Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 4 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 9 |
Descriptor
| Foreign Countries | 9 |
| Learner Engagement | 9 |
| Student Attitudes | 9 |
| Teaching Methods | 6 |
| Access to Computers | 4 |
| Language Usage | 4 |
| Native Language | 4 |
| Online Courses | 4 |
| Benchmarking | 3 |
| Bullying | 3 |
| Classroom Techniques | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| International Association for… | 3 |
| ProQuest LLC | 2 |
| IGI Global | 1 |
| International Society for the… | 1 |
| Open Learning | 1 |
| Research in Pedagogy | 1 |
Author
| Foy, Pierre | 3 |
| Martin, Michael O. | 3 |
| Mullis, Ina V. S. | 3 |
| Arora, Alka | 1 |
| Cristina Mancigotti | 1 |
| Dennis Katwal | 1 |
| Hooper, Martin | 1 |
| Irby, Beverly J., Ed. | 1 |
| Mindel van de Laar | 1 |
| Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed. | 1 |
| Paris Cosma | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 3 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Africa | 9 |
| Asia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 |
| Canada | 3 |
| South America | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Armenia | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Egypt (Cairo) | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Higher Education Act 1980 | 1 |
| United Nations Convention on… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Trends in International… | 2 |
| Progress in International… | 1 |
| Texas Essential Knowledge and… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
The Value of Educational Microcredentials in Open Access Online Education: A Doctoral Education Case
Peer reviewed
Direct linkMindel van de Laar; Richard E. West; Paris Cosma; Dennis Katwal; Cristina Mancigotti – Open Learning, 2024
This research explores the effect of implementing educational open microcredentials on student motivation, engagement, and completion in open access online courses. Our case study reviews the impact on the Community of Learning for African PhD Fellows, a capacity-building project supporting PhD fellows in Sub-Saharan Africa. It builds on an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fellowships, Doctoral Students, Open Education
Yara Olive Paterne Loua – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation explored the effect of Gagne's nine events of instruction on student academic achievement and satisfaction during an online English class for French speakers. A group of 30 Facebook users from French-speaking countries in North and Sub-Saharan Africa participated in the research. They were divided randomly into two groups: one…
Descriptors: French, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rethinking Learning and Teaching in Africa: Storytelling and Sitting Position as Engagement Strategy
Download full textUkwuoma, Uju C. – Research in Pedagogy, 2016
This research report uses elements of autoethnography and mixed research to share the efforts of an academic to engage his students during classroom instruction. Participants included 28 science students from a regionally accredited university in Southern Africa, who were taking many sections of a research course. The researcher rearranged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Stapleton, Deborah Leah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
My project examined if individuals can grow spiritually when Christian Education is taught through online interactive distance learning. Jesus' comment--in Matthew 8:5-13--regarding the astonishing faith of the centurion who asked Jesus to heal his servant from a distance was used for my Biblical Foundation. The centurion stated that Jesus did not…
Descriptors: Christianity, Distance Education, Biblical Literature, Churches
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Foy, Pierre; Hooper, Martin – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2017
PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) was inaugurated in 2001 as a follow-up to International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's 1991 Reading Literacy Study. Conducted every five years, PIRLS assesses the reading achievement of young students in their fourth year of schooling--an important transition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 4, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed.; Irby, Beverly J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Our increasingly globalized world is driven by shared knowledge, and nowhere is that knowledge more important than in education. Now more than ever, there is a demand for technology that will assist in the spread of knowledge through customized, self-paced, and on-demand learning. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Research, Virtual Classrooms
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Foy, Pierre; Arora, Alka – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
The "TIMSS 2011 International Results in Mathematics" summarizes fourth and eighth grade student achievement in each of the 63 countries and 14 benchmarking entities which participated in TIMSS 2011. The report includes trends in mathematics achievement over time for participants in the previous TIMSS 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
Martin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S.; Foy, Pierre; Stanco, Gabrielle M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been conducting comparative studies of educational achievement in a number of curriculum areas, including mathematics and science. TIMSS 2011 represents the fifth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach
