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Azzolini, Davide; Marzadro, Sonia; Rettore, Enrico; Engelhardt, Katja; Hertz, Benjamin; Wastiau, Patricia – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Online courses have become an increasingly attractive format for delivering teacher training. However, the low retention rates are a critical and still unsolved issue. This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial aimed at testing the impact of a personalized support model on teachers' retention in online training courses. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary School Teachers, Student Teachers
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Davide Azzolini; Katja Engelhardt; Benjamin Hertz; Sonia Marzadro; Enrico Rettore; Patricia Wastiau – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background/Context: Online training has become an increasingly attractive alternative to traditional training (Laurillard 2016; Castaño-Muñoz et al. 2018). The online delivery of training allows overcoming geographical barriers and reaching higher numbers of participants in a flexible way and at reduced cost. Online training also offers higher…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Online Courses, Randomized Controlled Trials, Foreign Countries
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Escera, Carles; López-Caballero, Fran; Gorina-Careta, Natàlia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to run a proof of concept on a new commercially available device, Forbrain® (Sound For Life Ltd/Soundev, Luxemburg, model UN38.3), to test whether it can modulate the speech of its users. Method: Participants were instructed to read aloud a text of their choice during 3 experimental phases: baseline, test,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Speech Communication, Assistive Technology, Statistical Analysis
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Ruiz-Ariza, Alberto; Suárez-Manzano, Sara; López-Serrano, Sebastián; Martínez-López, Emilio J. – European Physical Education Review, 2019
Evidence suggests that moderate physical activity (PA) positively relates to creativity and emotional intelligence (EI) in adolescents. However, it is unknown whether cooperative PA (physical exercises in pairs or small groups to enhance motivation, self-efficacy, and pro-social behaviours), performed over less time but at higher intensity, could…
Descriptors: Creativity, Emotional Intelligence, Adolescents, Secondary School Students
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Rubio-Valera, Maria; Aznar-Lou, Ignacio; Vives-Collet, Mireia; Fernández, Ana; Gil-Girbau, Montserrat; Serrano-Blanco, Antoni – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a social contact and education intervention to improve attitudes to mental illness in first-year social work students. This was a 3-month cluster randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms: intervention (87) and control group (79). The intervention was a workshop led by an OBERTAMENT…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Social Bias, Intervention
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Fouz-González, Jonás – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This paper presents the results of a study aimed at exploring the possibilities Twitter offers for pronunciation instruction. It investigates the potential of a Twitter-based approach based on explicit instruction and input enhancement techniques to help English Foreing Language (EFL) learners improve their pronunciation of segmental and…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Social Media, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)