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Ainsley Miller; Kate Pyper – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
R is becoming the standard for teaching statistics due to its flexibility, and open-source nature, replacing software programs like Minitab and SPSS. The main driver for reform within Scottish statistical undergraduate programs is the creation of the Scottish Qualification Authority's Higher Applications of Mathematics course which has statistics…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Undergraduate Study, Anxiety, Programming Languages
Pretlow, Joshua; Jackson, Deonte; Bryan, Michael – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
This set of Web Tables is the first in a series of four that together provide key information about 2011-12 first-time postsecondary students' characteristics and their 6-year retention, persistence, attainment, withdrawal, stopout, and transfer rates. The series draws on data collected for the 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment
Arantes do Amaral, João Alberto; Lino dos Santos, Rebeca Júlia Rodrigues – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
In this article, we present our findings regarding the course "Research Methodology," offered to 22 first-year undergraduate students studying Administration at the Federal University of São Paulo, Osasco, Brazil. The course, which combined community-based research and project-based learning, was developed during the second semester of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Tong, Yanli; Hasim, Zuwati; Abdul Halim, Huzaina – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
Based on 312 samples, this study investigated the relationship between two dimensions of L2 vocabulary knowledge (VK) and listening comprehension (LC) by comparing written and oral vocabulary measurements and further examined the mediating effect of L2 vocabulary fluency (VF) by using Bootstrapping and Monte Carlo Method. Results show that: (1)…
Descriptors: Correlation, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Shabani, Karim – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2018
The present study was designed to test a group-based format of dynamic assessment (G-DA) in the context of writing over a time span of twelve weeks of instruction. A cohort of 60 students took a homogeneity test and based on the results, 44 students were selected to participate forming the two groups of experimental (N = 22) and control (N = 22).…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cohort Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Wang, Yinghua – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
The mental health of students learning online is a critical task for many countries around the globe. The research purpose was to analyse the factors affecting the quality of mental health of young individuals who learnt under conditions of not total lockdowns but adaptive quarantine restrictions. The research involved 186 volunteers from…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Online Courses, College Freshmen, College Seniors
Cabras, Cristina; Mondo, Marina – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
The transition to university appears to be a complex and delicate time in students' lives, involving a sequence of changes regarding both the personal/affective and social/professional spheres, facilitating students' ability to adapt to a new life context. It represents a challenging time that requires students to use adaptive resources to face…
Descriptors: Coping, Life Satisfaction, Gender Differences, Age Differences
van der Zanden, Petrie J. A. C.; Denessen, Eddie; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Meijer, Paulien C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The goal of this study was to examine differences in university success between first-year students by analyzing three domains simultaneously: students' academic achievement, critical thinking disposition, and social-emotional adjustment to university life. Participants were 307 students who completed an online questionnaire. Latent class cluster…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Social Adjustment
St Quinton, Tom; Brunton, Julie A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2018
Purpose: This study is the 3rd piece of formative research utilizing the theory of planned behavior to inform the development of a behavior change intervention. Focus groups were used to identify reasons for and solutions to previously identified key beliefs in addition to potentially effective behavior change techniques. Method: A purposive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Theories, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students
Sadoglu, Gunay Palic; Durukan, Ummu Gulsum – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of teacher candidates on the concepts of science course, science laboratory, science teacher and science student using metaphors. In this study, the phenomenological research method was used. The participants consisted of a total of 58 first year students who are studying at the department…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education
Chang, Anna C. -S. – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2019
This study explored the effects of repeated oral reading practice on EFL learners' oral reading fluency development over a three-month period. The participants were 44 hospitality majors, divided into four different subgroups according to language proficiency (LP 1-4, in which 1 was the lowest and 4 the highest). To examine the changes of…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, English Language Learners
Hootman, Katie C.; Guertin, Kristin A.; Cassano, Patricia A. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: We investigated predictors of weight gain in college freshmen. Participants: A longitudinal cohort study followed a representative sample of freshmen (N = 264) from 8/2011 to 6/2012. Methods: Repeated measurements of anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), physical activity, and diet were collected. We investigated…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Body Weight, Body Composition, Human Body
Huie, F.; Lang, R.; Liu, Q.; Ryu, M.; Shapiro, D. – National Student Clearinghouse, 2021
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports on the shifting transfer landscape during COVID-19 in a rapid response report series titled "COVID-19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress." Two reports are issued per academic term, starting with a first look of the term, followed by the end of term update. As the fourth in the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Transfer Students, Student Mobility
Gibson, Angelia D.; Siopsis, Maria; Beale, Karen – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
Consistent with national trends, only about ½ of students who intend to major in STEM disciplines at Maryville College (MC) complete bachelor's degrees in these fields. The Scots Science Scholars (S[superscript 3] ) program was funded through the National Science Foundation's STEM Talent Extension Program to increase the number of students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, STEM Education, Majors (Students), Liberal Arts
Aldan Karademir, Cigdem – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2019
The aim of the study is to examine the pre-service teachers' problem solving skills and curiosity levels according to different variables and to determine whether there is a relationship between them. The research was designed as a descriptive study in the survey model. The sample of the study consists of 1st and 4th grade pre-service teachers in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Personality Traits, Foreign Countries