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Whitehill, Jacob; Williams, Joseph; Lopez, Glenn; Coleman, Cody; Reich, Justin – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
High attrition rates in massive open online courses (MOOCs) have motivated growing interest in the automatic detection of student "stopout". Stopout classifiers can be used to orchestrate an intervention before students quit, and to survey students dynamically about why they ceased participation. In this paper we expand on existing…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Stopouts, Intervention, Automation
Sakai, Kyohei; Shiota, Shingo; Eguchi, Kiyotaka – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
In conventional information moral education, lessons often focus only on trouble cases and perpetrators without examining the level of awareness among the parties involved. This is especially apparent among students who communicate over the Internet. For example, one student's perspective of writing ill on the Internet might greatly differ from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Workshops, Internet
Owoh, Jeremy Strickland – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In today's technology enriched schools and workforces, creative problem-solving is involved in many aspects of a person's life. The educational systems of developed nations are designed to raise students who are creative and skillful in solving complex problems. Technology and the age of information require nations to develop generations of…
Descriptors: Principals, Transformational Leadership, Creativity, Problem Solving
O'Roark, Jordan J. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Since the establishment of American higher education, the presidential profile for institutions has lacked the gender diversity in presidential leadership positions. Though women have taken positive strides as senior executive officers in higher education in the past quarter-century, the conventional post-secondary president is a white, married…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, Women Administrators, Leadership
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Cai, Li – Grantee Submission, 2015
This review introduces classical item response theory (IRT) models as well as more contemporary extensions to the case of multilevel, multidimensional, and mixtures of discrete and continuous latent variables through the lens of discrete multivariate analysis. A general modeling framework is discussed, and the applications of this framework in…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Multivariate Analysis, Educational Research, Surveys
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Gallagher, Colleen E.; Haan, Jennifer E. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2018
Internationalization trends worldwide have brought more multilingual students into English-medium university classrooms in the United States and elsewhere. Faculty across the disciplines increasingly have the dual challenge of developing both content and advanced academic language. Ample precedent in P-12 education suggests developing instructors'…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Multilingualism, College Students
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Kubat, Ulas; Dedebali, Nurhak Cem – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2018
This study investigates science teachers' concerns about how to achieve effective classroom management, with particular reference to classroom communication, student motivation, physical environments and unwanted student behaviors. A qualitative research method is used in this research. The semi-structured interview form is developed by the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Opinions, Science Teachers, Physical Environment
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Kantavong, Pennee – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
This article investigates inclusive education practices in schools under the jurisdiction of Thai local government through a study of schools in Khon Kaen Municipality in Northeastern Thailand. Thailand's 1997 Constitution and 1999 National Education Act both legislated that the educational system must become inclusive, and under these laws…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
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Bérubé, Annie; Ruel, Julie; April, Johanne; Moreau, André C. – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Entry into school represents as much a challenge for children as it does for their parents. The authors examined the ways in which transition practices help children and their families feel prepared for school entry, as measured by the child's emotional adaptation during the first days in class and the family's sense of being prepared for this…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, School Readiness, Parent Surveys, Kindergarten
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Davin, Kristin J.; Heineke, Amy J.; Egnatz, Linda – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
The present study examined the perspectives of language administrators and teachers regarding Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) implementation. Utilizing three school districts in Illinois as case studies, this study investigated the ways in which the SoBL was implemented in each district, offering insight into what worked well in each unique school…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, School Districts, Case Studies
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Hinds, Elsa M.; Shultz, Ginger V. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
The introductory chemistry sequence is a common pathway for undergraduates pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and prehealth careers. Student's academic decision-making has far-reaching consequences for their trajectory, including persistence in the major and ultimate career choice. This phenomenon was studied using a survey…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, STEM Education
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Heindl, Manuela; Nader, Michael – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2018
The motivation to engage in a task is directly related to its perceived value according to Deci & Ryan (1985). Increasing motivation can lead to a higher enhanced learning achievement for the student. The question is if using digital technologies in inquiry-based learning lessons influences the learners' situationally perceived value of the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Student Surveys
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Yaraya, Tatyana A.; Masalimova, Alfiya R.; Vasbieva, Dinara G.; Grudtsina, Ludmila Yu. – South African Journal of Education, 2018
The relevance of the problem presented in the article is based on the implementation of the rights of learners with special educational needs for obtaining an education. They must have architectural and methodological access to education, and also benevolent, tolerant, non-judgmental attitudes towards them on the part of teachers. This phenomenon…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
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Al Meajel, Talal Mohammad; Sharadgah, Talha Abdullah – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2018
In this digital age, the success of faculty members in adopting technology definitely affects the success of their students and ultimately the educational institution. However, there are many who have not incorporated technology tools such as Blackboard into their courses. Therefore, this paper investigated faculty perceptions of barriers to using…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
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King, Matthew T.; Merrin, Gabriel J.; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Grant, Nickholas J.; Bub, Kristen L. – Exceptional Children, 2018
Research about students with disabilities and students identifying as LGBQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning) reveals that both populations report more suicidality and peer victimization and less school connectedness than do their peers. No study has previously examined the intersection of these identities with regard to peer victimization,…
Descriptors: Suicide, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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