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Jian, Yuheng Helen; Javaad, Sohail Syed; Golab, Lukasz – Informatics in Education, 2016
In this paper, we take a new look at the problem of analyzing course evaluations. We examine ten years of undergraduate course evaluations from a large Engineering faculty. To the best of our knowledge, our data set is an order of magnitude larger than those used by previous work on this topic, at over 250,000 student evaluations of over 5,000…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Data Collection
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Gray, Geraldine; McGuinness, Colm; Owende, Philip; Hofmann, Markus – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2016
This paper reports on a study to predict students at risk of failing based on data available prior to commencement of first year. The study was conducted over three years, 2010 to 2012, on a student population from a range of academic disciplines, n=1,207. Data was gathered from both student enrollment data and an online, self-reporting,…
Descriptors: Prediction, At Risk Students, Academic Failure, College Freshmen
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Murnaghan, Donna; Morrison, William; Laurence, Courtney; Bell, Brandi – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: As youth struggle with anxiety and depression, promoting positive mental fitness is a primary concern. Canadian school-based mental health programs that focus on positive psychology and positive mental health initiatives emphasize safe and supportive environments, student engagement, resilience, and self-determination. This study…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Student Characteristics
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White, Katherine M.; O'Connor, Erin L.; Hamilton, Kyra – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Background: Although class attendance is linked to academic performance, questions remain about what determines students' decisions to attend or miss class. Aims: In addition to the constructs of a common decision-making model, the theory of planned behaviour, the present study examined the influence of student role identity and university student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Maintenance, Correlation, Academic Achievement
Maryland State Dept. of Employment and Social Services, Baltimore. Employment Security Administration.
The results of a Manpower Needs Survey Conducted to discover the job opportunities available in two Maryland counties for the trainee or graduate of a community college is presented. The information presented was obtained from employers in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties who were mailed questionnaires in February 1971. The sample of firms…
Descriptors: Business, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Educational Needs
Lemon, Nigel – 1973
The aim of attitude measurement is to derive indices of socially significant behavior. It is therefore necessary to broaden the basis of measurement to include data derived from a variety of sources. The widening gulf between the increasing sophistication of measurement and the relatively crude conceptualizations on which it is based is likely…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Data Collection, Interviews
Cohen, Allan S.; And Others – 1973
This paper presents the description and several applications of a model which can be used to determine how long a researcher must wait for the return of completed mail questionnaires to be sure the data collected reflect the true values of the parameters of interest. This model proposes to fit two linear time trend lines to a set of mailed…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Certification, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Richardson Foundation, Greensboro, NC. Creativity Research Inst. – 1965
A "Research Conference on the Use of Autobiographical Data as Psychological Predictors" brought together 15 research psychologists to discuss means of maximizing the use of autobiographical instruments. The purposes of the conference were to: (1) reveal experiences, statistical data, and psychological insights developed through research and the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Conference Reports, Data Collection, Prediction
Chapman, Warren; And Others – 1977
The computer-based System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) was field tested and evaluated at five community colleges and one university. Developed by Educational Testing Service, SIGI assists students in the process of informed and rational career decision making. These appendices to the final evaluation report contain the manuals…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Guidance, Career Planning, College Students
Packard, John S.; And Others – 1976
This is an interim report of the longitudinal research presently being conducted by the staff of the Management Implications of Team Teaching (MITT) Project. The MITT Project examines a fundamental change in the organization of the instructional staff of the American elementary school generally referred to as team teaching or team organization.…
Descriptors: Administration, Adoption (Ideas), Communication (Thought Transfer), Data Collection