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Liu, Jun – English Language Teaching, 2022
Based on the theory of Synergistic Leadership (Irby et al., 2002), as well as the Framework for 21st Century Learning (P21, 2019) and related research, this research applied mixed methods with questionnaire surveys and interviews to propose the supporting leadership factors for the mastery of core competencies for College English (CE) learners in…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Liang, Yaqing; Li, Yanzhi; Sang, Zhonggang – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
This study investigated how peer-mediated Dynamic Assessment (DA) unfolded in translation revision competence (TRC) of students of Master's degree of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) in China. Thirty subjects first completed three revision tasks and were then rated as high- or low-level performers according to their average scores across the…
Descriptors: Translation, Student Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition)
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Hellberg, Samantha N.; Ladis, Ilana E.; Shepherd, Caitlin B. – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: To conduct a pilot test of the validity of using empirically derived personality types to characterize eating disorder (ED) risk in college students and resolve discrepancies regarding the role of perfectionism and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. Participants: Man and woman undergraduate students (N = 169) at a small,…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Personality Traits, Risk, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Walker, John – TESL Canada Journal, 2015
In a marketized environment, ESL providers, in common with other postcompulsory educational institutions, canvass student satisfaction with their services. While the predominant method is likely to be based on tick-box questionnaires using Likert scales that measure degrees of satisfaction, qualitative methodology is an option when rich data is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Christ, Thomas W.; Elmetaher, Hosam – Research in the Schools, 2012
Teaching mixed methods and action research to graduate students has great advantages but also poses interesting challenges. The purpose of this article is to make transparent the process by which a mixed methods research instructor helped inform a student-researcher of the limitations in a pilot study that was compromised by methodology, including…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Mixed Methods Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Monroe, Kristen Renwick – Academe, 2006
Prejudice and discrimination are ugly cousins, haunting humankind like the evil fairy who appears unbidden to curse the young princess. Is education the good fairy, bestowing tools to overcome this curse? A course the author taught in winter 2006 at the University of California, Irvine--one of the most ethnically diverse campuses in the United…
Descriptors: Empathy, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, Pilot Projects
Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1995
Two computer-based categorization tasks were developed and pilot tested. In study 1, the task asked examinees to sort mathematical word problem stems according to prototypes. Results with 9 faculty members and 107 undergraduates showed that those who sorted well tended to have higher Graduate Record Examination General Test scores and college…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Classification, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers