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Similar Goals, Different Results: Differences in Group Learning Goals and Their Impact on Academic Achievements
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Guterman, Oz; Neuman, Ari – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
Research has indicated significant disparities in the academic achievement of minority and majority groups in most Western countries. In light of the role of academic achievement as the main component of social mobility, it is important to understand the source of these differences between the majority and minority groups. The present research…
Descriptors: Differences, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Goal Orientation
Links between Israeli College Students' Self-Regulated Learning and Their Recollections of Their Parents' Parenting Styles
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Seroussi, Dominique-Esther; Yaffe, Yosi – SAGE Open, 2020
Parenting style affects self-regulation in school pupils, yet its long-term influence on academic behavior is rarely studied. A pilot study was conducted on 83 teacher college students, who filled in a questionnaire measuring recollections of parenting styles (Parental Authority Questionnaire [PAQ]) and self-regulation in learning (Motivated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Management, Correlation, Parenting Styles
From Curriculum to Practicum: Arab and Jewish Trainees' Perceptions of College Preparation for Teaching
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Vidergor, Hava E.; Magen-Nagar, Noga; Ilaiyan, Salman – Teaching Education, 2018
The current pilot study aimed to evaluate the perceptions of Arab and Jewish teacher trainees regarding the impact of variables on preparation for teaching. This study included 314 participating teacher trainees from two colleges in Israel. One hundred forty-eight (47.1%) of them studied in a Hebrew-speaking college and 166 (52.9%) students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Trainees
Contemporary Constructivist Practices in Higher Education Settings and Academic Motivational Factors
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Alt, Dorit – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2016
This study was aimed at assessing the relationships between college students' pre-entry factors, self-efficacy and motivation for learning, and the perceived constructivist learning in traditional lecture-based courses and seminars (SM). The study included 411 undergraduate third-year college students. Several scales were administered to the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods, Seminars, Correlation
The Effects of Learning Strategies on Mathematical Literacy: A Comparison between Lower and Higher Achieving Countries
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Magen-Nagar, Noga – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
The purpose of the current study is to explore the effects of learning strategies on Mathematical Literacy (ML) of students in higher and lower achieving countries. To address this issue, the study utilizes PISA2002 data to conduct a multi-level analysis (HLM) of Hong Kong and Israel students. In PISA2002, Israel was rated 31st in Mathematics,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies
Consistency of Students' Pace in Online Learning
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Hershkovitz, Arnon; Nachmias, Rafi – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The purpose of this study is to investigate the consistency of students' behavior regarding their pace of actions over sessions within an online course. Pace in a session is defined as the number of logged actions divided by session length (in minutes). Log files of 6,112 students were collected, and datasets were constructed for examining pace…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Comparative Analysis, Correlation