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Hallström, Jonas; Klasander, Claes – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
Technological systems are included as a component of national technology curricula and standards for primary and secondary education as well as corresponding teacher education around the world. Little is known, however, of how pupils, students, and teachers conceive of technological systems. In this article we report on a study investigating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teachers
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Curl, Angela L.; Benner, Kalea – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2017
This cross-sectional survey study (N = 222) examined the influences of employment on graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in majors with significant internship or practicum requirements (journalism, social work, nursing and health sciences). The study is unique in that student perceptions regarding the challenges and rewards of working…
Descriptors: College Students, Influences, Student Employment, Student Experience
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Dunn, Kristina; Gaetke, Lisa; Stephenson, Tammy; Brewer, Dawn – Journal of Extension, 2017
The aging process makes older adults vulnerable to the detrimental health effects of environmental contaminants. Our study assessed older adults' perceptions regarding diet as protective against environmental contaminants, levels of concern about exposure to environmental contaminants, and interest in learning about protective food-related…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Attitude Measures, Nutrition
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Aragón, Oriana R.; Dovidio, John F.; Graham, Mark J. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2017
Professional workshops aimed at increasing student diversity typically urge college-level science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educators to implement inclusive teaching practices. A model of the process by which educators adopt such practices, and the relationship between adoption and 2 ideologies of diversity is tested here. One…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cultural Pluralism, Racial Attitudes, STEM Education
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Park, Kira; Woo, Sungbum; Park, Kibok; Kyea, Jina; Yang, Eunjoo – Journal of Career Development, 2017
This study investigated trait anxiety, career exploration behaviors, and career indecision. Using longitudinal data, career exploration behavior was examined as a mediator in the relationship between trait anxiety and career indecision. Five hundred and one Korean college students completed online questionnaires at three different time points with…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Career Exploration, Career Choice, Decision Making
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Tarimo, Ronald; Kavishe, George – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2017
The purpose of this paper was to report results of a study on the investigation of the Internet access and usage by secondary school students in Morogoro municipality in Tanzania. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 120 students from six schools. The data was collected through a questionnaire. A quantitative approach using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Access to Computers, Secondary School Students
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Volante, Louis; Fazio, Xavier; Ritzen, Jo – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2017
Over the past 50 years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has increasingly influenced the nature and scope of education policies in primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors around the world. Policy suggestions in these sectors primarily stem from the results of their various international surveys such as the…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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De Bondt, Niki; Van Petegem, Peter – High Ability Studies, 2017
The aim of this study is to investigate interrelationships between overexcitability and learning patterns from the perspective of personality development according to Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration. To this end, Bayesian structural equation modeling (BSEM) is applied which allows for the simultaneous inclusion in the measurement…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Structural Equation Models, Bayesian Statistics, College Students
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Magliano, Joseph P.; Kopp, Kristopher; Higgs, Karyn; Rapp, David N. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
Visual narratives, including graphic novels, illustrated instructions, and picture books, convey event sequences constituting a plot but cannot depict all events that make up the plot. Viewers must generate inferences that fill the gaps between explicitly shown images. This study explored the inferential products and memory implications of…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Memory, Inferences
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Ansari, Arya – Infant and Child Development, 2017
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (n = 11,000), this study examined the developmental outcomes of 5-year-old children in multigrade classrooms (combined prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms serving 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) compared with those of 5-year-olds attending kindergarten-only…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Multigraded Classes, Executive Function
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Chitiyo, Jonathan – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2017
A total of 77 teachers working in inclusive settings in North Eastern USA were surveyed regarding their perceptions of the barriers that may hinder the use of co-teaching. Results indicated that (a) teachers lack the necessary skills required for implementing co-teaching, and (b) co-teaching may require a lot of resources for its successful…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Barriers, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Zadow, Corinne; Houghton, Stephen; Hunter, Simon C.; Rosenberg, Michael – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2017
This study examined the association and directionality of effect between mental wellbeing and depressive symptoms in Australian adolescents. Data were collected on two occasions 21 months apart. At Time 1, 1,762 10- to 14-year-old adolescents from a range of socio-economic status areas participated. At Time 2 (T2), 1,575 participated again. On…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Mental Health, Well Being
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Tosten, Rasim; Toprak, Mustafa – Cogent Education, 2017
This study aims to explore the effects of teachers' psychological capital competencies on their emotional labor competencies based on their perceptions. It follows a quantitative research design adopting survey method. Data were collected from 266 teachers working in Siirt Province, Turkey. The results show that teachers have high levels of…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Social Capital, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Surveys
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Xi, Li; Yuan, Zhang; YunQui, Bai; Chiang, Feng-Kuang – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2017
The classroom is crucial for students, and seating position within the classroom can affect students' performance. This study conducted a survey to investigate the relationship between seating zones and academic performance among 174 university students in Beijing. The results revealed differences in student performance in terms of seating…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Academic Achievement, Classroom Design
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Haapala, H. L.; Hirvensalo, M. H.; Laine, K.; Laakso, L.; Hakonen, H.; Lintunen, T.; Tammelin, T. H. – Health Education Research, 2017
This study investigated the differences in physical activity (PA) at recess and school-related social factors, and described school PA promotion processes and staff experiences at four lower secondary schools from the Finnish Schools on the Move programme. Recess PA, peer relationships at school, relatedness to school, and school climate were…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Recess Breaks, Social Influences, Peer Relationship
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