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Ofodu, Graceful Onovughe – English Language Teaching, 2012
Learning in the twenty-first century demands learning skills, strategies and utilizing resources which learners can deploy when they leave the school environment. The paper investigates the instructional strategies and resources employed by teachers in teaching and learning English Studies at the basic level of Nigeria's educational system. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Nejad, Bahareh Azizi; Abbaszadeh, Mir Mohammad Seiied; Hassani, Mohammad; Bernousi, Iraj – International Education Studies, 2012
Learning organization and entrepreneurship are the most important issues that are focused on different themes in management. The purpose of present research was to study the relationship between learning organization elements and entrepreneurship among academic faculty members of the West Azarbaijan State Universities. The research method was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Universities, Organizational Culture
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Calik, Temel; Sezgin, Ferudun; Kavgaci, Hasan; Cagatay Kilinc, Ali – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between school principals' instructional leadership behaviors and self-efficacy of teachers and collective teacher efficacy. In this regard, a model based on hypotheses was designed to determine the relationships among variables. The study sample consisted of 328 classroom and branch…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Measures (Individuals), Elementary Schools
Hernandez, Esteban F. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of in-situational coaching on the reading success of English Language Learners. This study was conducted using a quantitative research design to analyze summative assessment data related to the reading success of English Language Learners in a sample from an identified population.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Reading Instruction, English Language Learners, Statistical Analysis
Ohuakanwa, Chijioke Ephraim; Omeje, Joachim Chinweike; Eskay, Michael – Online Submission, 2012
The study sought to investigate the relationship between pornography addiction and psychosocial and academic adjustment of students in universities in Lagos State. In order to achieve this objective, five research questions were formulated and two hypotheses postulated. The subjects for the study consisted of 616 full-time third-year undergraduate…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students, Pornography
Thomas, Dominique L.; Smith, Chauncey D.; Marks, Bryant T.; Crosby, Brandon – Online Submission, 2012
Social identity theory maintains that one's self-concept is partially determined by the social groups to which the individual belongs. Using this as a theoretical framework, this study examined the relationship between multiple dimensions of institutional identity and self-esteem in 411 Black male college freshmen. It was hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Identification (Psychology), African American Students, Males
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Davies, Michelle; Gilston, Jennifer; Rogers, Paul – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The relationship between male rape myth acceptance, female rape myth acceptance, attitudes toward gay men, a series of gender role and sexism measures, victim blame and assault severity were investigated. It was predicted that men would display more negative, stereotypical attitudes than women and that male rape myth endorsement would be related…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Misconceptions, Males, Rape
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Conard-Salvo, Tammy; Spartz, John M. – Writing Center Journal, 2012
This is a story of a failed study. In 2007, the authors set out to demonstrate that Kurzweil 3000, an adaptive text-to-speech software program, would help any student revise with its read-aloud function and numerous writing tools. During the course of the study, the authors confronted their misconceptions about students' technology use and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Laboratories
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de Carvalho, Cynthia Paes – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
This article discusses the relationship of students with learning and the university in the context of current challenges to vocational education and economic development. Inspired by the research of Pierre Bourdieu, this case study focuses on the relationship of students to learning and the university in Brazil. The survey gathered elements that…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
Ice, Phil; Diaz, Sebastian; Swan, Karen; Burgess, Melissa; Sharkey, Mike; Sherrill, Jonathan; Huston, Dan; Okimoto, Hae – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Despite high enrollment numbers, postsecondary completion rates have generally remained unchanged for the past 30 years and half of these students do not attain a degree within six years of initial enrollment. Although online learning has provided students with a convenient alternative to face-to-face instruction, there remain significant…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Institutions, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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Pardini, Dustin; Stepp, Stephanie; Hipwell, Alison; Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda; Loeber, Rolf – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: A callous-unemotional (CU) subtype of conduct disorder (CD) has been proposed as an addition to the fifth edition of the "Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)." This study tested the hypothesis that young girls with the CU subtype of CD would exhibit more severe antisocial behavior and less severe internalizing…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Antisocial Behavior, Females, Mental Disorders
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Nas, Kazim; Temel, Veysel; Akpinar, Selahattin; Akpinar, Oznur – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
The aim of this study is to show whether sport has an effect on education/academic success and social, mental and physical development or not. The search involves 160 students studying at Physical Education and Sports High School at Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University. Graded quintet likert type questionnaire was used as a measuring means. The first…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Measures (Individuals), Physical Development, Intellectual Development
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Ryker, Randy; Viosca, Chuck; Lawrence, Shari; Kleen, Betty – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
The rapidly growing social phenomenon of texting has attracted researchers from diverse disciplines who seek to study its effects. Texting typically involves the use of abbreviations and other shortcuts to craft cell phone messages. Collectively, these abbreviations and shortcuts are referred to as "text speak." The authors observe that…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Computer Mediated Communication, Mnemonics
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Tasman, Fridgo; den Hertog, Jaap; Zulkardi; Hartono, Yusuf – Indonesian Mathematical Society Journal on Mathematics Education, 2011
Usually, multiplication is introduced to students to represent quantities that come in groups. However there is also rectangular array model which is also related to multiplication. Barmby et al. (2009) has shown that the rectangular model such as array representations encourage students to develop their thinking about multiplication as a binary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
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Shuster, George F.; Pearl, Mona – International Education Studies, 2011
Computer competency is crucial to student success in higher education. Assessment of student knowledge related to specific computer competencies can provide faculty with important information about the strengths and weaknesses of their students' computer competency skills. The purpose of this study was to identify the competency level of two…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Higher Education, Competence, Nursing Students
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