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Susan Geertshuis; Rob Wass; Qian Liu – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Educators are responsible for developing generic graduate capabilities, but the theoretical justification for teaching techniques is infrequently articulated. This conceptual paper aims to provide theory-informed principles to guide teaching practice in developing future-focused generic capabilities. The paper describes future-focused generic…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Employment Potential
Georgia Hyde-Dryden; Emma Andersen; Bethan Peach; Nikki Luke; Bonnie Butler; Alice McDowell; Alun Rees; Andrew Brown; Judy Sebba; Leon Feinstein – UK Department for Education, 2024
From October 2021, the government introduced a pilot in 30 local authorities to support 16 to 18-year-old children looked-after (CLA) and care leavers (CLs) in general further education (FE) colleges through the extension of Pupil Premium Plus funding to post-16 (PP+ Post-16). The 6-month pilot was completed between autumn 2021 and spring 20221 ,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Longitudinal Studies, Postsecondary Education
Muammar, Omar M. – Gifted Education International, 2023
This study assessed the impact of Mawhiba-IAU (an innovative gifted summer program in Saudi Arabia to prepare gifted students to thrive in an innovation-based economy) on students' achievement, soft skills, and satisfaction. The convenience sample consisted of three datasets of gifted students for the various research questions. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Summer Programs
Lake, Danielle; Lowen, Aaron; Moretto, Kristin; Youker, Brandon W. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2021
This study examines the post-course impact of community-based learning (CBL) on undergraduate students enrolled in a CBL course from one of four undergraduate degree programs at a large, public university. Mixed methods analysis of survey and interview data show that CBL experiences supported holistic development for students, including in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Student Development
Shanette C. Porter; C. Kirabo Jackson; Sebastián Kiguel; John Q. Easton – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2023
Evidence in psychology and economics has converged on an understanding of what matters for students' learning and what influences their life trajectories. While earlier work focused on the role of large scale assessment test scores, more recent research emphasizes the importance of socioemotional skills, experiences, and mindsets--such as conflict…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Development, Educational Attainment, Grade 8
Lau, Ka Hing; Snell, Robin Stanley – Metropolitan Universities, 2021
Service-learning was introduced into Hong Kong over a decade ago, yet there is a research gap about the self-perceived developmental outcomes for students, partly due to the lack of a reliable measurement instrument across course disciplines and types of service-learning. This study validated a recently created Service-Learning Outcomes…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Measures (Individuals), Factor Structure
Woods, David M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2020
This paper explores how goal-setting activities in a course were used to promote a growth mindset in students. Research shows many benefits for students with a growth mindset that emphasizes learning and addressing challenges by focusing on effort and process rather than judgments about success or ability. Activities designed to prompt students to…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Assignments, Learning Activities, Skill Development
Asfeldt, Morten; Takano, Takako – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2020
Outdoor adventure education (OAE) and study abroad share many epistemological and pedagogical foundations and have been on parallel tracks for many years yet rarely intersect. This paper has two goals: (a) to invite study abroad researchers and practitioners to consider findings and practices from OAE to further enhance study abroad, and (b) to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Study Abroad
Skaniakos, Terhi; Honkimäki, Sanna; Kallio, Eeva; Nissinen, Kari; Tynjälä, Päivi – European Journal of Higher Education, 2019
In recent decades, the massification and diversification of higher education have generated new challenges for the guidance of university students. The present study focuses on students' experiences of guidance in relation to their study progress and perceptions of their learning outcomes. The data (n = 4916) were collected from 2010-2013 through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Study Habits, Guidance
Westwick, Johua N.; Hunter, Karla M.; Kleinijan, Barbara A. – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2019
This case study examines the effectiveness of a formative assessment intervention in an honors section of a basic public speaking course. Previous research has found significantly higher levels of public speaking anxiety among honors students than among non-honors students and has therefore identified them as a population at risk for high public…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Communication Skills, Honors Curriculum
Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Yeung, Nai Chi Jonathan – Educational Psychology, 2020
In response to the global imperative of nurturing all-round students, educational institutions and schools worldwide have been developing learning activities targeting holistic competency development of students. However, there have been resistance and challenges on how to develop such competencies. Extending the Presage-Process-Product (3P)…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Holistic Approach, Structural Equation Models
Chang, Seung Ho; Ward, Phillip; Goodway, Jacqueline D. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: Recent studies have found the effects of improvements in teachers' content knowledge (CK) on enacted pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and student learning outcomes. However, there is little research exploring the relationship between PCK and student learning in an individual fundamental motor skill-based elementary physical…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Faculty Development, Workshops, Psychomotor Skills
Goodwin, Catlin M.; McKim, Aaron J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
Student engagement in Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) offer tremendous opportunities for content learning, leadership development, and career preparation. Included in the scope of CTSOs are skills contests, competitions designed to test student knowledge and skills within respective content areas. Within school-based…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Career Development, Leadership Training, Agricultural Education
Nichols, Malachi – Journal of School Choice, 2017
With the introduction of school choice as a viable option of school reform, researchers have begun to look beyond academic achievement to the effects of choice on alternative outcomes. Recently, non-cognitive skills and behavior stand at the front of those alternative outcomes. From the most up to date relevant literature it appears that school…
Descriptors: School Choice, Outcomes of Education, Literature Reviews, Student Behavior
Devaney, Elizabeth – American Institutes for Research, 2015
During the past 20 years, the afterschool field has been held accountable in varying ways--first, on the ability to provide safe places for young people to spend time while their parents work; then, on success in helping to improve participants' academic achievement as a supplement to the school day. Today, measuring success in afterschool…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Socialization, Emotional Development, Definitions