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Schumacher, Lisa Polakowski – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this dissertation study was to describe how students who provide care for a person with a disability or chronic illness cope with the demands of both roles. The way students cope with stress has a direct impact on overall health, which has an impact on learning, development, and retention. Student caregivers are considered…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Usta, Ertugrul – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this research is to examine the views of university students on the presence and exposure of cyber bully behavior. The research study group consists of 10 male students who are higher education students. One of the qualitative research methods is "case study". In this direction, a "semi-structured interview form"…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
Cooper, Joseph J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Campus crime and distrust of campus police are significant problems for institutions of higher education. Utilizing the Broken Windows Theory (Kelling & Wilson, 1982) as the theoretical framework, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore students' attitudes toward community-oriented policing and their perceptions of crime, safety,…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Police, School Security
Galindo, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The perceptions students and parents have of Compass Learning Odyssey online curriculum is the focus of this research. This study uses an intrinsic research method to discover the perceptions of students and parents on a specific online learning curriculum with a qualitative focus. This study was focused on the perceptions of students within a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Case Studies, Electronic Learning, Parent Attitudes
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Aakyol, Bertan; Kapcak, C. Bilge – Online Submission, 2017
This study aims to present pre-service teachers' perceptions of "administration" and "school principal" reflected through metaphors; a purpose based on the fact that although they are trained in educational administration with only one course at university, pre-service teachers who are trained in the faculties of education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Educational Administration, Principals
Johnson, Melloney W. A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Too many students do not learn algebra and therefore do not graduate from high school. This basic qualitative study conducted in a large suburban public school district explored the perspectives of high school seniors who were at least 18 years old and at risk for not graduating from high school because they had not demonstrated an adequate…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 12
Wood, Brian B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The current literature suggests that the use of Husserl's and Heidegger's approaches to phenomenology is still practiced. However, a clear gap exists on how these approaches are viewed in the context of constructivism, particularly with non-traditional female students' study of mathematics. The dissertation attempts to clarify the constructivist…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Nontraditional Students, Females, College Mathematics
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Rockenbach, Alyssa N.; Mayhew, Matthew J.; Davidson, Jenica; Ofstein, Jennie; Bush, Renee Clark – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2015
This study employed qualitative content analysis to examine the written responses of 1,071 college students to the open-ended survey question, "What does spirituality mean to you?" Connectivity is core to the way many students depict spirituality and is inherently multidimensional, as students emphasize both…
Descriptors: World Views, Student Attitudes, Religious Factors, Qualitative Research
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Karakus, Neslihan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Critical thinking is one of the skills that exist in the Turkish course curriculum and is aimed to be acquired by students. The objective of the study is to determine prospective Turkish teachers' perspectives regarding the concept of critism, which is both a mental exercise and carries an important role in the world of ideas. In order to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Critical Thinking
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Cen, Yuhao – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Teaching and learning in higher education can integrate and accomplish student developmental goals in addition to promoting student learning of subject matter knowledge and transferrable skills. Drawn from the theoretical concept of self-authorship, the Learning Partnerships Model was implemented in teaching a graduate-level course on social…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Qualitative Research, Epistemology, Student Development
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Sinclair, Eric; Larson, Heidi A. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2018
This article explores the relationship between cross-age peer mentoring and positive life outcomes as defined by the Five Cs: competence, character, confidence, connection, and compassion. Qualified high school juniors and seniors were randomly assigned groups of 4-5 freshmen to mentor through the challenges of transitioning to secondary school.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Teaching, Cross Age Teaching, High School Students
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Cruger, Katherine M. – Communication Teacher, 2018
This article explores the potential of challenge-based learning (CBL) for feminist pedagogy. In a qualitative case study of an introductory mass communication and social theory course, students were more likely to indicate sophisticated, intersectional understandings of course concepts following the CBL project. Before the CBL project, students…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Introductory Courses
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Schweizer, Angélick; Miserez, Sébastien; del Rio Carral, Maria; Santiago-Delefosse, Marie – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: This study aims to deepen the authors' understanding of higher education students' perceptions about sustainability issues by focusing on their motivations to adopt (or not to adopt) sustainable practices in their lives. It mobilized the notion of "health" and the potential impacts of climate change on health.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Student Attitudes, Intention, Behavior Change
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Cankaya, Serkan; Yunkul, Eyup – International Education Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study was to reveal the attitudes and views of university students about the use of Edmodo as a cooperative learning environment. In the research process, the students were divided into groups of 4 or 5 within the scope of a course given in the department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology. For each group,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Cooperative Learning, Student Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews
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Perry-Hazan, Lotem; Birnhack, Michael – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2018
This article explores how school principals integrate Closed Circuit TV systems (CCTVs) in educational practices and analyses the pedagogical implications of these practices through the lens of human rights. Drawing on interviews with school principals and municipality officials, we found that schools use CCTVs for three main purposes: (1)…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Privacy, Power Structure, Principals
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