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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"student choice"”.
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Investigating the effects of personalisation in email on student choice
… competitive, and HEI marketers must compete for student recruitment. In this regard, the conceptualisation of personalised content as grounded in knowledge of student customer journey and its delivery through email can be important for HEI marketers. The current thesis aims to examine this in …
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Understanding student choice of university and marketing strategies in Syrian private higher education
The focus of this study is student choice and marketing in the private higher education sector in Syria. The literature review shows two contrasting attitudes regarding introducing marketing into education. Over the last few decades, the need for marketing has become more critical for …
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The Relationship Between Professed Student Reading Interest and Student Choice of Reading Topics
<p>One hundred seventh- and eighth-grade students in an Inner-city Georgia school served as subjects for surveys of reading interests. The two surveys were designed to gather information from students for the book topics they professed to want to read, and the actual reported topics they read. …
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The Relationship Between Financial Incentives and Perceptions of Student Choice at Private Michigan Universities
… a college or university degree gives millions of students “sticker shock” each year, and paying off student debt has only grown more difficult over time (Liberto, 2012). The College Board, a nonprofit group that runs the SAT exam, indicates that over the past decade, the average annual tuition for …
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Where have all the civil engineering students gone? A study of student choice of engineering department
<p>The problem: students in General Engineering at the University of Waterloo are not choosing as often as before to enter Civil Engineering. Increasing numbers of students are choosing Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, creating a large imbalance in the three class sizes. There is tremendous …
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Meeting Graduate Student Needs through Alternative Programs: An Analysis of the Impact of Factors Related to Student Choice
… graduate programs and their impact on student needs, to examine the university organizational structure and environment that fosters the development of alternative graduate programs, and to identify the factors graduate students see as important in their choice to attend and participate …
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Understanding the Leaking Pipeline: The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Student Choice on High School Mathematics Preparation and STEM Matriculation
This study examines social structural effects on student mathematics preparation and identification with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field, as well as the social psychological factors that may mediate those effects. Using demographic, academic, attitudinal, and school …
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The Impact Of A K-8 STEM Program On Grades And Student Choice Of STEM And Advanced Mathematics And Science Coursework In High School
… workforce call for schools to prepare their students to have problem-solving skills and be critical thinkers and collaborative colleagues. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning has been known to cultivate, excite, and promote critical thinking and problem-solving …
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A study of previously disengaged physical education students within a modular physical education course
This study examined the impact of student choice on students who had not enjoyed their previous physical education experiences. The research question was: does student choice have an impact on the experiences of grade 10 students who have not enjoyed their previous physical education experiences? …
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Homework in a Middle School: A Program Evaluation
… an assessment of the perceptions of teachers and students regarding homework and grading practices in the school. The program evaluation document includes a review of the relevant literature related to homework and an analysis of survey and interview data collected on students’ and teachers’ …
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Progressive Reforms in Education: A Search for Progressive Teaching Strategies
… 2) cooperative group-based learning; and 3) student-driven curriculum. Results indicated that most teachers were aware of the first two strategies and used them with some frequency, but that student-choice was not as widely utilized or thought to be as important.</p>
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Recreational reading program for sixth grade students
… dedicated to recreational reading by sixth grade students and what were the topics and genres that interested them. Questionnaires were administered to 201 out of 257 regular education sixth grade students regardless of gender and reading level. According to the results, there was a direct …
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How do intrinsic motivational strategies impact student's engagement in learning?
Intrinsic motivation is one of the key factors in student's academic performance in the classroom. Thus, my research question becomes "how do intrinsic motivational strategies impact student's engagement in learning?" Researchers believe there are three common factors that are thought to promote …
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The impact of blogging on the facilitation of critical literacy in adolescent students
… to explore how using blogging with adolescent students could foster critical literacy. During the study, students researched an alternative perspective from World War II and completed six blog posts on a variety of topics over the course of four weeks. At the completion of the study, students' …
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Student motivation: the impact intrinsic motivation and extrinsic rewards have on elementary students
… strategies of enthusiasm, incorporating student choice into the lessons, and cooperative learning groups were used to help teach students during their literacy block. Additionally, an extrinsic reward program was put into effect once the three strategies had already been conducted. …
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Australia v. USA: Indian Engineering Students Pursuing Graduate Degrees Abroad, an Analysis of Factors Influencing the Choice and Location of Institution
… is growing at a rapid pace. Prospective graduate students in engineering have more options - domestically and internationally - than ever before. At this moment, the international setting of engineering graduate programs continues to shift and expand. This study analyzes the decision-making …
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Influence of choice on motivation to learn for students with autism: Effect on student interest, writing achievement, latency, and behavior
… outcomes and increasing motivation to learn for students with autism is a growing concern for educators today. While schools strive to fully include students with autism in general education classrooms, the number of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder continues to rise, …
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Personalized Learning, The New Look of a Classroom in the Twenty-First Century
… learning approach is beneficial for all students in the twenty-first century because it consists of instruction in the form of technology, collaboration, and small group instruction. In addition to representing content in a variety of modalities the personalized learning approach also …
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Responsive Classroom Ecologies: Supporting Student Inquiry And Rhetorical Awareness In College Writing Courses
… and learning strategies and their impact on students' preparation for future learning. I explore relevant scholarship on knowledge transfer, classroom ecologies, and student agency to set the stage for a discussion of several pedagogical strategies implemented to support students' development …
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