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McKim, Courtney – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2023
Scale construction is a common technique in the behavioral and social sciences. There are various techniques researchers use to construct a scale such as the use of focus groups or modifying existing scales. These techniques are not without their challenges. One technique that is not as well discussed in the social science literature is the use of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Social Science Research, Literature Reviews, Attitude Measures
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Sharkey, Caroline N.; Elkins, Jennifer; Johnson, Zoe – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
Public libraries play an increasingly vital role as a public hub and safe haven open to all, with innovative programming and services that increase literacy, access to resources, and capacity-building. This field note describes the implementation of a federally funded academic--community partnership integrating a trauma-informed care framework and…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Trauma Informed Approach, Pilot Projects, Federal Aid
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Ulrike Nespital; Gerald Czerney – NORDSCI, 2023
The project "Making voice and Presence a Virtual Realistic Experience" is funded by "HessenHub - Network digital university teaching Hessen". At the Center for Foreign Language and Occupational Competencies (German: ZfbK) at the University of Giessen, a teaching concept for student teacher training was developed that includes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Computer Simulation, Physiology
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Mi-Hyun Bang; Young-Min Lee – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The Human Resources Development Service of Korea developed a digital exam for five representative engineering categories and conducted a pilot study comparing the findings with the paper-and-pencil exam results from the last three years. This study aimed to compare the test efficiency between digital and paper-and-pencil examinations. A digital…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries, Human Resources
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Ciaran O'Sullivan; Michael Grove; Ciarán Mac an Bhaird; Peter Mulligan; Kirsten Pfeiffer – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2024
Tutors play an important role in effective Mathematics Learning Support, and ensuring good initial training and development is key. Typically, in the UK and Ireland, tutors do not gain any formal recognition for the training they receive. This paper details a four competences model of training for tutors and presents the analysis of feedback from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutor Training, Tutors, Tutoring
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James Lamont – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2024
This paper describes and analyses the role of peer mentoring in a pilot internship programme that took place in summer 2023. A team of five international MA student-interns participated in a summer pre-sessional programme, acting as communication partners and facilitators. The aim of the study was to investigate the benefits of being peer mentors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Peer Relationship, Foreign Students
Ruby MacDougall; Dylan Ruediger – ITHAKA S+R, 2024
Research data services--support offerings which enable and improve data-intensive research--have garnered sustained attention from library research support service providers for nearly two decades. Because of the critical role they play in supporting research on college and university campuses across the country, particularly at research intensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Data, Library Services
Crystal Rose Ahrens – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study addressed a deficiency in the agricultural literacy of the U.S. population by focusing on the challenges that core subject teachers face when integrating agriculture into their curriculum. Using a phenomenological research approach, this investigation explored the lived experiences of Louisiana teachers who piloted a 4-H STEM…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Grade 3, Grade 8, Elementary School Teachers
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Marcella Caprario – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This study investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of ELF communication strategy instruction for university students' communicative competence. Conceptual studies on ELF-informed pedagogy stress the importance of teaching strategies, which promote mutual understanding and positive relationships, but few empirical pedagogical studies exist.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communication Strategies
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King, Pete; Atkins, LaDonna; Burr, Brandon – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2021
The Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM) is an observational tool developed to focus on the process of play and has shown good reliability when watching videos of children playing. This study piloted use of the PCOM in 'real time' in a pre-school setting where 3-year-old children play. The results from two independent observers not familiar with…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Play, Observation, Video Technology
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Ahmod, Ujjal; Zhang, Wenzheng – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Teaching is one of the major fundamentals in educational planning, which is the most important reason for educational management. The primary strategy of higher education should focus on student's self-determination activities, the institution's system a practical and experimental study, where students have a specific intention of studies and they…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Pilot Projects
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Lai, Alice – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
Project-based learning (PBL) is considered an engaging and promising pedagogy across diverse disciplines and student populations in the United States in the digital age. Research on PBL in online environments and in the field of art has, however, been limited. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to examine the theoretical grounds of PBL and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Electronic Learning, Art Education
Rowe, Gretchen – Mathematica, 2021
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded pilot grants to 10 States--California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington--to test innovative strategies for providing employment and training services through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Pilot Projects, Job Training
Alana Elkins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
With a rapid increase in higher education online course offerings, many institutions are hiring part-time faculty to meet the demand of online learning. However, a lack of professional development in online course facilitation has proven to limit the effectiveness of facilitation and hinder the foundational quality standards the courses were built…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Electronic Learning, Faculty Development
Daniel Scott Wengerd – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Christian Church has always considered the Bible to be the Word of God, a collection of ancient documents that were inspired by God and communicate the teachings of God for His people. While it is essential for Christians to understand the truths contained therein, it has been well documented that biblical literacy among Christians in America…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Biblical Literature, Pilot Projects, Churches
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