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Liu, Yan; Deng, Lisa; Lin, Lin; Gu, Xiaoqing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
With the rapid development of mobile devices and web-based technologies, it becomes common for students to switch between different tasks during study time. However, it remains unclear how the transition between on-task and off-task states happens and how digital devices affect the process. This study examines college students' independent study…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Student Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Time on Task
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Nikula, Pii-Tuulia; Kivistö, Jussi – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2020
This article examines the monitoring of third-party education agents employed in international student recruitment. Agency theory identifies comprehensive monitoring as one way to ensure that agents work in the principal's best interest. By analyzing best practice guidelines, this article investigates the monitoring mechanisms proposed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Recruitment, Best Practices, Guidelines
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Posner, Barry Z. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Research in corporate settings has demonstrated the importance of leaders seeking feedback on such dimensions as credibility, effectiveness, engagement, and productivity. This study looked at feedback seeking behavior by student leaders. Explored were the extent to which feedback-seeking impacted how people felt when working with leaders, and how…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Feedback (Response), Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Rodríguez-Ardura, Inma; Meseguer-Artola, Antoni – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
This paper seeks to explain why some individuals sink further into states of flow than others, and what effects flow has in the context of a virtual education environment. Our findings--gathered from both questionnaire and behavioural data--reveal that flow states are elicited by the e-learners' senses of controlling the virtual education…
Descriptors: Attention, Psychological Patterns, Learning Processes, Questionnaires
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Hites, Lacey S.; Lundervold, Duane A. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2013
Forty-four individuals, 18-47 (MN 21.8, SD 5.63) years of age, took part in a study examining the magnitude and direction of the relationship between self-report and direct observation measures of relaxation and mindfulness. The Behavioral Relaxation Scale (BRS), a valid direct observation measure of relaxation, was used to assess relaxed behavior…
Descriptors: Correlation, Observation, Metacognition, Relaxation Training
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Chao, Tzu-Chia – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2013
With the global spread and use of English, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) professionals have become increasingly interested in intercultural learning. Comparatively few studies have been published, however, on the use of films in intercultural learning within the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) curricula in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods