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Influence of an Online Counseling Skills Course on Student Perceptions of Counseling Skills
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Dietrich, David; Bowers, Cheryl – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
The use of online courses in counselor education is becoming more prevalent. Online education has become a popular topic for research and many articles have outlined the benefits to students, instructors, and institutions for adopting this delivery system. Some evidence exists for the use of online counseling skills courses, with assessment of…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students
Electronic Reverse Auctions: Integrating an E-Sourcing Tool into a Sales and Purchasing Cross-Course Negotiation Project
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Williams, Jacqueline A.; Dobie, Kathryn – Marketing Education Review, 2011
Electronic reverse auctions are increasingly being used by firms to improve firm financial and operational performance. The described teaching innovation serves as a model for introducing electronic reverse auctions as a central element in a comprehensive negotiation exercise involving sales management and purchasing management students. Results…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Classroom Techniques, Purchasing, Instructional Innovation
The Utility of a College Major: Do Students of Psychology Learn Discipline-Specific Knowledge?
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Sanders-Dewey, Neva E. J.; Zaleski, Stephanie A. – Journal of General Education, 2009
In the field of psychology, one subject the authors presume students learn about during their pursuit of a degree in this discipline is that of psychopathology. Support for this belief, however, often relies upon the erroneous supposition that a passing grade on course assignments, on exams, or in courses themselves means knowledge acquisition.…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Mental Disorders, Pretests Posttests, Behavior Modification
Teaching Clinical Social Work Skills Primarily Online: An Evaluation
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Siebert, Darcy Clay; Siebert, Carl F.; Spaulding-Givens, Jennifer – Journal of Social Work Education, 2006
This article describes an evaluation of the first skills-based clinical course taught in a Council on Social Work Education-accredited, entirely online, MSW program. Students in the online course answered retrospective pretest and posttest questions regarding change in their clinical skills. Researchers compared online students' responses to a…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Online Courses, Job Skills, Social Work
Improving Interpersonal Job Skills by Applying Cross-Cultural Training
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Barker, S. A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2004
This paper presents an experimental study that examined the effects of cross-cultural instruction on the interpersonal job skills of students in secondary vocational programs. The findings indicated that students receiving the cross-cultural instruction had significantly higher generalizable interpersonal relations skills achievement than students…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Vocational Education
A Real World Comparison of the Effectiveness of Satellite Training and Classroom Training.
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Whetzel, Deborah L.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
A study assessed the effectiveness of a satellite training program developed for the United States Postal Service and compared it with traditional classroom training for the same courses. Results show slight but statistically significant differences between the two methods of instruction for learning job-related skills. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education