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Advocating for Oracy: Supporting Student Success in Foundation Year Study
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Baker, Lewis; Heron, Marion – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
A key purpose of the Foundation Year provision is to prepare students, often from a widening participation background, for their undergraduate study. Research has established that access to academic discourse and disciplinary knowledge is, to a large extent, dependent on students' academic language and literacy skills, including oracy skills.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Transitional Programs, College Preparation
Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (Antalya, Turkey, November 10-13, 2022). Volume 1
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Attou, Amal Ben, Ed.; Ciddi, M. Lutfi, Ed.; Unal, Mevlut, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on November 10-13, 2022, in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Student and Teacher Questioning during Conversations about Science.
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van Zee, Emily H.; Iwasyk, Marletta; Kurose, Akiko; Simpson, Dorothy; Wild, Judy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2001
Summarizes case studies developed by a group of collaborating educators. Investigates ways of speaking that encourage students to formulate insightful questions about science topics and express their own ideas during reflective discussions. (Contains 68 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Basic Academic Skills Expected of Entering Freshmen at Indiana University. Indiana Studies in Higher Education Number Fifty.
Jacobs, Lucy Cheser – 1983
The importance of specific academic skills for entering college students was assessed based on the views of 80 Indiana University faculty members who were teaching 100-level courses during the fall semester 1982-1983. Findings include the following: reading, reasoning, speaking/listening, and studying are academic skills judged necessary for…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Insights into the MBA: Contents, Output and Relevance.
Jenkins, Roger L.; Reizenstein, Richard C. – Selections: The Magazine of the Graduate Management Admission Council, 1984
A survey of business executives and business administration faculty and alumni concerning their attitudes toward curricula and graduates of master's programs in business administration is presented. An unexpected finding was overall agreement between academicians and business executives. Areas of disagreement included graduates' oral and written…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration Education, College Curriculum, Graduate Study
Undergraduate Education in Agriculture. A National Study of Agriculture Colleges in the United States.
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Love, Gene M.; And Others – 1989
A study was undertaken to provide a database relative to the missions and objectives for undergraduate programs in agriculture. Over 900 faculty representing 50 randomly selected universities offering undergraduate degrees responded to a mailed questionnaire. Graduating seniors at land grant universities were surveyed. Faculty findings included…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Land Grant Universities
Prochievement Testing of Speaking: Matching Instructor Expectations, Learner Proficiency Level, and Task Type.
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Pino, Barbara Gonzalez – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
Previous literature on classroom testing of second language speech skills provides several models of both task types and rubrics for rating, and suggestions regarding procedures for testing speaking with large numbers of learners. However, there is no clear, widely disseminated consensus in the profession on the appropriate paradigm to guide the…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability