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Al-Dlalah, Mohammad; Alkhaldi, Hani; Alkhutaba, Malek; Al-Momani, Taghreed – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Nowadays, E-learning is one of the most inevitable technique and learning approach, because it offers indispensable advancement of the education process. Furthermore, it supports and enhances many facets of the learning process. This study aimed to build an attitude scale about e-learning among Isra University students according to the item…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Decman, Mitja – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
An increasing number of studies have addressed and proved the positive impact of classroom response systems (CRS) on learning performance in active learning environments but few focus on the parameters for the adoption and use of this technology in the classroom. This paper reviews research that has tested the parameters that influence the…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Predictor Variables, Audience Response Systems, Technology Integration
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Benlahcene, Abderrahim; Lashari, Sana Anwar; Lashari, Tahira Anwar; Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed; Deli, Wu – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This study investigated students' perception towards language courses using student-centered learning approach at University Utara Malaysia (UUM). Students' perception was measured through a model termed as environmental, cognitive, affective, and metacognitive mediation (ECAM) which is a common teaching and learning technique used in classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Centered Learning, Public Colleges
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Irudayasamy, Julius; Souidi, Nizar Mohammed; Hankins, Carmel – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Over the last several decades, graduate students from engineering courses have faced a challenge of regular rejections in the work market despite their outstanding academic qualifications. In response to this challenge, many universities across the globe have introduced in their curricula the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses tailored to…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Language Proficiency, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
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Obeidat, Mohammad M.; Alomari, Moh'd A. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This current study aims at investigating the impact of using inductive and deductive teaching upon EFL undergraduate students' achievement at the Hashemite University. More specifically, the study attempts to explore the effect of using inductive and deductive approach on students' achievement in some grammatical issues included a book adopted for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Uba, Sani Yantandu; Souidi, Nizar Mohammed – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This study investigates students' writing difficulties of English for business classes and the possible factors that might cause such difficulties. A corpus of forty essays of forty undergraduates was compiled. We adopted a textography approach to study writing practices. The results of the textual analysis informed an administration of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Difficulties, Business English, Undergraduate Students
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Andalibi, Mehran – International Journal of Higher Education, 2019
In the study herein aimed at incorporating the entrepreneurship mindset early on in the engineering curriculum of undergraduate students via a final project of an introductory programming course with MATLAB. Students were asked to find a need on campus, in the society, or in the market with a business potential and write a standalone application…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Engineering Education, Problem Solving, Entrepreneurship
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Onoyase, Anna – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
The study examined the prevalence of educational malpractice among University students as perceived by lecturers of Delta State University, Abraka. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. The study is a descriptive survey research. The purposive random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 92 lecturers for the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Educational Malpractice, Incidence
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Entezari, Maria; Javdan, Mohammad – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Because Human Anatomy and Physiology (A&P), a gateway course for allied health majors, has high dropout rates nationally, it is challenging to find a successful pedagogical intervention. Reports on the effect of integration of flipped classrooms and whether it improves learning are contradictory for different disciplines. Thus many educators…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Physiology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Kormi-Nouri, Reza; MacDonald, Shane; Farahani, Mohammad-Naghy; Trost, Kari; Shokri, Omid – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The present study investigates academic stress in two different cultures, the Iranian as a collectivist culture, and the Swedish as an individualist culture. A total of 616 university students (312 Iranian and 304 Swedish) participated in the study. The results show that Swedish students experience more academic stress than Iranian students.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Collectivism, Individualism, Stress Variables
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Halupa, Colleen M.; Caldwell, Benjamin W. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This quasi-experimental research study evaluated two intact undergraduate engineering statics classes at a private university in Texas. Students in the control group received traditional lecture, readings and homework assignments. Those in the experimental group also were given access to a complete set of online video lectures and videos…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method
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Brownie, Sharon M.; Williams, Ged; Barnewall, Kate; Bishaw, Suzanne; Cooper, Jennifer L.; Robb, Walter; Younis, Neima; Kuzemski, Dawn – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Graduates of an Abu Dhabi transnational nursing degree struggled with the mandatory national licensing examination. Poor pass rates undermine graduate career futures and impact on the workforce capacity building contributions of the partnering transnational educational providers. This paper describes how the design and delivery of an intensive…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
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Mutwarasibo, Faustin – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This paper aims to examine how to promote university students' engagement in learning by means of instructor-initiated EFL writing groups. The research took place in Rwanda and was undertaken as a case study involving 34 second year undergraduate students, divided into 12 small working groups and one instructor. The data were collected by means of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students
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Walsh, Christine Ann; Baynton, Myra – International Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Social work is a discipline that emphasizes personal contact and has traditionally been taught face-to-face. This paper examines whether online learning is appropriate for educating social workers about family violence. It describes a newly-developed online course in family violence and evaluates its effectiveness. Two surveys of the class and an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Caseworkers, Distance Education