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The Learning Environment Associated with Information Technology Education in Taiwan: Combining Psychosocial and Physical Aspects
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Liu, Chia-Ju; Zandvliet, David B.; Hou, I.-Ling – Learning Environments Research, 2012
This study investigated perceptions of senior high school students towards the Taiwanese information technology (IT) classroom with the What Is Happening in this Class? (WIHIC) survey and explored the physical learning environment of the IT classroom using the Computerised Classroom Environment Inventory (CCEI). The participants included 2,869…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Vocational High Schools, Information Technology
A Multi-Year Investigation of the Relationship between Pedagogy, Computer Use and Course Effectiveness in Postsecondary Education
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Tamim, Rana M.; Lowerison, Gretchen; Schmid, Richard F.; Bernard, Robert M.; Abrami, Philip C. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2011
This study investigated the change in the relationship between pedagogy, computer-use and students' perceptions about course-effectiveness over time. Students from a Canadian university completed a questionnaire in two different years (2003 = 1,834 participants and 2007 = 1,866 participants). Of greatest interest were characteristics of technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education
Are Career Centers Worthwhile?: Predicting Unique Variance in Career Outcomes through Career Center Usage
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Brotheridge, Celeste M.; Power, Jacqueline L. – Career Development International, 2008
Purpose: This study seeks to examine the extent to which the use of career center services results in the significant incremental prediction of career outcomes beyond its established predictors. Design/methodology/approach: The authors survey the clients of a public agency's career center and use hierarchical multiple regressions in order to…
Descriptors: Research Design, Employees, Career Centers, Guidance Centers
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Learners and Participation in Computer Conferencing.
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McLean, Scott; Morrison, Dirk – Journal of Distance Education, 2000
Explores the relationship between learners' sociodemographic characteristics and their level of participation in computer conferencing. Discusses six variables: sex, age, education level, occupation, residence in urban or rural areas, and region of residence in Canada; and suggests implications for the design and facilitation of computer…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Demography, Educational Background, Foreign Countries
Student Drop-Out in Distance Education: An Application of Tinto's Model.
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Sweet, Robert – Distance Education, 1986
Describes a survey of 356 adult students enrolled in university-level courses at the Open Learning Institute which was conducted to assess the predictive validity of Tinto's theoretical model of student dropout. It was found that, overall, the Tinto model appears to be a useful framework for such investigations. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Correlation, Discriminant Analysis, Distance Education
Is Satisfaction a Good Measure of the Perceived Quality of Life?
Atkinson, Tom – 1977
The major objectives of a project initiated by the Canada Council in 1976 were to develop measures of subjective social indicators and to examine factors responsible for variation in those indicators across Canada and over time. Subjective social indicators are interpreted as measures of personal perceptions, preferences, attitudes, and values.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries