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Gorissen, Pierre; van Bruggen, Jan; Jochems, Wim – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Students more and more have access to online recordings of the lectures they attend at universities. The volume and length of these recorded lectures however make them difficult to navigate. Research shows that students primarily watch the recorded lectures while preparing for their exams. They do watch the full recorded lectures, but review only…
Descriptors: Navigation (Information Systems), Usability, Lecture Method, Online Courses
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Bentley, Danielle Christine; Robinson, Andrea Cristina; Ruscitti, Robert Joseph – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2015
With the growing volume of obtainable medical information and scientific literature, it is crucial that students in the field of allied health professions develop and refine the research skill set necessary to effectively find, retrieve, analyze, and use this information. This skill set can be effectively developed using student inquiry; an active…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Allied Health Occupations, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Seker, Mustafa; Osmanoglu, Ahmet Emin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Having an efficient and satisfactory economy education may enable an individual to actively participate in decision making process about economy-related issues. This is very important for democratic societies. This research aims to search methods and levels of teaching "economy" concepts prepared for Turkey 2005 Social Studies Program in…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content
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Zhang, Meilan; Trussell, Robert P.; Tillman, Daniel A.; An, Song A. – Computers in the Schools, 2015
In recent years, smartphones and tablets have been rapidly adopted by consumers worldwide. Within the United States, a growing number of school districts have incorporated tablets into classroom instruction. As mobile technology becomes further integrated into households and classrooms, parents, teachers, and students might need information for…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Access to Computers
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Tiruneh, Dawit T.; Verburgh, An; Elen, Jan – Higher Education Studies, 2014
Promoting students' critical thinking (CT) has been an essential goal of higher education. However, despite the various attempts to make CT a primary focus of higher education, there is little agreement regarding the conditions under which instruction could result in greater CT outcomes. In this review, we systematically examined current empirical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Intervention, Literature Reviews
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Panos, Patrick T.; Jackson, John W.; Hasan, Omar; Panos, Angelea – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: The objective was to quantitatively and qualitatively examine the efficacy of DBT (e.g., decreasing life-threatening suicidal and parasuicidal acts, attrition, and depression) explicitly with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and using conservative assumptions and criteria, across treatment providers and settings. Method: Five…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Behavior Modification, Literature Reviews, Personality Problems
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Ball, Jo; Fazil, Qulsom – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Over several years, there has been much debate about the best way to manage challenging behaviour. Although national guidance highlights the importance of meaningful occupation, it is unclear to what extent this helps. This systematic review of the literature aimed to answer the question, "does engagement in meaningful occupation reduce…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Intellectual Disability, Job Satisfaction, Work Environment
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Ragains, Patrick – Communications in Information Literacy, 2013
In this column, the author discusses a lesson in the credit-bearing information literacy course for honors undergraduates at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The lesson comes last in a unit including resource instruction, search practice, and culminating in the reading and evaluation of a scholarly work. The course, Honors 235: Research in…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Citations (References), Academic Discourse, Information Literacy
Head, Alison J. – Project Information Literacy, 2013
This report presents findings about the challenges today's college freshmen face, and the information-seeking strategies they develop, use, and adapt as they make the transition from high school to college and begin to complete college-level research assignments. Included are data from a comparative analysis of library resources in 30 US high…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Information Seeking, Student Research, Search Strategies
Joo, Soohyung – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study aims to investigate users' search tactic application and system support in using digital libraries. A user study was conducted with sixty digital library users. The study was designed to answer three research questions: 1) How do users engage in a search process by applying different types of search tactics while conducting different…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Electronic Libraries, Users (Information), College Students
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Buhi, Eric R.; Trudnak, Tara E.; Martinasek, Mary P.; Oberne, Alison B.; Fuhrmann, Hollie J.; McDermott, Robert J. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: To perform a systematic review of the literature concerning behavioural mobile health (mHealth) and summarize points related to heath topic, use of theory, audience, purpose, design, intervention components, and principal results that can inform future health education applications. Design: A systematic review of the literature. Method:…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telephone Instruction, Literature Reviews, Intervention
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Maynard, Brandy R.; Peters, Kristen E.; Vaughn, Michael G.; Sarteschi, Christine M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: This study examined whether and to what extent researchers addressed intervention fidelity in research of after-school programs serving at-risk students. Method: Systematic review procedures were used to search, retrieve, select, and analyze studies for this review. Fifty-five intervention studies were assessed on the following…
Descriptors: Intervention, Fidelity, After School Programs, At Risk Students
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Foster, Anita K.; MacDonald, Jean B. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
Web-scale discovery systems are gaining momentum among academic libraries as libraries seek a means to provide their users with a one-stop searching experience. Illinois State University's Milner Library found itself in the unique position of having access to two distinct discovery products, EBSCO Discovery Service and Serials Solutions' Summon.…
Descriptors: Usability, Search Engines, Online Searching, Search Strategies
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Dahiya, Sunita; Dahiya, Rajiv – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2015
Theory and practicals are two essential components of pharmacy course curriculum; but in addition to appearing and passing examination with good score grades, pharmacy post graduation (PG) pursuing students are essentially required to develop some professional skills which might not be attained solely by conventional class room programs. This…
Descriptors: Pharmacy, Graduate Students, Seminars, Clubs
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Allison, Caleb; Laxman, Kumar; Lai, Mei – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2016
Existing research shows that high school students do not possess information literacy skills adequate to function in a high-tech society that relies so heavily on information. If students are taught these skills, they struggle to apply them. This small-scale intervention focused on helping Geography students at a low-socioeconomic high school in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Low Income Students, Geography Instruction
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