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Direct linkMalm, Joakim; Bryngfors, Leif; Mörner, Lise-Lotte – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Supplemental Instruction (SI) can be an efficient way of improving student success in difficult courses. Here, a study is made on SI attached to difficult first-year engineering courses. The results show that both the percentage of students passing a difficult first-year engineering course, and scores on the course exams are considerably higher…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Supplementary Education, Educational Opportunities, College Freshmen
Vanhoof, Jan; Mahieu, Paul – Policy Futures in Education, 2013
The concept of "knowledge brokerage" focuses on promoting the integration of the best available evidence into policy and practice-related decisions. In this study, emphasis is put on the knowledge brokerage role of cities. The study aims at finding similarities and differences in existing educational knowledge brokerage initiatives, at…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Management Information Systems
Hellstrom, Tomas; Jacob, Merle; Wigren-Kristoferson, Caroline – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
The authors investigate how Third Mission activities at universities, such as the outreach and technology transfer functions, are anchored in organizational structures and practices, and discuss the implications of this relationship for the success of the activities. They draw on case studies of two Swedish university colleges to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Technology Transfer
Malm, Joakim; Bryngfors, Leif; Morner, Lise-Lotte – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
Many studies have been made on the impact of supplemental instruction in supported courses, with most showing significantly better examination results for students attending supplemental instruction in comparison to those who do not. However, remarkably little attention has been devoted to following up whether the benefits of supplemental…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Program Effectiveness, Engineering Education, Engineering
Lidstrom, Helene; Granlund, Mats; Hemmingsson, Helena – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
The aim of this study was to determine the information and communication technologies use in school activities of two groups of students with physical disabilities, comprised of those who did and those who did not use a computer-based assistive technology device (ATD) and to make a comparison with students from the general population. In addition,…
Descriptors: School Activities, Physical Disabilities, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Ferrer-Balas, D.; Adachi, J.; Banas, S.; Davidson, C. I.; Hoshikoshi, A.; Mishra, A.; Motodoa, Y.; Onga, M.; Ostwald, M. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the key aspects of transformation of universities towards sustainability, such as the ideal characteristics of the "sustainable university", and the drivers and barriers in the transformation, by comparing the strategies of seven universities world-wide. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, Comparative Analysis, Sustainable Development
Download full textMulford, Bill; Moreno, Juan Manuel – Educational Forum, The, 2006
Sustainable educational leadership--leadership which leaves a legacy that lasts beyond the leader's professional lifetime--is very much in fashion nowadays. A recent edition of this journal was devoted entirely to the topic (Hargreaves 2005a). However, it is important to ensure that, together with leadership itself, the impact of leadership is…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, History, Leadership Effectiveness
Werdelin, Ingvar – 1968
The value of using inductive and deductive methods in instructing a mathematical principle and foreign language alphabet are tested with sample groups of sixth and eighth grade students in two separate educational experiments. In both cases, the instructional methods used were--(1) instruction in principle before application to examples, (2)…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Convergent Thinking
