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Jiaqi Jackie Shi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
One of the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increasing prevalence and accessibility of online education. This trend has also introduced challenges for students, instructors, and institutions. This study examines factors affecting online course satisfaction, focusing on individual, instructor, and institutional level…
Descriptors: Prediction, Online Courses, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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MacArthur, Kelly Rhea; Santo, Jonathan B. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
This study explores three understudied facets--quadratic effects, change over time, and gender as a moderator--of the otherwise well-documented relationships between statistics anxiety and academic performance. Using pre- and post- course survey data among a sample of 111 undergraduate students in Social Statistics courses at a U.S. Midwestern…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Mathematics Anxiety, Statistics Education, Student Attitudes
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Frey, T. Kody; Lane, Derek R. – Communication Education, 2021
This study incorporates communication accommodation theory to investigate how student perceptions of instructor nonaccommodation influence affective and cognitive classroom outcomes. A series of two-level hierarchical linear models (students nested within instructors) revealed significant, negative associations between specific modes of instructor…
Descriptors: Theories, Classroom Communication, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Student Experience
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Du, Jianxia; Fan, Xitao; Xu, Jianzhong; Wang, Chuang; Sun, Li; Liu, Fangtong – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
This study examines factors related to student self-efficacy beliefs in on-line groupwork. Participants in this study were 204 graduate students taking an online graduate-level course from a public university in the Southeast United States of America. Two-level hierarchical linear models were used to examine predictors of the students'…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Self Efficacy, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Hewitt, Krissi M.; Bouwma-Gearhart, Jana; Kitada, Heather; Mason, Robert; Kayes, Lori J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
We investigated the effects of a laboratory curriculum developed using the socio-­scientific issues (SSI) framework to contextualize scientific and socially relevant issues for students. Using self-determination theory and hierarchical linear modeling, we examined the effects of the SSI curriculum relative to a control curriculum on student…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Hoggan, Chad; Rockenbach, Alyssa N.; Lo, Marc A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Based on 13,776 student respondents to the Campus Religious and Spiritual Climate Survey (CRSCS) across three academic years at 52 colleges and universities, this study examined how aspects of the campus climate for religious and spiritual diversity related to student perceptions of transformational learning in college. Perceived transformational…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Transformative Learning, World Views
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Garibay, Juan C.; Herrera, Felisha A.; Johnston-Guerrero, Marc P.; Garcia, Gina A. – Research in Higher Education, 2016
Providing undocumented immigrants access to public education remains a pertinent issue facing both institutions of higher education and state governments. While instate resident tuition (ISRT) has remained a contentious policy, little is known about how such policies, as well as other state contexts, influence college students' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Access to Education, Public Education
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Chance, Beth; Wong, Jimmy; Tintle, Nathan – Journal of Statistics Education, 2016
"Simulation-based inference" (e.g., bootstrapping and randomization tests) has been advocated recently with the goal of improving student understanding of statistical inference, as well as the statistical investigative process as a whole. Preliminary assessment data have been largely positive. This article describes the analysis of the…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Simulation, College Mathematics, Statistics
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Woods, Chenoa S.; Preciado, Mariana – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2016
Many college and SAT preparation programs are designed to improve the postsecondary success of traditionally marginalized students. In addition to academic preparation, students' social and emotional preparation is important for the transition from high school to college. Mentors can serve as role models and supports to aid students in this…
Descriptors: Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Student Attitudes, Mentors, Student Surveys
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Shadick, Richard; Dagirmanjian, Faedra Backus; Trub, Leora; Dawson, Heather – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To examine differences between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning students' nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD). Participants: First-year university students between October 2009 and October 2013 who self-identified as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning. Methods: Students completed…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, College Freshmen, Drug Abuse, Questionnaires
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Ryder, Andrew J.; Reason, Robert D.; Mitchell, Joshua J.; Gillon, Kathleen; Hemer, Kevin M. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
Utilizing data from 15 institutions that participated in the 2013 and 2014 administrations of the Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory (PSRI), this study employed a multilevel modeling approach to examine the relationship of students' perceptions of their climate for learning to their scores on the Openness to Diversity and Challenge Scale…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Social Responsibility, Measures (Individuals), Student Diversity
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Sasaki, Miyuki; Kozaki, Yoko; Ross, Steven J. – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study explores the effects of various motivational variables operating within 44 English classes on 1-year-long gains in the English reading proficiency of 1,149 Japanese university students. The study adds new knowledge to the recent outcomes of second language (L2) motivational studies in 3 major ways. First, the explanatory variables…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Sandstrom, Gillian M.; Rawn, Catherine D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
When students chatter in class it can be disruptive, but could that chatter also have some redeeming qualities? We asked students to keep track of their social interactions in a particular class. On days when students had more social interactions than usual, they reported a greater sense of belonging, which was, in turn, related to greater class…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Student Attitudes
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Tanaka, Ayumi; Murayama, Kou – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Despite the increasing number of studies examining the correlates of interest and boredom, surprisingly little research has focused on within-person fluctuations in these emotions, making it difficult to describe their situational nature. To address this gap in the literature, this study conducted repeated measurements (12 times) on a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Interests, Psychological Patterns
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Brow, Mark V. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2016
This study investigated the perceptions of intellectual diversity at elite U.S. universities through the lens of the socially conservative Christian senior. Closely aligned with the principle of academic freedom, intellectual diversity is a foundational value putatively espoused by most if not all colleges and universities in the US. Although…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Selective Admission, Christianity
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