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Chrysos, Michail – European Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study aims to present the design and pilot testing procedures of the two specific self-report questionnaires were used to measure the two key aspects of reading motivation, self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation in the field of literary (narrative) reading, and the partial factors that jointly shape them. These instruments were outlined in…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Motivation, Construct Validity, Reliability
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Stampoltzis, Aglaia; Tsitsou, Elisavet; Plesti, Helen; Kalouri, Rani – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which affects people in different ways. During the last decades the number of students with dyslexia entering higher education increased steadily. Method: This paper reports a pilot study exploring the attitudes, views and experiences of faculty members at one small size Greek university regarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Pilot Projects, Teacher Attitudes
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Gkaintartzi, Anastasia; Kiliari, Angeliki; Tsokalidou, Roula – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
This paper presents data from two studies--a nationwide quantitative research and an ethnographic study--on Greek schoolteachers' attitudes towards immigrant pupils' bilingualism. The quantitative data come from a large-scale questionnaire survey, which aimed at the investigation of the needs and requirements for the implementation of a pilot…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Teacher Attitudes, Bilingualism, Native Language
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Krassadaki, Evangelia; Lakiotaki, Kleanthi; Matsatsinis, Nilolaos F. – Industry and Higher Education, 2014
It is remarkable how often academic staff discover students' weaknesses in expressing their thoughts in written and oral contexts, and in team working. To examine these weaknesses, a study was conducted in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 of students taking an engineering course. Students self-reported an initial high level of weakness in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Communication Skills
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Papathanassiou, Nikos; Pistofidis, Petros; Emmanouilidis, Christos – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
The maintenance management function requires staff to possess a truly multidisciplinary set of skills. This includes competencies from engineering and information technology to health and safety, management and finance, while also taking into account the normative and legislative issues. This body of knowledge is rarely readily available within a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Management Development, Maintenance, Competence
Potsi, Autoanneta – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
This book explores the Capability Approach (CA) as an alternative critical lens through which to regard early childhood education (ECE) curricula. The CA framework is a counter narrative to the narrow instrumentalism that reduces education to a mere process of academic skills acquisition for a future workplace. Primarily the book draws on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Ability, Curriculum Design