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Marc Denojean-Mairet; Sonsoles López-Pernas; Friday Joseph Agbo; Matti Tedre – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
The study aimed to perform a literature review to identify the trends, impacts, and challenges associated with the integration of microlearning and social media. A total of seven academic databases were used as sources for searching: Scopus, Web of Science, ACM, EBSCOhost, PubMed, ProQuest, and IEEE. A combination of keywords related to…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Social Media, Time on Task, Learner Engagement
Liping Guo; Jieyun Li; Zheng Xu; Xiaoling Hu; Chunyan Liu; Xin Xing; Xiuxia Li; Howard White; Kehu Yang – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2024
Homework is a common activity among K-12 students, and numerous observational meta-analyses have confirmed the positive relationship between homework and academic performance. However, considering children's limited energy and attention, several researchers have proposed an optimum time to spend on homework. This Campbell review examines the…
Descriptors: Homework, Time on Task, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
Eyvind Elstad; Hans Harryson; Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen; Are Turmo – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2024
Studies have indicated that the learning results are closely related to how much effort a student puts into the course and how effectively the student works with the learning material. Adequate time-on-task is crucial for student teachers because it allows them to develop their teaching skills, build strong relationships with students, adapt to…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Student Motivation, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
Xiaohong Wen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study investigated motivation in the context of L2 Chinese in the USA. A total of 120 college students took the survey and 27 of them participated in post-survey interviews. Through a mixed-methods design, the study captured interactions between motivation and the learning environment in the learning process. The results revealed six…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese, Student Motivation
White, Allison N.; Oteto, Noel E.; Brodhead, Matthew T. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
One antecedent-based intervention -- choice-making opportunities -- is an easy and effective way to motivate students with autism to stay on task, complete academic tasks, and engage in appropriate behavior during academic instruction. The purpose of this article is to discuss three main methods for incorporating choice-making opportunities and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Time on Task, Student Behavior, Teaching Methods
Brendan A. Schuetze – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
The computational model of school achievement represents a novel approach to theorizing school achievement, conceptualizing educational interventions as modifications to students' learning curves. By modeling the process and products of educational achievement simultaneously, this tool addresses several unresolved questions in educational…
Descriptors: Computation, Growth Models, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation
Yuanyuan Hu; Pieter Wouters; Marieke van der Schaaf; Liesbeth Kester – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
Learning with games requires two types of information, namely domain-specific information and game-specific information. Presenting these two types of information together with gameplay may pose a heavy demand on cognitive resources. This study investigates how timing of information presentation affects cognition (ie, mental effort and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Secondary School Students, Chemistry, Schemata (Cognition)
Philip Toney; Leiv Opstad; Torbjørn Årethun – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
Each student's effort is an important factor in achievement. Mathematics is an important subject for business students since there is a strong connection between performance in mathematics and success in business courses. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing a student's choice of how much effort to put into studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Mathematics Education
Daevesh Singh; Ramkumar Rajendran – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
The relationship between cognitive engagement and learning gains in computer programming has not been well-studied. This study examined the relationship between students' cognitive engagement and learning gains in the context of Python programming. Cognitive engagement, defined by the Interactive, Constructive, Active, Passive (ICAP) framework,…
Descriptors: Programming, Learner Engagement, Thinking Skills, Time Management
Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2024
This study investigates the amount of time that convicts dedicate to studying through e-learning while in jail, with the goal of comprehending their drive despite difficult living conditions. The qualitative research was carried out at a jail in Namibia, using interviews as the method of data collection, in accordance with an interpretive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Eyvind Elstad; Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen; Are Turmo – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2024
Increased time-on-task is one of the overall goals for teacher education in both Denmark and Norway. However, student teachers' time-on-task in those programs are uncertain and highly debated indicators of research input. Researchers adopt this indicator with the expectation that student teachers must invest time and effort in their courses that…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Time on Task, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
Ng, Clarence; Graham, Steve; Liu, Xinghua; Lau, Kit-Ling; Tang, Kit-Yi – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Motives for writing is a new research area in the field of writing motivation. Recent studies have identified important motives for students' writing. Adding to this nascent foundation, the current study examined relationships between writing motives, writing self-efficacy and time spent on writing using a sample of grade 4 Chinese students in…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Self Efficacy, Time on Task, Foreign Countries
Tahir, Faiza; Mitrovic, Antonija; Sotardi, Valerie – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2022
The practice of adding game elements to non-gaming educational environments has gained much popularity. Gamification has been shown in some studies to enhance engagement, motivation and learning outcomes in technology-supported learning environments. Although gamification research has matured, there are some shortcomings such as inconsistency in…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Credentials, Outcomes of Education, Programming Languages
Horváth, Anna; Baïdak, Nathalie; Motiejunaite-Schulmeister, Akvile; Noorani, Sogol – European Education and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2022
In our fast-changing and technology-driven societies, education in mathematics and science is crucial for ensuring that children and young people have the necessary skills, knowledge and mindset to be responsible and active citizens. Despite the emphasis on the key competences of basic numeracy and scientific literacy in the European Education…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Student Motivation, Time on Task
Zoder-Martell, Kimberly A.; Floress, Margaret T.; Skriba, Heather A.; Taber, Traci A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
Classroom management systems (CMS) are class-wide strategies that teachers use to keep students on task, attentive, and academically engaged. This review provides teachers an overview of eight effective and socially valid CMSs that are aligned with school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS). The goal is to provide teachers…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Intervention