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van Halema, Nicolette; van Klaveren, Chris; Drachsler, Hendrik; Schmitz, Marcel; Cornelisz, Ilja – Frontline Learning Research, 2020
For decades, self-report instruments -- which rely heavily on students' perceptions and beliefs -- have been the dominant way of measuring motivation and strategy use. Event-based measures based on online trace data arguably has the potential to remove analytical restrictions of self-report measures. The purpose of this study is therefore to…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Student Behavior
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Tassone, Valentina C.; Dik, Giel; van Lingen, Thekla Anna – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: While empowerment for sustainability is considered a major objective within sustainability-oriented educational programs and policies, little is known about the actual process of empowering students for sustainability through higher education. This study aims to explore this field, by introducing the EYE (Educating Yourself in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Empowerment, Sustainability
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Tempelaar, Dirk T.; Rienties, Bart; Nguyen, Quan – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
Studies in the field of learning analytics (LA) have shown students' demographics and learning management system (LMS) data to be effective identifiers of "at risk" performance. However, insights generated by these predictive models may not be suitable for pedagogically informed interventions due to the inability to explain why students…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Integrated Learning Systems, Personality, Educational Research
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Torenbeek, M.; Jansen, E. P. W. A.; Hofman, W. H. A. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Central in this study is the relationship between the pedagogical approach and generic skill development in the first 10 weeks at university, students' perception of the fit between secondary and university education and first-year achievement. Information regarding the pedagogical approach and generic skill development was gathered through…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Administration, Basic Skills, Skill Development
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van Seters, J. R.; Ossevoort, M. A.; Tramper, J.; Goedhart, M. J. – Computers & Education, 2012
Adaptive e-learning materials can help teachers to educate heterogeneous student groups. This study provides empirical data about the way academic students differ in their learning when using adaptive e-learning materials. Ninety-four students participated in the study. We determined characteristics in a heterogeneous student group by collecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Learning Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Mooij, Ton; Smeets, Ed; de Wit, Wouter – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Background: School safety and corresponding feelings of both pupils and school staff are beginning to receive more and more attention. The social cohesion characteristics of a school may be useful in promoting feelings of safety, particularly in pupils. Aims: To conceptualize theoretically, and check empirically a two-level model of social…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Violence, Sexual Harassment, School Safety
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Kreft, Ita G. G. – Sociology of Education, 1993
Presents an historical overview of the development of research from a narrow input-output approach to a holistic approach that evaluates within-school processes. Finds that selective processes produce higher academic achievement. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Quality
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers