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Saidy, Awa K. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The unprecedented increase in the number of students enrolled in colleges and universities in Africa coupled with growing unemployment and underemployment of higher education graduates calls for a comprehensive and in-depth inquiry into the quality of higher education for the entire continent. The purpose of this study is to identify factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Birth Rate
Horton, Christan O. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Pregnancy is relatively a distinct research area given the perception of positive lifestyles mothers follow during their pregnancy. While the assumption may have validity, complications do occur during pregnancy and childbirth. It is predicted that every 4.5 minutes an infant is born with a birth defect, and, on average, 1 in 33 infants are born…
Descriptors: Mothers, Empowerment, Adjustment (to Environment), Trauma
DiGiacomo, Pat – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A recurring theme in the literature is that simulation is a positive teaching strategy when compared to other methods of instruction and produces positive student outcomes (Jefferies, 2016). Simulation provides educators a way to reproduce a clinical teaching experience in a safe, supportive learning environment. The purpose of this quantitative…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Education, Case Studies
Tracy Wells – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine how the behavioral patterns and dispositions of children with middle child syndrome (MCS) and middle school students are interrelated. Therefore, the hypothesis was to show that middle school children have similar characteristics to children with MCS. Research proved that this hypothesis was correct. The…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Educational Environment, Birth Order
Alanizi, Faris Mayoof Mokheimer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between academic achievement and parenting styles among Saudi college students. The participants in this study consisted of 349 male and 219 female college students, whose age ranged from 18-25 years. The instruments for the current study were: (a) an Arabic translation of the Revised Parental…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Structural Equation Models, Family Size