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Impact of Culture Context on Perceptions of Arab and Jewish Early Childhood Education Students Regarding Early Childhood Education and Care
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Zimet, Gila Russo; Gilat, Itzhak – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
The study examined intuitive perceptions of early childhood education students regarding education and care of children from birth to age 3 in Jewish and Arab societies. Research included 182 education students majoring in early childhood at three Israeli colleges. Data were collected via a questionnaire covering five topics: What is the most…
Descriptors: Arabs, Jews, Early Childhood Education, Majors (Students)
The Effect of Content Representation Design Principles on Users' Intuitive Beliefs and Use of E-Learning Systems
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Al-Samarraie, Hosam; Selim, Hassan; Zaqout, Fahed – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
A model is proposed to assess the effect of different content representation design principles on learners' intuitive beliefs about using e-learning. We hypothesized that the impact of the representation of course contents is mediated by the design principles of alignment, quantity, clarity, simplicity, and affordance, which influence the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Motivation, Course Content, Intuition
Selecting a Free Web-Hosted Survey Tool for Student Use
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Elbeck, Matt – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2014
This study provides marketing educators a review of free web-based survey services and guidance for student use. A mixed methods approach started with online searches and metrics identifying 13 free web-hosted survey services, described as demonstration or project tools, and ranked using popularity and importance web-based metrics. For each…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Student Surveys, Mixed Methods Research, Undergraduate Students
When Liu Hui Meets Archimedes: Students' Epistemological and Cultural Interpretations of Mathematics
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Liu, Po-Hung – PRIMUS, 2014
The present study aimed to investigate in what way and to what extent Taiwanese college students' epistemological views of mathematics had evolved during a history-based liberal arts mathematics course titled: "When Liu Hui Meets Archimedes--Development of Eastern and Western Mathematics." The course was designed to help college students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics
Students' Alternative Conceptions of Tropical Cyclone Causes and Processes
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Lane, Rod; Coutts, Pamela – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
While Shulman argues that an important component of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is teachers' understanding of the alternative conceptions commonly held by students, relatively little is known about what students believe about many topics in the school curriculum. This paper focuses on a content area typically featured in Geography…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Geography Instruction, Natural Disasters, Weather
A Triangulated Study of Academic Language Needs of Iranian Students of Computer Engineering: Are the Courses on Track?
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Atai, Mahmood Reza; Shoja, Leila – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
Even though English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) courses constitute a significant part of the Iranian university curriculum, curriculum developers have generally developed the programs based on intuition. This study assessed the present and target situation academic language needs of undergraduate students of computer engineering. To this…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals)