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Adegboyega, Lateef Omotosho – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This paper investigated the influence of achievement motivation on Nigerian undergraduates' attitude towards examination. Descriptive survey of the correlational type was employed for the study. One thousand, five hundred and thirty-six (1,536) undergraduates in Nigeria were drawn using purposive and stratified sampling techniques. Four research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Influences
Brooker, Abi; Corrin, Linda; de Barba, Paula; Lodge, Jason; Kennedy, Gregor – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Recent scholarly discussions about massive open online courses (MOOCs) highlight pedagogical and practical issues that separate MOOCs from other learning settings, especially how theories of learning translate to MOOC students' motivation, participation, and performance. What is missing from these discussions is the purpose of the MOOC. We report…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Predictor Variables
Cavanagh, Andrew J.; Chen, Xinnian; Bathgate, Meghan; Frederick, Jennifer; Hanauer, David I.; Graham, Mark J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
There is growing consensus regarding the effectiveness of active-learning pedagogies in college science courses. Less is known about ways that student-level factors contribute to positive outcomes in these contexts. The present study examines students' (N = 245) trust in the instructor--defined as perceptions of their instructor's understanding,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Science, Trust (Psychology), Theory of Mind
Bowman, Nicholas A.; Felix, Vivienne – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Despite considerable research on student retention and persistence, college graduation rates remain modest. This article proposes the concept of student identity centrality, which is defined as the extent to which being a student is important to one's self-image or identity. This study found student identity centrality was positively related to…
Descriptors: Success, College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
Aslan Efe, Hülya; Efe, Rifat – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2018
In this study, the relationship between study preservice science teachers' academic procrastination and their attitudes toward social media was investigated. The study was carried out with the participation of 511 preservice science teachers (F: 346, M:165) on teacher education course at Dicle University during 2014-2015 academic year. The date…
Descriptors: Social Media, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes
Zollinger, Steven R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Due to anxiety, low confidence, and inadequate content knowledge, many college students struggle to complete their developmental math coursework. As colleges redesign their programs to address these issues, careful research is imperative to determine the factors that best meet the needs of these struggling students. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Attribution Theory
Dagnew, Asrat – Research in Pedagogy, 2017
The current study investigated the relationship between students' attitudes towards school, values of education, achievement motivation and academic achievement. Accordingly, the study adopted a correlation research design. To achieve the objectives of the study, 362 students using systematic sampling technique were taken from grade 9 students of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Values Education, Academic Achievement
Henderson, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Education is pivotal to a better life for many individuals. Unfortunately, a large number of adolescents in poverty fail to complete high school; thereby limiting their opportunities for better employment options. However, there are adolescents who live in poverty and successfully complete high school, despite the adversities. This study, using…
Descriptors: Poverty, High School Students, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate
Bergin, Adele J.; Jimmieson, Nerina L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We examined the relationship between university outcome expectations and student adjustment using 2 samples of business students. Study 1 (N = 135) reveals that, for students with high academic self-efficacy, outcome expectations had a positive association with satisfaction; in contrast, for students with low academic self-efficacy, outcome…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Business Administration Education, Outcomes of Education, Self Efficacy
Forehand-Thompson, Embekka – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Legislators have implemented an accountability system in an effort to increase school quality for all students. Policymakers assume that rewards and sanctions, based on results from high-stakes testing, can improve student achievement. The accountability system does not consider environmental factors that impact student outcomes. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Accountability, Classification, Educational Improvement