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Jeffrey, Lynn; Hegarty, Bronwyn; Kelly, Oriel; Penman, Merrolee; Coburn, Dawn; McDonald, Jenny – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
The development of digital information literacy (DIL) has been slow in comparison to changes in information communication technologies, and this remains an issue for the higher education sector. Competency in such skills is essential to full participation in society and work. In addition, these skills are regarded as underpinning the ability to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Higher Education, Self Efficacy
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Yuksel, Sedat – College Student Journal, 2006
Research indicate that students generally fail to benefit from study skills courses and show resistance to this course in higher education level. The purpose of this research is to investigate reasons why students show resistance to the course of study skills and habits. In this research, a qualitative design utilizing retrospective interviews was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Negative Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Study Habits
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Arafat Payne, Yasser – Journal of Black Psychology, 2008
This study organized a participatory action research team of four street life-oriented Black men to examine attitudes toward opportunity in a community sample of street life-oriented Black men ranging between the ages of 16 and 65. Data were collected in the form of 371 surveys and two group interviews. Most of the data collection took place…
Descriptors: Action Research, Negative Attitudes, Economic Opportunities, Educational Experience
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Rasaratnam, R.; Crouch, K.; Regan, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
To investigate the influence of attitudes of carers of people with intellectual disability (ID) towards giving medication. Ninety-three carers of service users who are currently attending outpatients clinic (Harrow Learning Disability service) were interviewed, using the RAMS (Rating of Attitude to Medication Scale) interview schedule. A…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Drug Therapy
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Biswas-Diener, Robert; Diener, Ed – Social Indicators Research, 2006
The current study assessed the subjective well-being of a broad spectrum of homeless people. One-hundred-and-eighty-six homeless people from the streets of Calcutta (India), California, and a tent camp in Portland (Oregon) were interviewed, and responded to measures of subjective well-being. They answered questions about life satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Homeless People, Psychological Patterns
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Macaulay, Ronald K. S. – Lingua, 1975
The problem of investigating linguistic attitudes in urban speech communities is considered in connection with three studies, in New York, Quebec, and Glasgow. Methodological problems raise questions regarding the reliability of the conclusions, suggesting that a more systematic approach to the study of linguistic attitudes is needed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grammar, Interviews, Language Attitudes
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Button, Stuart – Music Education Research, 2006
The key aim of the research summarised in this article was to examine pupils' perception of music and to determine whether or not these perceptions were the same for both female and male pupils. The empirical enquiry consisted of the administration of a questionnaire to six secondary schools in the north-east of England followed by semi-structured…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Music, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students
IANO, RICHARD P.; JOHNSON, G. ORVILLE – 1966
ATTITUDES OF PARENTS OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) CHILDREN WERE STUDIED IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE IF A RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN PARENT ATTITUDE AND SOCIAL CLASS STATUS. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 212 PARENTS OF 106 EMR CHILDREN, 9-14 YEARS OF AGE. FAMILIES WERE RANKED FROM HIGH TO LOW ON A FIVE-POSITION SOCIAL CLASS SCALE. INTERVIEWS WERE…
Descriptors: Ability, Handicapped Children, Interviews, Mental Retardation
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Attwood, Gaynor; Croll, Paul – Research Papers in Education, 2006
School absenteeism and particularly unauthorized absenteeism or truancy has been the focus of a number of, so far largely unsuccessful, recent policy initiatives. The paper draws upon two sources of data, the British Household Panel Survey and detailed interviews with a group of persistent truants, to consider the extent, consequences and…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Young Adults, Truancy, Student Attitudes
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Kobayashi, Yoko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study is part of a larger investigation into Japanese students' use of English and friendship buildup inside and outside Canadian English as a second language (ESL) institutes. Both qualitative and quantitative data were garnered primarily from formal in-depth interviews with nine Japanese students and questionnaire surveys with 216 students.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Friendship, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Deshler, David – Academe, 1985
Metaphors, as linguistic cultural artifacts of organization culture, can be used as catalysts to encourage reflection and discussion on campus culture with key campus leaders, both faculty and administrators. An analysis of interviews with administrators, faculty, and departmental secretaries is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Environment, College Faculty
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Hawkins, Sarah; Allen, David; Jenkins, Rosemary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: The views of both service users with intellectual disability and their support staff on the use of physical interventions are largely unknown. The research that does exist describes a largely negative pattern of responses. The present study aimed to explore the personal impact of receiving and implementing physical interventions, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Discipline Policy, At Risk Persons
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Oplatka, Izhar – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2006
Based on semi-structured interviews with high school teachers in Edmonton, Alberta, the reported study examined teachers' attitudes towards their roles and responsibilities in marketing their school, and the perceived impact of educational markets upon teachers' well-being. The teachers define marketing negatively and narrowly, resist any…
Descriptors: Marketing, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Fancher, Betsy – 1970
The Southern Regional Council interviewed students in four widely diverse Southern communities, in July of 1970, about their experiences in desegregated schools. The survey objective was to find answers to such urgent questions posed by integration as: whether the students were just a bitter vocal minority, or whether they represented a new wave…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Power, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
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Gordon, Sue – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2004
In this paper we explore issues surrounding university students' experiences of statistics drawing on data related to learning statistics as a compulsory component of psychology. Over 250 students completed a written survey which included questions on their attitudes to learning statistics and their conceptions of statistics. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Psychology, College Students, Student Experience
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