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Newell, Mallory Angeli – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
This study explored the civic engagement of adults holding an associate's degree compared to those holding a bachelor's degree. Most prior research has focused on individuals who hold 4-year degrees; the present study, however, sought to understand differences between holders of 2-year degrees and 4-year degrees. Descriptive statistics…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Citizen Participation, Citizenship
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Academic staff play a fundamental role in the use of online learning environments (OLEs) by students, yet studies investigating the perspectives of staff are limited, and the least common investigations are those comparing the relative perceptions of students and staff. Many OLE evaluations present a point-in-time snapshot of the system, but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Meyer, Katrina A.; Murrell, Vicki S. – Online Learning, 2014
This article presents the results of a national study of 39 higher education institutions that collected information about their evaluation procedures and outcome measures for faculty development for online teaching conducted during 2011-2012. The survey results found that over 90% of institutions used measures of the faculty person's…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Faculty Development, Outcome Measures, Online Courses
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Weber, Keith; Mejia-Ramos, Juan Pablo – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
We argue that mathematics majors learn little from the proofs they read in their advanced mathematics courses because these students and their teachers have different perceptions about students' responsibilities when reading a mathematical proof. We used observations from a qualitative study where 28 undergraduates were observed evaluating…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Students
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Orr, Susan; Yorke, Mantz; Blair, Bernadette – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2014
This article reports on the ways that a group of third-year undergraduate art and design students conceptualise the pedagogy they experience on their course. This study is part of broader research funded by the Group for Learning in Art and Design (GLAD) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) that employs qualitative interviewing approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Design, College Instruction
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Haase, S. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
Sustainability issues are increasingly important in engineering work all over the world. This article explores systematic differences in self-assessed competencies, interests, importance, engagement and practices of newly enrolled engineering students in Denmark in relation to environmental and non-environmental sustainability issues. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Sustainability
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Beck, Dennis E.; Maranto, Robert; Lo, Wen-Juo – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Research indicates that in traditional public schools the subjective well-being of students and parents varies by gender, race, and special education status. Prior studies suggest that general education students are more satisfied with their schooling than special education students, that female students have greater satisfaction with their…
Descriptors: Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Charter Schools
Roettinger, Theresa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Kindergarten, first and second grade teachers play an important role in the development of a student's understanding of mathematics. Consequently, in order to improve student achievement in mathematics, it is important to investigate the relationships that may exist among primary teachers' math profile, math teaching efficacy, and math pedagogy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Dahlstrom, Eden; Bichsel, Jacqueline – EDUCAUSE, 2014
Since 2004, EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) has partnered with higher education institutions to investigate the technologies that matter most to undergraduate students. They do this by exploring students' technology experiences and expectations. In 2014, the ECAR technology survey was sent to approximately 1.5 million students at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Surveys
McDonough, Andrea; Ferguson, Sarah – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
This paper draws on two studies, one conducted by each author, where procedures for gaining insights into people's beliefs about mathematics and learning were developed or adapted for use by the researcher. In this paper we discuss the use in each study of variations of the procedure called "Pupil Perceptions of Effective Learning…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Interviews
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Lane, Forrest C.; Martin, Georgianna L.; Thompson, Ken – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2015
Transfer students make up a significant portion of the student body in higher education today; yet, representation of their college experiences and outcomes in the literature seems sparse. This study explored transfer students to determine whether their level of engagement and belonging in college was related to their academic motivation. We…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Sense of Community, Achievement Need
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Cornell, Dewey; Shukla, Kathan; Konold, Timothy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
School climate is widely recognized as an important influence on peer victimization in schools. The purpose of this study is to examine how authoritative school climate theory provides a framework for conceptualizing 2 key features of school climate--disciplinary structure and student support--that are associated with 3 measures of peer…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Victims, Bullying, Peer Relationship
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Wanzek, Jeanne; Kent, Shawn C.; Stillman-Spisak, Stephanie J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2015
Today's social studies teachers and students face an unprecedented time of standards and accountability. Students bring influences that may interact with the instructional context teachers provide for learning. Eighth- and 11th-grade U.S. history students (n = 512) from 11 schools (23 teachers), diverse in location, ethnicity, and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, United States History, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Hall, Cougar; West, Joshua; Herbert, Patrick C. – Health Educator, 2015
Adolescent consumption of screen media continues to increase. A variety of theoretical constructs hypothesize the impact of media content on health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. This study uses a coding instrument based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey to analyze health behavior contained in…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Programming (Broadcast), Eating Habits
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Bean, Rita M.; Dole, Janice A.; Nelson, Kristin L.; Belcastro, Elizabeth G.; Zigmond, Naomi – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
Although there have been any number of national reading reform efforts over the years, there is little evidence that such efforts have been sustained in schools over time. This study focused on addressing 2 questions: To what extent have Reading First schools in 2 states sustained the key elements of this reform over time? To what extent has…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Reading Programs, Educational Change, Reading Achievement
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