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Nnodum, B. I.; Ugwuegbulam, C. N.; Agbaenyi, I. G. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study is a descriptive survey that investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and conflict resolution repertoire of couples in tertiary institutions. A sample of 250 married people were drawn from the population of couples in tertiary institutions in Imo State. Two researcher made and validated instruments were used in…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Resolution, Marriage, Foreign Countries
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Skolnik, Michael L. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
Although the literature on institutional diversity suggests that quality assurance practices could affect institutional diversity, there has been little empirical research on this relationship. This article seeks to shed some light on the possible connection between quality assurance practices and institutional diversity by examining the…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Diversity (Institutional), Research
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Chandrasekera, Tilanka; Yoon, So-Yeon – Design and Technology Education, 2018
Research has shown that user characteristics such as preference for using an interface can result in effective use of the interface. Research has also suggested that there is a relationship between learner preference and creativity. This study uses the VARK learning styles inventory to assess students learning style then explores how this learning…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cognitive Style
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Robinson, Peter M. – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
Surface approaches to learning materials and tasks are a commonplace challenge to teachers, and they prove difficult to shift, even among students who are otherwise talented or motivated to learn. The present study investigates a theory that surface approaches are triggered by a suboptimal, aversive response to learning stimuli, which overrides…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
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Akman, Ibrahim; Turhan, Cigdem – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This study aims to explore the users' behaviour and acceptance of social media for learning in higher educational institutions with the help of the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). TAM has been extended to investigate how ethical and security awareness of users affect the actual usage of social learning applications. For this purpose, a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Social Media, Structural Equation Models
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Davison, Christopher B.; Dustova, Gandzhina – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2017
This research study describes the correlations between student performance and examination format in a higher education teaching and research institution. The researchers employed a quantitative, correlational methodology utilizing linear regression analysis. The data was obtained from undergraduate student test scores over a three-year time span.…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Performance Based Assessment, Correlation, Higher Education
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Offstein, Evan H.; Chory, Rebecca M. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
The present study examines instructors' attempts to increase student satisfaction through what we predict to be destructive communication tactics. Results indicate that business majors reported being more likely to engage in incivility and academic dishonesty in courses taught by professors who attempted to gain student favor through gossiping,…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Ethics, Correlation
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Loftus, Joseph; Price, Keith – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2016
This quantitative study utilized Richard H. Hall's attitudinal attributes of a professional using a Likert scale. The survey was administered to officers in two similar mid-sized police departments. The first agency had 650 officers, while the second had 350 officers. Agency One requires all applicants to possess a bachelor's degree, while Agency…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Likert Scales, Police, Eligibility
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Zhao, Hong – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2016
The importance of self-regulation in e-learning has been well noted in research. Relevant studies have shown a consistent positive correlation between learners' self-regulation and their success rate in e-learning. Increasing attention has been paid to developing learners' self-regulated abilities in e-learning. For students, what and how to learn…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries
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Ismail, Roqia; Ali, Muhammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The basic purpose of the study was to explore the influence of workplace incivility on the total quality management practices implementation in higher education institutes of balochistan. The data was collected through questionnaire and the sample size of the study was 381. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire was checked through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Antisocial Behavior, Barriers
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Khoshlessan, Rezvan; Das, Kumer Pial – Journal of International Students, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore international students' study anxiety in a mid-sized public four-year university in Southeast Texas by comparing their existing study anxiety along lines of nationality, gender, age, major, degree, and stage of education. The subjects were selected using a convenience sample during the Spring of 2013. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Anxiety, Statistical Significance
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Cadez, Simon; Dimovski, Vlado; Zaman Groff, Maja – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The workload of most academics involves two main activities: research and teaching. Despite the dual nature of the work, career advancement usually chiefly depends on research performance. Since academics are rational actors, warnings are beginning to emerge that current predominantly research-based performance evaluation systems may be…
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, College Faculty, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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Yildiz, Suleyman M. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Due to their important roles in organizational performance, internal marketing and organizational citizenship behavior have become more interesting subjects among researchers and practitioners. However, empirical research is limited in the literature, and the relationship between these two variables in higher educational institutions is not clear.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, Marketing
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Lang, Tim – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that there are correlations between campus sustainability initiatives and environmental performance, as measured by resource consumption and waste generation performance metrics. Institutions of higher education would like to imply that their campus sustainability initiatives are good…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Climate, Wastes, Energy Conservation
Zabaneh, Louis Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The current unprecedented level of college student debt in the United States at over $1.4 trillion (Federal Reserve, 2017) is of major concern for all who desire to improve higher education, income and social inequality, and the general welfare of society. This study's purpose is both theoretical and empirical: first, to develop and propose the…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Paying for College, Educational Attainment, Higher Education
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