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Sherven, Peggy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study explored the factors that impact students' perception of technology benefits and their impact on overall university student satisfaction of 522 undergraduate students at a large Midwestern research university. The purpose of the study was to identify personal (input) and environmental measures that impact student's overall university…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience, Path Analysis
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Ferrell, Brent; Phillips, Michael M.; Barbera, Jack – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Student success in chemistry is inherently tied to motivational and other affective processes. We investigated three distinct constructs tied to motivation: self-efficacy, interest, and effort beliefs. These variables were measured twice over the course of a semester in three sections of a first-semester general chemistry course (n = 170). We…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Student Motivation, Science Achievement
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Gercek, Cem; Dogan, Nuri; Gundeger, Ceylan; Yakar, Levent – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: Health warnings printed on cigarette packets are an important vehicle in that they demonstrate and inform people of the threats and health risks related to smoking. Increasing the effectiveness of this vehicle is one of the purposes of this study. Research Methods: Since this research aims to describe the associations between dependent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Health Promotion, Merchandise Information
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Asano, Tadayoshi; Yamaoka, Michio – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The authors administered a Japanese version of the Test of Understanding in College Economics, the fourth edition (TUCE-4) to assess the economic literacy of Japanese undergraduate students in 2006 and 2009. These two test results were combined to investigate students' cognitive process or reasoning with specific economic concepts and principles…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Processes, Economic Factors
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Al-Harthy, Ibrahim S.; Was, Christopher A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between knowledge monitoring and motivation as defined by self-efficacy and goal orientations. A path model was proposed to hypothesize the causal relations among predictors of the students' total score in the Educational Psychology course. The sample consisted of undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Motivation, Prior Learning
Bergey, Bradley W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Self-generated questions are a central mechanism for learning, yet students' questions are often infrequent during classroom instruction. As a result, little is known about the nature of student questioning during typical instructional contexts such as listening to a lecture, including the extent and nature of student-generated questions, how…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, College Science, Lecture Method
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Vallade, Jessalyn I.; Malachowski, Colleen M. – Communication Education, 2015
Using Attribution Theory as a theoretical framework, this study explored the role of forgiveness in impacting student nonverbal responsiveness, out-of-class communication (OCC), and perceptions of cognitive and affective learning following instructor misbehavior. Additionally, the role of instructor nonverbal immediacy was examined. Participants…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Behavior, Attribution Theory, Undergraduate Students
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Horne, Andre Leonard; du Plessis, Yvonne; Nkomo, Stella – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This article examines the role of leadership in the development of academic talent in higher education from a social exchange and organizational support perspective. Drawing from a sample of academic staff at a large South African university, the study investigates the extent to which a quality leader-member exchange relationship versus a formal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Department Heads, Administrator Role
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Monaghan, Conal; Bizumic, Boris; Reynolds, Katherine; Smithson, Michael; Johns-Boast, Lynette; van Rooy, Dirk – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
One prominent approach in the exploration of the variations in project team performance has been to study two components of the aggregate personalities of the team members: conscientiousness and agreeableness. A second line of research, known as self-categorisation theory, argues that identifying as team members and the team's performance norms…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Projects, Computer Software, Programming
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Ghanbarpour, Mahsa – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2014
Given that promoting learners' communicative competence in a second language (L2) is one of the primary foci of communicative language teaching approaches, the late 1980s saw an expansion in research into willingness to communicate (WTC), which is deemed to affect individuals' predisposition towards the initiation of L2 communication. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Horn, Aaron S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Several facets of the undergraduate experience have been linked with the importance students assign to prosocial values (e.g., helping people in need), including academic major, exposure to social and cultural diversity, community service, and a prosocial institutional ethos. However, these factors have not been examined within a single framework…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Prosocial Behavior, Majors (Students)
Paga, Mark Leo Huit – Online Submission, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the medium term effect of service-learning program or "Grassroots on Work" extension program to civic responsibility of AB Political Science students. Methodology: This study employed an impact evaluation research design and both qualitative and quantitative. The data on goals and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Program Evaluation, Bachelors Degrees
Watcharadamrongkun, Suntaree – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Public demands for accountability in higher education have placed increasing pressure on institutions to document their achievement of critical outcomes. These demands also have had wide-reaching implications for the development and enforcement of accreditation standards, including those governing pharmacy education. The knowledge management (KM)…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Pharmaceutical Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Information Technology