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Berezovska, Liudmyla I.; Kondratska, Galyna D.; Zarytska, Anna A.; Volkova, Kateryna S.; Matsevko, Taras M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This article sets sights on highlighting the effectiveness and efficiency of higher and vocational education and training, as well as exploring ways to address and implement the current reform agenda in the field. The research was conducted on the basis of a generalizing and comparative method, to identify the problems and development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Vocational Education
Anglin, Kylie; Boguslav, Arielle; Hall, Todd – Grantee Submission, 2020
Text classification has allowed researchers to analyze natural language data at a previously impossible scale. However, a text classifier is only as valid as the the annotations on which it was trained. Further, the cost of training a classifier depends on annotators' ability to quickly and accurately apply the coding scheme to each text. Thus,…
Descriptors: Documentation, Natural Language Processing, Classification, Research Design
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Machado, Mychal A.; Luczynski, Kevin C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2021
The current study evaluated whether a computer-based training program could improve observers' accuracy in scoring discrete instances of problem behavior at 5x normal speed using a multiple-baseline design across subjects. During pretraining and posttraining, observers attempted to score multiple examples of problem behavior at 5.0x without…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Training Methods, Observation, Video Technology
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Phillips, Aprille J.; Hamann, Edmund T. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2021
This paper examines a state department of education's (SDE) decision to contract a consultant to "turnaround" schools, per a logic of outsourcing for external expertise. Our ethnographically informed case study explores whose knowledge had the most worth in diagnosing areas for improvement and identifies this case as part of a trend to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Consultants, School Turnaround, Educational Improvement
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Malik, Ali; Wu, Mike; Vasavada, Vrinda; Song, Jinpeng; Coots, Madison; Mitchell, John; Goodman, Noah; Piech, Chris – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2021
Access to high-quality education at scale is limited by the difficulty of providing student feedback on open-ended assignments in structured domains like programming, graphics, and short response questions. This problem has proven to be exceptionally difficult: for humans, it requires large amounts of manual work, and for computers, until…
Descriptors: Grading, Accuracy, Computer Assisted Testing, Automation
Abdullah Abdul Wahab Alsayar – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Testlets bring several perks in the development and administration of tests, such as 1) the construction of meaningful test items, 2) the avoidance of non-relevant context exposure, 3) the improvement of testing efficiency, and 4) the progression of testlet items requiring higher thinking skills. Thus, the inclusion of testlets in educational…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Testing, Test Items, Efficiency
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Yang, Fan; Akanbi, Temitope; Chong, Oscar Wong; Zhang, Jiansong; Debs, Luciana; Chen, Yunfeng; Hubbard, Bryan J. – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2024
Computing technology is reshaping the way in which professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries conduct their business. The execution of construction tasks is changing from traditional 2D to 3D building information modeling (BIM)-based concepts. The use of BIM is expanded and enriched by the introduction of advanced…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Programming Languages, Construction Management
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Lê Th? Thu Trang; Marlizayati Johari; Hardimah Said – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Online assessment is not new to teachers, students and educators worldwide as internet and personal computers have dominated the globe in late 20th and early 21st. centuries. Nonetheless, it was during COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated the development of online assessment as an alternative method to the traditional assessment. This study aims at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Teaching Methods
Carolyn Moodie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study aimed to explore teachers' attitudes toward the compensation of their principals in public school system in Broward County, Florida. In this qualitative study, the principal was regarded as the CEO of the school, and the teachers were regarded as typical workers. The study extended research on CEO pay and helped fill the gap in the…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Paul Bazelais; Gurinder Binner; Tenzin Doleck – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
As an important tool for STEM education, online labs have gained significant research attention. However, our understanding of online labs is limited by the inattention to the factors that contribute to the acceptance of online labs. This study adopts the UTAUT model to investigate the salient determinants of use of online labs. We test the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, College Bound Students, Physics
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Camilla Della Giovampaola; Giuseppe Ugazio – Comparative Education Review, 2024
In line with global trends, the impact of United Arab Emirates (UAE) education philanthropies continues to grow as they work to strengthen education systems. These philanthropies partner with government entities, academic institutions, the private sector, and other nonprofit actors to better navigate the ever-evolving educational landscape. While…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Educational Trends
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Xie Qiuxia; Nirat Jantharajit; Sarit Srikhao – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2024
The study investigates the impact of a blended teaching approach combining Cooperative and Project-Based Learning (CPBL) on the critical thinking abilities and learning efficiency of vocational nursing students, aiming to determine its effectiveness compared to traditional teaching methods. The study employed an experimental design, involving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Cooperative Learning
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Liu, Tzu-Chien; Lin, Yi-Chun; Kalyuga, Slava – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
System pausing at pre-determined positions during multimedia presentations can enhance multimedia learning. However, the pause positions are usually set up based on the structure of the learning material (e.g., segmentation principle) rather than on the complexity of its different sections (as determined by levels of element interactivity,…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Undergraduate Students, Intervals
Alford, Okina Tenelle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study was an exploration of how the Katy Independent School District (ISD) Purchasing Department can effectively communicate its processes to district staff to improve efficiency. In recent years, the number of requisition rejections and order cancellations indicated a breakdown in communication-related to communication of procurement…
Descriptors: School Districts, Purchasing, Communication (Thought Transfer), Efficiency
Yin, Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This thesis studies four independent resource allocation problems with different assumptions on information available to the central planner, and strategic considerations of the agents present in the system. We start off with an online, non-strategic agents setting in Chapter 1, where we study the dynamic pricing and learning problem under the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Resource Allocation, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
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