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Hoofs, Huub; van de Schoot, Rens; Jansen, Nicole W. H.; Kant, IJmert – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
Bayesian confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) offers an alternative to frequentist CFA based on, for example, maximum likelihood estimation for the assessment of reliability and validity of educational and psychological measures. For increasing sample sizes, however, the applicability of current fit statistics evaluating model fit within Bayesian…
Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Bayesian Statistics, Factor Analysis, Sample Size
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Yopp, Ashley; McKim, Billy R.; Moore, Lori L.; Odom, Summer F.; Hanagriff, Roger – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has often been an umbrella term for a wide range of competencies, including emotional processes, social and interpersonal skills, and cognitive regulation (Jones, Bouffard, & Weissbourd, 2013). We used the Borich (1980) needs assessment model to assess the professional development needs of Texas agricultural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Needs Assessment, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Sharma, Sujeet Kumar; Sarrab, Mohamed; Al-Shihi, Hafedh – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
The growth of Smartphone usage, increased acceptance of electronic learning (E-learning), the availability of high reliability mobile networks and need for flexibility in learning have resulted in the growth of mobile learning (M-learning). This has led to a tremendous interest in the acceptance behaviors related to M-learning users among the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Surveys
Best, Melanie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Background of Problem: Brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents. According to the Brain Injury Association of America (2015) ages 0-4 and 15-19 are the two age groups at greatest risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) or concussion. Five out of ten concussions are not reported or go undetected. The…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Brain, Death, Disabilities
Kedir, Keyredin; Geleta, Abeya – Online Submission, 2017
The main purpose of this study is to assess the degree to which transformational leadership was practiced in the technical vocational education and training institutions (TVETIs) of Ethiopia. To this end, cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The study was conducted in seven government TVET institutions selected through simple random…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Transformational Leadership, Vocational Education
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Ballouard, Jean-Marie; Mullin, Stephen J.; Ajtic, Rastko; Brito, José Carlos; ElMouden, El Hassan; Erdogan, Mehmet; Feriche, Monica; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Prokop, Pavol; Sánchez, Aida; Santos, Xavier; Slimani, Tahar; Sterijovski, Bogoljub; Tomovic, Ljiljana; Usak, Muhammet; Zuffi, Marco; Bonnet, Xavier – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Questionnaires are important tools for assessing attitudes regarding conservation issues. However, they are not easily comparable and their reliability has been insufficiently assessed. We examined factors influencing responses to open- and closed-ended questions about animal conservation to more than 600 schoolchildren (9 years old on average).…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Influences, Responses, Conservation (Environment)
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Ashraf, Hamid; Hosseinnia, Mansooreh; Domsky, Javad GH. – Cogent Education, 2017
Emotional intelligence is the capability to realize, to create, to comprehend emotions and sentimental knowledge, and to reflectively control emotions and to improve emotional and mental growth. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between EFL teachers' commitment to professional ethics and their emotional intelligence. To…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chen, Chung-Ling; Tsai, Chen-Hao – Environmental Education Research, 2016
University students are regarded as future decision-makers in society and have a high likelihood of becoming opinion-shapers in terms of the environment. Their awareness of the marine environment will therefore have a significant effect upon sustainable marine development. This study examines Taiwanese university students' marine environmental…
Descriptors: Marine Biology, Asians, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Genvieve, Nasimiyu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
There has been a concern about the quality of school teachers being prepared at the university especially in pedagogy. The main objective of the study was to investigate the preparation of teacher-trainees in pedagogy in Kenyan universities.The theoretical framework of the study was based on Shulman's concept of pedagogical content knowledge. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Törmänen, Juha; Hämäläinen, Raimo P.; Saarinen, Esa – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: Systems intelligence (SI) (Saarinen and Hämäläinen, 2004) is a construct defined as a person's ability to act intelligently within complex systems involving interaction and feedback. SI relates to our ability to act in systems and reason about systems to adaptively carry out productive actions within and with respect to systems such as…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires, Sample Size
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Inegbedion, Juliet O.; Adu, Folorunso I.; Ofulue, Christine Y. – Open Praxis, 2016
This paper presents a study conducted by Inegbedion, Adu and Ofulue from the National Open University of Nigeria. The study focused on the quality of access (admission and registration) at NOUN from a student perspective. A survey design was used for the study while a multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the sample size. All the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Questionnaires, Sample Size, Open Universities
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Farooq, Muhammad Shoaib; Salam, Maimoona; Jaafar, Norizan; Fayolle, Alain; Ayupp, Kartinah; Radovic-Markovic, Mirjana; Sajid, Ali – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: Adoption of latest technological advancements (e.g. lecture capture system) is a hallmark of market-driven private universities. Among many other distinguishing features, lecture capture system (LCS) is the one which is being offered to enhance the flexibility of learning environment for attracting executive business students. Majority of…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Business Administration Education, Technological Advancement, Educational Cooperation
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Fawcett, Hannah; Oldfield, Jeremy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Previous research suggests that audio feedback may be an important mechanism for facilitating effective and timely assignment feedback. The present study examined expectations and experiences of audio and written feedback provided through "turnitin for iPad®" from students within the same cohort and assignment. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Feedback (Response), Computer Software, Written Language
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Feyisa, Dessalegn; Ferede, Bekalu; Amsale, Frew – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The school principal's role in determining the academic achievement of students has been an agenda of controversy among scholars in the field of educational leadership. Several studies, have been carried out, over the years, to resolve this controversy. However, the findings so far have not produced consistent outcomes pointing to the need for…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Usen, Onodiong Mfreke – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study examined the relationship between teachers' utilization of school facilities and academic achievement of student nurses in Human Biology in schools of Nursing in Akwa Ibom State. Four (4) specific objectives, four (4) research questions and four (4) null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Ex-post facto survey design was…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Academic Achievement, Nursing Students, Nursing Education
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