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Examining Toxic Supervision In Higher Education in India
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Shahnawaz, Mohammad Ghazi; Siddiqi, Nasrina – Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 2023
Purpose: With issues like increasing student dropout rates, low productivity and compromised quality, research in higher education is faced with a number of paralyzing challenges in India. This study aims to locate the role of toxic academic supervision in relation to decreased quality of research. Design/methodology/approach: Following a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervisors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, College Students
The Role of Epistemic Beliefs in Predicting Citizen Interest and Engagement with Science and Technology
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Choung, Hyesun; Newman, Todd P.; Stenhouse, Neil – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
Epistemic beliefs -- one's beliefs about the nature of knowledge -- have been recognized as important predictors of learning outcomes. This study focuses on the role of epistemic beliefs in predicting citizen engagement with science and technology. In accordance with theories of learning and domain knowledge acquisition, the findings highlight the…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Prediction, Citizen Participation
Increasing Curiosity through Invention
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Lamnina, Marianna; Chase, Catherine – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Curiosity is associated with cognitive development and learning. In fact, Piaget suggested that being curious is a prerequisite for knowledge construction. One way to increase curiosity is to put individuals in situations of uncertainty, so that they become motivated to seek knowledge of the unfamiliar. A teaching method that appears to do this…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Prediction
Exploring Individual Differences in the Prediction of Awareness and Improvement in Trainee Interpreters: An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Approach
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Xu, Yi – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
The research on interpreting aptitude has focused on the abilities, skills and personal traits of individuals in order to predict their future interpreting performance. However, an important variable between the personal characteristics and success of trainee interpreters in interpreter training, which is instructional practices, is overlooked.…
Descriptors: Prediction, Language Aptitude, Feedback (Response), Short Term Memory
Studying Away and Well-Being: A Comparison Study between International and Home Students in the UK
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Alharbi, Eman S.; Smith, Andrew P. – International Education Studies, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of being away from home on the well-being of international and domestic UK university students as a function of demographic factors, course load, support, personality, healthy lifestyle, and their employment of pre-planning and being at university strategies. A total of 510 students (n = 391…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Students, College Students, Personality Traits
Predicting Student Performance in Web-Based Distance Education Courses Based on Survey Instruments Measuring Personality Traits and Technical Skills
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Hall, Michael – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2008
Two common web-based surveys, "Is Online Learning Right for Me?' and "What Technical Skills Do I Need?", were combined into a single survey instrument and given to 228 on-campus and 83 distance education students. The students were enrolled in four different classes (business, computer information services, criminal justice, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, Personality Traits