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Peters, Marion C. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
"Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates: The Elements of Information Literacy", (2012-) now in its second edition and available as a Wikibook since 2012, resulted from collaboration by chemistry librarians participating in several professional organizations. Sections covering a) the library and scientific literature and b)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Chemistry, Science Education
Ben-David Kolikant, Yifat; ma'ayan, Ze'ev – Computer Science Education, 2018
Higher-education students now have more alternatives for searching for information than previous generations had. The Internet is a vast ocean of information sources, albeit with diverse reliability and quality. In Web 2.0 platforms, any participant can be a content creator. This reality is challenging for both the instructors and the students. We…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Higher Education, Internet, Web 2.0 Technologies
Kristjansson, Arni; Oladottir, Berglind; Most, Steven B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
Emotional stimuli often capture attention and disrupt effortful cognitive processing. However, cognitive processes vary in the degree to which they require effort. We investigated the impact of emotional pictures on visual search and on automatic priming of search. Observers performed visual search after task-irrelevant neutral or emotionally…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Stimuli, Barriers, Cognitive Processes
Moulaison, Heather Lea; Stanley, Susan Nicole – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
Linked data stores house vetted content that can supplement the information available through online library catalogs, potentially mitigating failed author searches if information about the author exists in linked data formats. In this case study, a total of 689 failed author index queries from a large Midwestern academic library's online library…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Search Strategies
Hamid, Suraya; Ijab, Mohamad Taha; Sulaiman, Hidayah; Anwar, Rina Md.; Norman, Azah Anir – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The explosion of social media use such as Facebook among higher education students is deemed to have great potential in widely disseminating environmental sustainability awareness. The paper aims to capture, summarise, synthesise and comment on the role of social media to garner interest of students and staff on environmental…
Descriptors: Social Media, Environmental Education, Recycling, Energy Conservation
Macvean, Michelle; Shlonsky, Aron; Mildon, Robyn; Devine, Ben – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objectives: To scope evaluations of Indigenous parenting programs designed to improve child psychosocial outcomes. Methods: Electronic databases, gray literature, Indigenous websites and journals, and reference lists were searched. The search was restricted to high-income countries with a history of colonialism. Results: Sixteen studies describing…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health, Child Rearing
Malik, Kaleem Razzaq; Mir, Rizwan Riaz; Farhan, Muhammad; Rafiq, Tariq; Aslam, Muhammad – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Research in era of data representation to contribute and improve key data policy involving the assessment of learning, training and English language competency. Students are required to communicate in English with high level impact using language and influence. The electronic technology works to assess students' questions positively enabling…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, Search Strategies
Muenks, Katherine; Miele, David B. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Students' thinking about the relation between effort and ability can influence their motivation, affect, and academic achievement. Students sometimes think of effort as inversely related to ability (such that people with low ability must work harder than people with high ability) and other times think of effort as positively related to ability…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Academic Ability
Dietrichson, Jens; Bøg, Martin; Filges, Trine; Klint Jørgensen, Anne-Marie – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Socioeconomic status is a major predictor of educational achievement. This systematic review and meta-analysis seeks to identify effective academic interventions for elementary and middle school students with low socioeconomic status. Included studies have used a treatment-control group design, were performed in OECD and EU countries, and measured…
Descriptors: Intervention, Tutoring, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students
Quin, Daniel – Review of Educational Research, 2017
This systematic review examined multiple indicators of adolescent students' engagement in school, and the indicators' associations with teacher-student relationships (TSRs). Seven psychology, education, and social sciences databases were systematically searched. From this search, 46 published studies (13 longitudinal) were included for detailed…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Learner Engagement, Student Participation
Berget, Gerd; Sandnes, Frode Eika – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2015
Introduction: Few studies document the information searching behaviour of users with cognitive impairments. This paper therefore addresses the effect of dyslexia on information searching in a database with no tolerance for spelling errors and no query-building aids. The purpose was to identify effective search interface design guidelines that…
Descriptors: Databases, Online Searching, Dyslexia, Information Seeking
Bercier, Melissa L.; Maynard, Brandy R. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objective: A systematic review was conducted to examine effects of indicated interventions to reduce symptoms of secondary traumatic stress (STS) experienced by mental health workers. Method: Systematic review methods were employed to search, retrieve, select, and analyze studies that met study inclusion criteria. Results: Over 4,000 citations…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Health Workers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Trauma
Senkowski, Valerie; Branscum, Paul – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: Few studies have attempted to examine how young adults search for health information on the Internet, especially information related to weight control and weight management. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine search strategies that college students used for finding information related to weight control and weight…
Descriptors: Internet, Undergraduate Students, Vignettes, Search Strategies
Wiley, Claire; Williams, Judy – NACADA Journal, 2015
Faculty librarians who advise undecided students have found the experiences of novice researcher and advisee comparable: Both groups seek to solve a problem or answer a question by finding new information to add to their current understanding and knowledge base. As a result, librarians familiar with needs and stages of the research process may…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Search Strategies, Librarians, Academic Libraries
Wigelsworth, M.; Lendrum, A.; Oldfield, J.; Scott, A.; ten Bokkel, I.; Tate, K.; Emery, C. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2016
This study expands upon the extant prior meta-analytic literature by exploring previously theorised reasons for the failure of school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programmes to produce expected results. Eighty-nine studies reporting the effects of school-based, universal SEL programmes were examined for differential effects…
Descriptors: Program Development, Outcomes of Education, Social Development, Emotional Development