process. This study examined the relationship between students' subjective feelings about the learning process in virtual and blended courses (VC and BC). This is a mixed-method study. The sample included 484 students…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Blended Learning, Computer Simulation, Self Efficacy
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Lavy, Ilana – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
This article describes a unique ongoing experience of learning programming via engagement in music programming of known melodies. Seventh and eighth graders participated in 10 lessons of weekly activity. Via the programming of melodies, using the Scratch 2.0 environment, they became acquainted with basic concepts of programming such as methods,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Programming, Music
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Zeichner, Orit – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2019
Extroversion and introversion are two of the personality variables mentioned in the context of learning and achievements. The present article examines the performance of students in a distance learning environment, focusing on the issue of the distinct effect of specific personality attributes (in this case, extroversion and introversion). The…
Descriptors: Correlation, Extraversion Introversion, Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement
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Kolikant, Y. Ben-David; Genut, S. – Computer Science Education, 2023
Background and Context: In line with interest in recruiting underrepresented groups to CS studies, our study dealt with Israeli Hasidic young women who successfully studied CS at an academic institute. Objective: We investigated what factors governed Hasidic young women's decision to enrol in a CS program and shaped their studying experience.…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Womens Education, Females, Jews
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Reingold, Matt – Religious Education, 2021
A qualitative practitioner research study was conducted with 31 high school students studying religion contemporary Israeli society. The purpose of the study was to understand how using cartoons written and illustrated by the religious Jewish-Israeli settler Shay Charka challenged students to think about religion in Israeli society in new ways and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Gender Differences
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Ragonis, Noa; Hazzan, Orit; Har-Shai, Gadi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This paper presents a study about changes in computer science and software engineering students' perceptions of their soft skills during their progress through the Computer Science Soft Skills course. Background: Soft skills are often associated with a person's social, emotional and cognitive capabilities. Soft skills are increasingly…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, Teamwork, Student Attitudes, Assignments
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Ronen, Ilana Klima; Sachyani, Dana – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
Helping preservice teachers use hybrid language representations in science is important if they are to become scientifically literate and able to engage in the discourse for understanding scientifiyc issues. Using hybrid language representations based on the framework of computer-supported collaborative learning, the teacher educator applied the…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
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Neuman, Ari – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
Home schooling is a growing practice in many Western countries. Examination of the practice has entailed collection of "hard" data, such as academic achievements and success rates in higher education, as well as investigation of the practice from the perspective of parents. It is very important to examine homeschooling from the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Adolescents, Student Attitudes, Evaluation
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Zamir, Sara; Avraham, Shiran – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
The Israeli pre-academic preparatory programs were initiated in 1963 in order to ensure enhanced accessibility to higher education for diversified populations. Most of the students enroll in the programs after repeated failures at high school. Some manage to break away from the vicious cycle of failures, while others lag behind. This study…
Descriptors: College Admission, Student Attitudes, College Preparation, Academic Failure
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Caspi, Avner; Gorsky, Paul; Nitzani-Hendel, Rakefet; Zacharia, Zacharias; Rosenfeld, Sherman; Berman, Shmuel; Shildhouse, Bruria – Science Education, 2019
On completing middle-school (ninth grade), Israeli students must choose which discipline(s) to major in upon entering high school. This study, grounded in Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT), identified and modeled the factors that contributed to students' academic choices from their own subjective perspectives. We collected qualitative and quantitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, High School Students, Grade 9
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Schwartz-Tayri, Talia M.; Malka, Menny; Moshe-Grodofsky, Merav; Gilbert, Neil – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Policy advocacy is a professional competency in the Council of Social Work Education's (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards. Therefore, preparing social work students to engage in political arenas is an integral part of social work education. This study presents an evaluation of the policy advocacy course using a pre/posttest…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Advocacy, Accreditation (Institutions), Social Work
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