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Hofer, Manfred; Kuhnle, Claudia; Kilian, Britta; Marta, Elena; Fries, Stefan – Learning and Instruction, 2011
It was hypothesized that students' value orientations are connected to their experience of motivational interference in a conflict between a school- and a leisure-related activity as well as to school marks as indicators of learning outcomes. In a self-report study with Italian adolescents (N = 433; M = 14.5 years) using a school-leisure conflict…
Descriptors: Conflict, Academic Achievement, Multidimensional Scaling, Student Motivation
Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education
Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education
Gatti, Mario; Grazia Mereu, Maria; Tagliaferro, Claudio – 2000
Changing occupational profiles in the hotel industry in France, Italy, and Spain were examined in case studies that included interviews with hotel managers, human resource managers, and individuals employed in hotel occupations identified as new or entailing new skills. The study focused on the following topics: (1) changes in the hotel industry…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Business Administration, Case Studies, Competence
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers