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Samsa, Gregory – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
Objective: In a Statistical Analysis System (SAS) coding interview, job applicants are typically presented with data management and data analysis problems and asked to solve them using the programming language of SAS. Interviewers not only assess technical competence, but also algorithm design and more generally how applicants approach computer…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Interviews, Masters Programs
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Asamoah, Moses Kumi; Oheneba-Sakyi, Yaw – Africa Education Review, 2017
This study describes how a professor-instructor of a Master of Arts (MA) programme in Contemporary Issues in an Adult Education classroom applied constructivist tenets to address an ICT-mediated teaching and learning class. The study provides an analysis of the professor's constructivist pedagogical approach in designing curriculum, engaging in…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Masters Programs, Universities, Foreign Countries
Michalak, Megan B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The demand for master's level counseling scholarship is on the rise as a call for evidenced based practices persist (Benishek, 1998; Briggs & Pehrsson, 2008; Huber & Savage, 2009). Although there is a demand to increase the amount of counseling produced scholarship, little examination exists regarding how the profession can begin to…
Descriptors: Counselor Educators, Counselor Training, Scholarship, Grounded Theory
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Trumper, Ricardo; Eldar, Osnat – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This study reports the effect of teachers' professional development in a two-year MEd program of High School Science Education, held from October 2010 until March 2012. Twelve out of the 33 teachers enrolled in the program participated in the study. The main research questions were: what are the teachers' perceptions of their own work and teaching…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Faculty Development, Masters Programs, High Schools
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Zhang, Zuochen; Kenny, Richard F. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
This case study explores the learning experiences of three international students who were enrolled in an online master's program offered by a large university in Canada. The aim of the study was to understand the international students' experiences with, and perspectives on, the online learning environment. Findings indicate that previous…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Cues, Distance Education
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Melrose, Sherri; Bergeron, Kim – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Instructional immediacy is an established communication strategy that teachers can implement to create engaging learning environments. Yet, little is known about experiences distance education learners in graduate study programs have had with immediacy. This article presents findings from a qualitative research project designed to explore…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Communication Strategies, Graduate Study, Student Attitudes