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Eskicioglu, Yeser Eroglu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
According to the National Disabled People Data Base within Ministry of Family and Social Policies (Ă–zveri), there are 1.559.222 disabled people in Turkey. If this rate would be linked to the families of the disabled people, the number of people who spend time with disabled individuals would increase to 10 million. This number corresponds to 12.5%…
Descriptors: Action Research, Barriers, Educational Change, Adapted Physical Education
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Lundstrom, Kacy; Martin, Pamela; Cochran, Dory – College & Research Libraries, 2016
This study explores the relationship between course grades and sequenced library instruction interventions throughout psychology students' curriculum. Researchers conducted this study to inform decisions about sustaining and improving program integrations for first- and second-year composition courses and to improve discipline-level integrations.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Grades (Scholastic), Library Instruction, Psychology
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Littlefield, Robert S.; Rick, Jessica M.; Currie-Mueller, Jenna L. – Journal of General Education, 2016
This study explored the intersection between service learning and general education outcomes through the self-reported perceptions of 382 college students participating in an intercultural communication course that satisfied the general education requirement at a midsized Upper Plains research university for studying cultural diversity. The data…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Service Learning, General Education, Outcomes of Education
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Rahayu, Endang Yuliani; Februariyanti, Herni – English Language Teaching, 2015
The current study reports a two-year research project funded by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia through a competitive research scheme. The aim is basically to respond to the fact most university students have very low interests in reading activities, such as finding out important information for their term papers as assigned by the…
Descriptors: Reading Interests, Reading Tests, Online Courses, Program Implementation
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King, Brian W. – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
This study explores the writing of Wikipedia articles as a form of authentic writing for learners of English in Hong Kong. Adopting "Second Language Socialization and Language Learning & Identity" approaches to language learning inquiry, it responds to an identified shortage of research on computer-mediated language socialization.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing
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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
This study aimed to identify the attributes that students and tutors associated with effective PBL problems, and assess the extent to which these attributes related to the actual effectiveness of problems. To this end, students and tutors in focus groups were asked to discuss about possible attributes of effective problems. The same participants…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Problem Based Learning, Tutors, Teaching Methods
Starling, Tina T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This comparative study examined discourse and opportunities for interaction in two mathematics education methods classes, one face-to-face and one synchronous, online. Due to the content taught in the course, this study also sought to determine prospective mathematics teachers' understanding of variability and the role of discourse in each…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Assignments, Video Technology, Comparative Analysis