Do first-year university students understand the language of mathematics?

The aim of the project is to determine if the understanding of the language of Mathematics of students starting university is propitious to the development of an appropriate cognitive structure. The objective of this current work was to analyse the ability of first-year university students to translate the registers of verbal or written expressions and their representations to the registers of algebraic language. Results indicate that students do not understand the basic elements of the language of Mathematics and this causes them to make numerous errors of construction and interpretation. The students were not able to associate concepts with definitions and were unable to offer examples.

Cyberbullying: The hidden side of college students

The purpose of this study was to investigate how university students perceive their involvement in the cyberbullying phenomenon, and its impact on their well-being. Thus, this study presents a preliminary approach of how college students’ perceived involvement in acts of cyberbullying can be measured. Firstly, Exploratory Factor Analysis (N = 349) revealed a unidimensional structure of the four scales included in the Cyberbullying Inventory for College Students. Then, Item Response Theory (N = 170) was used to analyze the unidimensionality of each scale and the interactions between participants and items. Results revealed good item reliability and Cronbach’s α for each scale. Results also showed the potential of the instrument and how college students underrated their involvement in acts of cyberbullying. Additionally, aggression types, coping strategies and sources of help to deal with cyberbullying were identified and discussed. Lastly, age, gender and course-related issues were considered in the analysis. Implications for researchers and practitioners are discussed.

How Do Second-Generation Immigrant Students Access Higher Education? The Importance of Vocational Routes to Higher Education in Switzerland, France, and Germany

We analyse the access to different institutional pathways to higher education for second-generation students, focusing on youths that hold a higher-education entrance certificate. The alternative vocational pathway appears to compensate to some degree, compared to the traditional academic one, for North-African and Southern-European youths in France, those from Turkey in Germany, and to a lesser degree those from Portugal, Turkey, Ex-Yugoslavia, Albania/Kosovo in Switzerland. This is not the case in Switzerland for Western-European, Italian, and Spanish youths who indeed access higher education via the academic pathway more often than Swiss youths. Using youth panel and survey data, multinomial models are applied to analyse these pathway choices.

Dimensions of biculturalism in Mexican-American college students /

"Contract no. N00014-77-C-0493; Nr 170-087."

Human factors design of automated highway systems: first generation scenarios. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

The modern American speaker for school and college students, lawyers, preachers, teachers and all interested in the art of public speaking.

Mode of access: Internet.

UTCS - functional description - enhanced first generation software.

Federal Highway Administration, Implementation Division, Washington, D.C.

Proceedings at the unveiling of the statute of John Sandfield Macdonald, first prime minister of Ontario in the Queen's park, Toronto, November 16th, 1909.

Mode of access: Internet.

Manual and exercise book for first year college English,

Bibliography: p. 105-110.

Federal career directory, 1976-1977 : a guide for college students /

Includes index.

Introductory physics, a book for college students,

"Based on mimeographed pupil's trial edition" published in 1930 in two volumes.

Dreams of American college students.

Case studies collected from students at Western Reserve University, 1947-48.

The mathematical part of elementary statistics; a textbook for college students,

Mode of access: Internet.

An individual study guide to be used, by high school and college students and parent study groups, with Home guidance for young children.

Mode of access: Internet.