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Sá, Carla; Tavares, Orlanda – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
In the context of a political imperative to reorganise the Portuguese higher education system, a deep knowledge of student choice decision-making processes when applying to higher education is needed. Following a 'combined model' of student choice, which emphasises economic and social factors, this paper aims to answer two main related questions:…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Choice
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Valadas, Sandra A. T. S.; Goncalves, Fernando R.; Faisca, Luis – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
This paper examines the validity of the "Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students--short version" (ASSIST; Tait et al. in "Improving student learning: Improving students as learners", 1998), to be used with Portuguese undergraduate students. The ASSIST was administrated to 566 students, in order to analyse a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Tools, Higher Education, Test Validity
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Brochado, Ana – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of five alternative measures of service quality in the high education sector--service quality (SERVQUAL), importance-weighted SERVQUAL, service performance (SERVPERF), importance-weighted SERVPERF, and higher education performance (HEdPERF). Design/methodology/approach: Data were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Focus Groups, Measurement Techniques, Educational Quality
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Schaufeli, Wilmar B.; Martinez, Isabel M.; Pinto, Alexandra Marques; Salanova, Marisa; Bakker, Arnold B. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002
Examines burnout and engagement among college students from Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands using the Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey (MBI-SS) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for students. Overall, these two instruments may be used for such a purpose, but both instruments, particularly the MBI-SS, do not pass a rigorous test of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Burnout, College Students, Foreign Countries
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers