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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"course level"”.
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Student Ratings of Instruction: Examining the Role of Academic Field, Course Level, and Class Size
… investigated the relationship between course characteristics and student ratings of instruction at a large research intensive university. Specifically, it examined the extent to which academic field, course level, and class size were associated with variation in mean class ratings. Past …
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A Relationship between Course-level Implementation of First Principles of Instruction and Cognitive Engagement: A Multilevel Analysis
… learning process in classroom context, and the levels of cognitive engagement are conceptualized by the use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies. As the levels of cognitive engagement are thought to be a result of interactions between students and learning contexts, previous studies have …
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Use of the Unbalanced Nested ANOVA to Examine the Factors Influencing Student Ratings of Instructional Quality
… An effective sample included three types of course motivation, four course levels, seven levels of class size, 9 types of academic discipline, and about 3,754 classes with a total of 106,303 students. The dependent variables were student ratings for two global items: one involved teaching …
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Student Evaluations of Teaching, Course and Student Characteristics at Andrews University
… overall rating students tended to give for the courses that they took, identified the dimensions that predicted the overall rating, and assessed the association of gender, student academic status, course level, course type, academic school and the effect on SET scores.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>The …
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The Impact of Topic Familiarity, L2 Reading Proficiency, and L2 Passage Sight Vocabulary on Incidental Vocabulary Gain Through Reading for Adult Learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language
… sight vocabulary, (c) topic familiarity, and (d) course level. A secondary question investigated the presence of any story level effects on gain. Participants were 99 university students studying Spanish as an L2 at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Pretests included (a) a …
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Speech style, syllable stress, and the second-language acquisition of Spanish /e/ and /o/
… speech style, syllable stress, and proficiency level on the production of the second-language (L2) Spanish vowels /e/ and /o/. The study addresses traditional descriptions of L2 Spanish (e.g. Stockwell & Bowen, 1965), which claim that English-speaking learners, unlike native speakers (NSs), …
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The effect of instruction on the acquisition of Japanese discourse marker ndesu
… on the acquisition of the Japanese discourse marker ndesu by second language (L2) learners enrolled in third- and fourth-year Japanese courses at the university level. The research was based on a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest, and delayed posttest design using an experimental …
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University Course Evaluations: A Study of the Influence of Faculty, Student, and Course Variables
<p>Course evaluations impact faculty’ annual evaluations and have become somewhat controversial, yet course evaluations in faculty evaluations persist as a common practice across universities. While many scholars find this success-based tool effective in assessing teaching effectiveness, others …
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The Evaluation of Teaching in the Context of a Research University: Meanings, Trade -Offs and Equity Concerns
… indicated that student motivation towards the course content, the ability of the instructor to speak English well, and fairness of grading were among the most influential influences on the student ratings. In addition, class size, course level and the ""required"" or ""elective"" nature of the …
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Building a tool for determining e-learning readiness in organizations: A design and development study
… to determine instructional need but often at a course level. An e-learning readiness analysis tool will add to existing tools but focus on the workplace organization as the unit of study. The purpose of this design and development study is to create an analysis tool for determining e-learning …
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Evaluation of the project management training course @ IMS Health Canada
… an evaluation of the Project Management training course at IMS Health Canada (Intercontinental Medical Statistics). The evaluation methodology was based on Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Evaluation model (1975). It involved measuring participants' reactions to the training course (Level I), learning …
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Do Teacher Characteristics Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from a Rural State
… and science at the elementary and middle school levels, as well as teachers of algebra, geometry, and 11th grade English language arts. The sample is drawn from Arkansas, a state that has a much more rural population than other states and cities where this type of analysis has been conducted in …
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Integrating Media Literacy into General Education Core Courses for Undergraduates
… study of media literacy in undergraduate college courses explored the presence and absence of media literacy lessons within core classes by auditing 15 online course shells accessed through the university’s Learning Management System (LMS). Specifically, all the courses surveyed included the first …
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The Impact of Tracking on Student Achievement: A Multilevel Growth Model
… students with similar skills and abilities into levels, such as an honors level course or a regular level course. This study defines a track as the course level in which a student is enrolled within an academic subject, such as remedial, regular, or honors. The purpose of this research study is …
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Comparing Multiple Measure Placement Models in Mathematics
… placement into an initial college mathematics course is a key step toward the successful completion of college mathematics and, eventually, a college degree. Conversely, misplacement in mathematics may lead to a reduced likelihood of course completion and degree attainment. This study …
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Collaboration in online courses in Slovakia
… how collaborative activities are used in online courses, and of student and teacher perceptions of these methods, in the Slovak Republic (Slovakia), and postulates that its findings are relevant and valuable for the many newly open societies in the region that are now entering the online teaching …
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Online Support for Intentional, Teacher Community of Practice
… a reading-specialist, graduate program. For the course under study, learners engaged only in cooperative projects with the support of a community worksite (Sakai). Throughout the term, the worksite was promoted as a community place independent of the course and program, a place where they could …
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Student Engagement and Its Relationship with the Coverage of Academics in the News Media: An Exploratory Study from a Business School
… responses to student evaluations at the end of a course, and media appearances (in newspapers and magazines and on the radio and television). The sample consists of more than 14,000 responses to engagement-related questions from students formally surveyed in the Australian School of Business’ …
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Faculty Teaching Goals at Senior Research Universities
… variables were: gender, academic rank, course level, tenure, and four Biglan categories (pure-hard, pure-soft, applied-hard, and applied-soft). Using the Teaching Goals Inventory (Angelo & Cross, 1993), the teaching goals and primary teaching role of faculty at senior research …
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Teacher Empathy and Its Relationship to the Standardized Test Scores of Diverse Secondary Students
… a teacher's years of experience, degree level, self-efficacy beliefs about managing classroom behavior and a teacher's expectations for her students were measured and placed into the regression equation. The empathy measure was taken from the Interpersonal Reactivity Index created by Mark …
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