NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 436 to 450 of 1,606 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gascoigne, Carolyn; Parnell, Juliette – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2014
With the rise in online and hybrid courses at the post-secondary level, many institutions are offering various online learning readiness assessments to students who are considering these instructional formats. Following a discussion of the characteristics often attributed to successful online learners, as well as a review of a sample of the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Desplaces, David; Blair, Carrie A.; Salvaggio, Trent – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
Even as academics continue to debate whether distance education techniques are successful, the market demands increased distance education programs and a growing number of corporations are using e-learning to train their employees. We propose and examine a model comparing outcomes in 3 different pedagogical classroom settings: traditional,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Shaffer, Suzanne C.; Eshbach, Barbara E.; Santiago-Blay, Jorge A. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2015
A paired course model for under-prepared college students incorporates a dual instructional approach, academic skill building and lifelong learning development, to help students do more academically and become stronger lifelong learners. In a reading support course, students improved their reading skills and applied them directly to the paired…
Descriptors: Success, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pownall, Jaycee Dawn; Jahoda, Andrew; Hastings, Richard Patrick – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Few studies have considered families' views about adolescents' sexual development. The authors compared attitudes and behaviors of mothers of young people with (n = 30) and without intellectual disability (n = 30). Both groups placed similar importance on dealing with their children's developing sexuality and were similarly confident in doing so.…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Adolescents, Intimacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Seay, Sue – Childhood Education, 2012
Many municipalities, armed with research showing the immense benefits of early education, are struggling to ensure children have the opportunity to attend quality preschools (Barnett, 2012; Magnuson, Ruhm, & Waldfogel, 2007). Birmingham, the largest city in Alabama, is no exception. In developing a profile of Birmingham's efforts to provide…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Preschool Education, Young Children, School Readiness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Okinda, Robert Alfred – Journal of Learning for Development, 2014
The purpose of this survey was to assess the level of e-learning readiness at the Kenya Technical Teachers College (KTTC). This was part of an institution-wide strategy to guide the adoption and implementation of e-learning at KTTC. The main objectives of the survey were, to: assess the level of e-learning readiness by establishing a baseline…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Qualitative Research, Likert Scales
Barrett, Theresa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This quantitative, nonexperimental, correlational study sought to determine whether a relationship exists between family physicians' levels of self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) and their preferences for continuing medical education (CME) activities. The study also sought to determine whether years in clinical practice or size of clinical…
Descriptors: Correlation, Independent Study, Learning Readiness, Learning Activities
Monroe, Katherine Swint – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The rapid pace of scientific discovery has catalyzed the need for medical students to be able to find and assess new information. The knowledge required for physicians' skillful practice will change of the course of their careers, and, to keep up, they must be able to recognized their deficiencies, search for new knowledge, and critically evaluate…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Physician Patient Relationship, Knowledge Level
Apa Browne, Lynn Geri – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Elementary grade students in a mid-Atlantic state school district have not been meeting academic standards on state assessments. Research indicates that academic achievement is connected to self-directed readiness to learn; however, often the instruction in strategies for student self-directed readiness to learn remains teacher-centered. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies, Learning Readiness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Shield, Aaron; Lenzen, Daniel; Herzig, Melissa; Padden, Carol – Cognition, 2012
The manual gestures that hearing children produce when explaining their answers to math problems predict whether they will profit from instruction in those problems. We ask here whether gesture plays a similar role in deaf children, whose primary communication system is in the manual modality. Forty ASL-signing deaf children explained their…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Deafness, American Sign Language, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nowak, Elena – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2014
This study examined the effectiveness of a dynamically adaptive TutorIT tutorial for graduate students' learning of basic statistical skills and their attitudes toward this tutorial. Fifteen in-service teachers interacted with the tutorial. As hypothesized, all who completed the tutorial demonstrated mastery. However, the class differed…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Statistics, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Fulgham, Susan M.; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Educational Technology, 2014
John R. Savery is Professor of Education and Director of Instructional Services at the University of Akron. His research and teaching interests focus on problem-based learning and technology-rich learning environments. As Director he supports faculty integration of instructional technology across the spectrum, from traditional classrooms to…
Descriptors: Interviews, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Waldrip, Bruce; Cox, Peter; Deed, Craig; Dorman, Jeffrey; Edwards, Debra; Farrelly, Cathleen; Keeffe, Mary; Lovejoy, Valeria; Mow, Lucy; Prain, Vaughan; Sellings, Peter; Yager, Zali – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This project sought to evaluate regional students' perceptions of their readiness to learn, assessment processes, engagement, extent to which their learning is personalised and to relate these to academic efficacy, academic achievement, and student well-being. It also examined teachers' perceptions of students' readiness to learn, the assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires
Alsharari, Salman – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Growing demand for science teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fed by increasing numbers of public school students, is forcing the Saudi government to attract, recruit and retain well-qualified science teachers. Beginning science teachers enter the educational profession with a massive fullfilment and satisfaction in their roles and positions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Conditions
Radnitzer, Karl David – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate possible relationships between self-directed learning readiness and emotional intelligence in a leadership development program and if self-directed learning leads to greater self-directed learning capabilities. Prior research has examined self-directed learning and emotional intelligence but never have…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Independent Study, Learning Readiness, Leadership Training
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  26  |  27  |  28  |  29  |  30  |  31  |  32  |  33  |  34  |  ...  |  108