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Sergio Mérida-López; Magda Sofia Roberto; Vânia Sofia Carvalho; Eloísa Guerrero-Barona; Natalio Extremera; Maria José Chambel – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
In this study, a quantitative diary design was used to examine within-person relationships among daily negative events, emotional intelligence facets, and levels of academic exhaustion and engagement. The research was conducted with a sample of 63 Portuguese health science students (48 females and Mage = 22.3 years) from medicine (n = 33) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence, Burnout, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Paula Fonseca; Maria de Lurdes Martins; José Pereira – Educational Media International, 2024
The present study describes a digital storytelling project about promoting a tourist destination using photographs taken by students in an English for tourism course taught in a Portuguese higher education institute. This work aims to explain how a digital storytelling project was used to enrich students' knowledge of the English language while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, English for Special Purposes, Tourism
Samantha Coyle; Paula Vagos; Carrie Masia Warner; Joana Silva; Ana Xavier; Grace Martin; Jessica Wimmer; Avi Kalver; Britney Jeyanayagam; Helen-Maria Lekas; Ana Ganho-Ávila; Luiza Lima; Ana Santos Henrique – Grantee Submission, 2022
This qualitative investigation explored the social and academic experiences of socially anxious adolescents and young adults in Portugal and the US as they lived through the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 10 Portuguese adolescents (mean age = 16.9 years; 50% female) and 7 young adults in the US (mean age = 19.67…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Silva, Rui; Rodrigues, Ricardo; Leal, Carmem – Accounting Education, 2019
Flow theory is used in this article [Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). "The domain of creativity"] to determine whether gamified resources, named Accountingame and Marketingame, possess certain characteristics which, in the form of educational games, increase the performance of Portuguese undergraduate students attending Accounting (N = 816)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Marketing, Business Administration Education, Game Based Learning
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Martínez, Isabel M.; Youssef-Morgan, Carolyn M.; Chambel, Maria J.; Marques-Pinto, Alexandra – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study investigates the relationship between academic engagement, psychological capital (PsyCap) resources (efficacy, hope, optimism, resilience) and academic performance. Data were collected in two different universities, one in Spain (N = 389) and another in Portugal (N = 243). Undergraduate students completed self-report questionnaires…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns, Correlation
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Afonso, Ana Sofia; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2013
"Popular science books" can contribute to enhancing public engagement with chemistry, yet there has been no systematic study of the availability, use, and educational significance of these books. This paper identifies titles in the catalogues of some major publishers, the content of these books, the criteria that readers might use in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Books, Science Instruction, Chemistry
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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