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Ahlam Mustafa Hasan Awajneh; Suhair Sulaiman Mohammed Sabbah; Inas Aref Saleh Naser – World Journal of Education, 2017
The study aims to recognizing the concepts of knowledge economy and the roles of faculty members in the light of knowledge economy from the perspectives of its members, it was clear that the concept of the knowledge economy was high, it was (2.7,) and there were differences in years of experience in favor of (1-5 years) class, and in favor of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Economy, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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Savic, Mirko; Kresoja, Milena – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
The positive side of employment during studies is the increase of net investments in human capital. The main objective of this paper is to discover factors influencing the work of students in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro and to compare students' employment in these three Western Balkan countries. Quantitative analysis based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, College Students, Student Employment
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Kinnear, Sydney H.; Link, Bruce G.; Ballan, Michelle S.; Fischbach, Ruth L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Stigma is widely perceived in the lives of families with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) yet large, systematic studies have not been undertaken. Following Link and Phelan's ("Ann Rev Sociol" 27:363-385, 2001) model, this study of 502 Simons Simplex Collection families details how different factors contribute to stigma and how each appears…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Bias, Negative Attitudes
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DeLaRosby, Hal R. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2017
Academic advising satisfaction is highly correlated with retention in higher education. Thriving Quotient survey responses were collected from undergraduate students at a private, liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest. Using a multiple regression analysis, this study examined what "student characteristics" and "collegiate…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Academic Advising, School Holding Power, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Birch, Paul James; White, Joseph M.; Fellows, Kaylene – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Evaluations of a large federally funded sexual risk avoidance education (SRAE) efforts in the USA have not been widely reported in the wake of funding cuts. The purpose of this study is to report results from a broad set of programmes to demonstrate the breadth of field effectiveness of these programmes. Twenty-seven separate community-based SRAE…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Prevention, Program Evaluation
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Karakaya, Ferhat; Yilmaz, Mehmet – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2017
The purpose of the present research is to determine science teachers' and biology teachers' awareness levels of environmental ethics in relation to different variables. The "Environmental Ethics Awareness Scale" developed by Özer and Keles (2016) was used in the research. The research is consisted of 237 people, including 130 science…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Ethics, Familiarity
Vickers, Tracy Simone – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The economic value of international students to higher education had become important and global competition to attract and retain these lucrative students was fierce. In British Columbia, educational goals were set to ensure that all students receive quality learning experiences and provide maximum economic benefit. Cultural values affect…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
Bussen, Jennifer A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Every nursing program wants its graduates to pass the NCLEX-RN licensure examination the first time they take it. For those who fail, entry into practice is delayed until they can pass the NCLEX-RN. The nursing programs that graduated students who fail may experience a loss of reputation, decreased numbers of potential applicants, and, ultimately,…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Barriers, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests
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Yavuz, Mehmet – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
In this study, the job satisfaction levels of teachers working with individuals in need of special education were examined with regard to certain variables. General survey model was used in the study and the study group of this research was comprised of teachers from all over Turkey who work at special education schools, integration and special…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Special Needs Students, Predictor Variables, Online Surveys
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Owens, Jennifer; Lilly, Flavius – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
There is a paucity of research on the digital literacy of graduate-level students. The study examined whether academic discipline, age, gender, race, parental education, international status, GPA, and self-perceived skills is associated with web-use skills among this population. Hargittai and Hsieh's 27-item Web-use Skills Index was used to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Gender Differences, Intellectual Disciplines, Influences
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Rajovic, Ranko; Gojkov-Rajic, Aleksandra; Stojanovic, Aleksandar – Research in Pedagogy, 2017
The paper presents a part of the findings of an evaluation study which is experimental in character and in which the experiment with one group was used as a method. The subject and problem relate to the observation of the effects of the project "Smart Children Network-SMART", code: 1286, which is based on the NTC learning system with the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Critical Thinking
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González, Antonio; Fernández, María-Victoria Carrera; Paoloni, Paola-Verónica – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Recent research on achievement in science asserts that motivation, emotion, and metacognition are important driving forces for learning. This study sought to examine the relationships between two physics class emotions (hope and anxiety), their motivational predictors (instrumentality and self-efficacy), and their effects on metacognitive problem…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Physics, Learning Motivation
Muckridge, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine adult developmental mathematics (ADM) students' knowledge of fraction addition and subtraction as it relates to their demonstrated fraction schemes and ability to disembed in multiplicative contexts with whole numbers. The study was conducted using a mixed methods sequential explanatory design. In the first…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Education, Knowledge Level
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Connolly, Eric J.; Beaver, Kevin M. – Child Development, 2015
Few studies have examined the relation between maternal caloric intake during pregnancy and growth in child academic achievement while controlling for important confounding influences. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the current study examined the effects of reduced prenatal caloric intake on growth in scores on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Young Children, Preadolescents, Adolescents
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Tawarah, Haroon Mohammed – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study aimed to evaluate the practices of Shobak University College applied in classroom management from the perspective of the students. The study sample consisted of (88) students from Shobak University College, (33) males and (55) females, for the academic year 2014/2015, and to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Questionnaires, Statistical Significance
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