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Dai, Rui; Fritchman, Joseph C.; Liu, Qiaoyi; Xiao, Yang; Yu, Haibo; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Light interference is an essential topic for understanding the wavelike nature of light, however, there are limited studies on modeling and assessing students' misconceptions and learning difficulties in this area. Based on the knowledge integration modeling approach, a conceptual framework for light interference is developed and used to model…
Descriptors: Light, Comprehension, Scientific Concepts, Physics
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Sauvé, Louise; Fortin, Anne; Viger, Chantal; Landry, France – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Study programme withdrawal and student perseverance in post-secondary education are major challenges for post-secondary institutions, especially in view of the increasing difficulty of retaining the student clientele during the first year of university studies. To analyse the challenges students face in terms of learning strategies, we asked…
Descriptors: Accounting, Learning Strategies, Academic Persistence, Barriers
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Hu, Rou-Jui Sophia – English Language Teaching, 2011
To what extent does demotivation affect EFL learners' English language proficiency attainment? The present study addresses this question by investigating the relationship between technological institute EFL students' past demotivating factors and their English language proficiency. Although the role of demotivation in foreign language achievement…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Language Proficiency