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Arantes do Amaral, João Alberto; Frazão, Claudia Henriquez – Science Education International, 2016
The systemic aspects of educational projects that involved universities, organizations and communities are issues that concern a number of researchers. In this paper, the authors present the processes and findings related to a one-year educational project. The educational project is accomplished through two sequential courses, which are taught by…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations
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Sato, Takahiro; Samalot-Rivera, Amaury; Kozub, Francis M. – Physical Educator, 2016
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain master of arts students' academic and social experiences during the transition to an adapted physical education (APE) graduate program. In this study, we used the theory of transition, which allowed us to understand students' transition to graduate studies and to assist them in connecting to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Student Experience
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Erdman, Chandra; Adams, Tamara; O'Hare, Barbara C. – Field Methods, 2016
Realistic response rate expectations are important for successfully allocating and managing data collection efforts under limited resources. Interviewer performance is often evaluated against response rate standards, and face-to-face interviewer performance can vary due to, in part, the socioeconomic characteristics of the neighborhoods in which…
Descriptors: Response Rates (Questionnaires), Standards, National Surveys, Interviews
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Khoshkhoo, Mohammad Hossein Imani; Nadalipour, Zahra – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to study the impact of increasing number of competitors on the organisational learning (OL) in tourism small and medium-sized enterprises. The focus of this study is the tourism and travel agencies (TTAs) of the City of Ahvaz where the OL was studied within TTAs insofar as increasing the number of competitors is concerned.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Travel, Tourism, Organizational Culture
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Lai, Manhong; Du, Ping; Lo, Leslie N. K. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
This study investigates changes to academic work life under recent employment reform in the Chinese Mainland. It employs a mixed-methods research approach, first conducting a survey of 1,770 teachers at nine universities in Mainland China. These nine universities consist of first-tier, second-tier, and ordinary universities. Next, through a…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Casakin, Hernan; Gigi, Ariela – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Cognitive style has a strong predictive power in academic and professional success. This study investigated the cognitive profile of candidates studying architecture. Specifically, it explored the relation between visual and verbal cognitive styles, and the performance of candidates in admission procedures. The cognitive styles of candidates who…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Admission, Architectural Education, College Applicants
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Gómez, M.; Morata, T.; Trilla, J. – Educational Review, 2016
This article is based on the findings of a broader research project entitled "Childhood Participation and Citizenship Building," which examined the medium-term effects of intense experiences of participation in childhood within both the school environment and those of leisure-time and community education. The results presented in this…
Descriptors: Memory, Children, Participation, Leisure Time
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Chatchawaphun, Pimpisa; Julsuwan, Suwat; Srisa-ard, Boonchom – International Education Studies, 2016
This research aimed to 1) study principles, attributes and skills needed for secondary school administrators, 2) investigate current situations, desirable conditions and needs for strategic secondary school administrators, 3) develop a strategic secondary school administrator enhancement program, and 4) explore the efficiency level of the…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Efficiency, Secondary Schools, Program Development
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Huang, Chiu-Yen; Ke, I-Chung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This study investigated the adoption of English names in Taiwan through questionnaires and interviews with parents of junior high school students. In total, 564 parents filled out a questionnaire regarding their adoption of an English name, reasons for needing an English name, and their perspectives about their child's English name. We interviewed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Naming, Questionnaires, Junior High School Students
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Bowers, Kirsty; Corby, Deidre; Lambert, Veronica; Staines, Anthony; McVeigh, Treasa; McKeon, Michael; Hoey, Edel; Belton, Sarahjane; Meegan, Sarah; Walsh, Denise; Trépel, Dominic; Griffin, Peter; Sweeney, Mary Rose – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Previous research has highlighted that while involvement in Special Olympics can have benefits for athletes and their families, there can also be many barriers to participation. This qualitative study, which was part of a large mixed-method study, examined the experiences and perspectives of people with intellectual disability, their families and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Athletics, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Göker, Suleyman Davut – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Focusing on the contribution of reflective practice to teaching practice amongst student teachers, this study examines the impact of reflective journal entries of 16 student teachers from Faculty of Education at the Artvin Coruh University in Turkey. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches were employed for this study including open-ended…
Descriptors: Reflection, Journal Writing, Preservice Teachers, Writing (Composition)
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Museus, Samuel D.; Shiroma, Kiana; Dizon, Jude Paul – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Low rates of college success continue to be a persisting problem in the United States, particularly among Southeast Asian Americans and other populations of color. The purpose of the current inquiry was to understand how cultural community connections influence the success of Southeast Asian American college students. Qualitative methods were…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Undergraduate Students, Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Harrison, Melody; Page, Thomas A.; Oleson, Jacob; Spratford, Meredith; Berry, Lauren Unflat; Peterson, Barbara; Welhaven, Anne; Arenas, Richard M.; Moeller, Mary Pat – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2016
Purpose: To describe factors affecting early intervention (EI) for children who are hard of hearing, we analyzed (a) service setting(s) and the relationship of setting to families' frequency of participation, and (b) provider preparation, caseload composition, and experience in relation to comfort with skills that support spoken language for…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Partial Hearing, Early Intervention, Children
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Bay, D. Neslihan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Question asking is an important skill that teachers should use during class activities. Teachers need to get used to this ability while they are teacher candidates. The aim of this research is to identify the cognitive taxonomy and the structure of the questions asked by the candidate of preschool teachers and to compare the questioning skills of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers
Williams, Beverly Tillery – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this qualitative transcendental phenomenological study was to explore and describe the lived experiences of female student veterans with disabilities entering higher education during reintegration in order to improve programs, services, and support available to female student veterans with disabilities. A screening questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Higher Education, Females, Student Experience
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