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Teplitzky, Samantha; Phillips, Margaret – College & Research Libraries, 2016
The Berkeley Research Impact Initiative (BRII) was one of the first campus-based open access (OA) funds to be established in North America and one of the most active, distributing more than $244,000 to support University of California (UC) Berkeley authors. In April 2015, we conducted a qualitative study of 138 individuals who had received BRII…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Qualitative Research, Financial Support, Surveys
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Bali, Maha; Caines, Autumm; DeWaard, Helen; Hogue, Rebecca J. – Online Learning, 2016
Virtually Connecting (VC) is a connected learning volunteer movement that enlivens virtual conference experiences by partnering those that are at the conference with virtual participants that cannot attend. In looking to articulate the ethos and intentions of VC, a manifesto was developed by a group of core members and presented at the Digital…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Videoconferencing, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Boesdorfer, Sarah B.; Staude, Kristin D. – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
Effective professional development that influences teachers' classroom practices starts with what teachers know, understand, and do in their classroom. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) challenge teachers to make changes to their classroom; to help teachers make these changes, it is necessary to know what they are doing in their…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Secondary School Science, Professional Development, Online Surveys
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Carter, Sid; Cook, James; Sutton-Boulton, Gary; Ward, Vicki; Clarke, Steve – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
The experiences of non-disabled children growing up with a sibling with an intellectual disability vary considerably, with reported impact ranging from increased mental health problems through evaluations of life enhancement. However, there is evidence that the net impact is neutral to positive, which was supported by the findings of this report…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Siblings, Social Support Groups, Children
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Wang, Qingbin; Parsons, Robert; Colby, Jennifer; Castle, Jeffrey – Journal of Extension, 2016
On-farm processing of value-added dairy products can be a way for small dairy farms to diversify production and increase revenue. This article examines characteristics of three groups of Vermont farmers who have grass-based dairy farms--those producing value-added dairy products, those interested in such products, and those not interested in such…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Agricultural Occupations, Animals, Extension Education
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Balin, Elif; Anderson, Nicole M.; Chudasama, Satomi Y.; Kanagasingam, Sutha K.; Zhang, Lily – Journal of International Students, 2016
The career development process is one of the most important aspects of the international student experience. Providing comprehensive and culturally competent services requires institutional efforts that utilize best practices developmentally throughout the college experience and beyond. This article is based on the work of the International…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Career Development, College Students, Cultural Differences
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Özen, Rasit; Öztürk, Duygu Saniye – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The present study aims to examine the relationship between pre-service teachers' lifelong learning tendencies and teaching profession anxiety levels with respect to certain variables (their gender and subject area) and is designed as a survey study. The fourth year pre-service teachers (n=455) in the spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Preservice Teachers, Lifelong Learning
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Chambers, Silvana; Nimon, Kim; Anthony-McMann, Paula – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2016
This paper presents best practices for conducting survey research using Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Readers will learn the benefits, limitations, and trade-offs of using MTurk as compared to other recruitment services, including SurveyMonkey and Qualtrics. A synthesis of survey design guidelines along with a sample survey are presented to help…
Descriptors: Surveys, Research, Best Practices, Research Problems
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Chen, Leon; Severns, Roger – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2016
We conducted an annual survey of undergraduate students taking finance courses over the past 5 years (2009-2014). Our results showed that although more than 70% of students considered the financial planning profession to some extent, the percentage of students who had seriously considered it declined over time, despite the increasing number of new…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Regression (Statistics), Student Attitudes, Financial Services
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Sinha, Manjira; Basu, Anupam – Education and Information Technologies, 2016
In this work, we have investigated text readability in Bangla language. Text readability is an indicator of the suitability of a given document with respect to a target reader group. Therefore, text readability has huge impact on educational content preparation. The advances in the field of natural language processing have enabled the automatic…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Readability, Foreign Countries, Computation
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Andrichuk, Gjoa – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2016
This study looks at the change in perception regarding the effect of peer feedback on writing skills using cloud-based software. Pre- and post-surveys were given. The students peer reviewed drafts of five sections of scientific reports using Google Docs. While students reported that they did not perceive their writing ability improved by being…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Skills, Writing Ability, Computer Literacy
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TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
CEC's new policy is a result of efforts begun in 2009 by members of CEC's Educators With Disabilities Policy Workgroup. The board-appointed workgroup was chaired by Jennifer Diliberto and included Mary Ruth Coleman, Marjorie Terhaar-Yonkers, Susan Osborne, and Stephanie Demayo. These CEC members' desire to create and support safe environments in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Teachers, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Vera, Elizabeth; Heineke, Amy; Carr, Andrea; Camacho, Daniel; Israel, Marla Susman; Goldberger, Nancy; Clawson, Angela; Hill, Martin – TESOL Journal, 2016
This study contributes to the literature on parent involvement by examining predictors of educational leadership interests of parents of English learners (ELs). Using a sample of 129 parents of ELs who represented diverse ethnic backgrounds, the researchers examined parent leadership interests with survey research. Parent leadership interests were…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Parent Participation, Predictor Variables, Interests
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Daugherty, Timothy K.; Julian, Hannah M.; Lynch, Nicole M.; Chen, Stephanie J.; Whipple, Tanya L.; Ginsburg, Austin F. – College Student Journal, 2016
Examined a version of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wellness model that was revised to include a ninth factor, sexual wellness: "understanding the human body, choosing the type and size of one's family, and experiencing satisfaction (alone or with consenting others) while maintaining autonomy,…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Wellness, Human Body, College Students
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Ernst, William J.; Gallo, Adrienne B.; Sellers, Amanda L.; Mulrine, Jessica; MacNamara, Luciana; Abrahamson, Allison; Kneavel, Meredith – Exceptionality, 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine knowledge of traumatic brain injury among educators. Few studies have examined knowledge of traumatic brain injury in this population and fewer still have included a substantial proportion of general education teachers. Examining knowledge of traumatic brain injury in educators is important as the vast…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Teacher Characteristics, Questionnaires
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