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Quantifying Online Engagement at Three Levels of Undergraduate Study
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Brigid A. McKenna; J. Bernhard Wehr; Peter M. Kopittke – Cogent Education, 2024
Learning management systems (LMSs) are ubiquitous in higher education, yet few studies have examined changes in student engagement online with year level. Using data mining of LMSs, we examined the frequency and timing with which first, second, and third year science students accessed the various LMS resources. We compared online access with both…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study
Computer-Adaptive Testing: Implications for Students' Achievement, Motivation, Engagement, and Subjective Test Experience
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Martin, Andrew J.; Lazendic, Goran – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
The present study investigated the implications of computer-adaptive testing (operationalized by way of multistage adaptive testing; MAT) and "conventional" fixed order computer testing for various test-relevant outcomes in numeracy, including achievement, test-relevant motivation and engagement, and subjective test experience. It did so…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences
Student Self-Concept and Effort: Gender and Grade Differences
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Yeung, Alexander Seeshing – Educational Psychology, 2011
Students' self-concept and effort in schoolwork are known to have significant influences on essential academic outcomes, but self-concept and effort may decline as students grow up. Students from 16 schools in Sydney (N = 2200) were asked to rate on two self-concept components (competency and affect) and effort in schoolwork. Based on measures…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Factor Analysis, Gender Differences, Outcomes of Education