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Duchatelet, Dorothy; Donche, Vincent – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
By implementing student-centred learning environments, higher education institutions aim to foster student self-efficacy and self-regulation. Previous research that focuses on how students perceive these learning environments usually does not take the differential impact of students' study motivation into account. However, the type of motivation…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Student Motivation, Independent Study
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Bude, Luc; Van De Wiel, Margaretha W. J.; Imbos, Tjaart; Candel, Math J. J. M.; Broers, Nick J.; Berger, Martijn P. F. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2007
The present study focuses on motivational constructs and their effect on students' academic achievement within an existing statistics course. First-year Health Sciences students completed a questionnaire that measures several motivational constructs: dimensions of causal attributions, outcome expectancy, affect, and study behaviour, all with…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Helplessness, Academic Achievement, Path Analysis
van den Hurk, Marianne M.; Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Vleuten, Cees P. M. van der – 1998
This study conducted in the Netherlands examines the role of student-generated learning issues in a problem-based curriculum. The first questions was in which way students make use of the learning issues generated (as strict guidelines or as global guidelines) and does this differ between years of training? The second questions was what the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Program Divisions
van den Hurk, Marianne M.; Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Vleuten, Cees P. M. van der – 1999
The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between elements that are important for the tutorial group process and the individual learning process in a problem-based curriculum. The variables under investigation were: (1) student-generated learning issues; (2) individual learning process; (3) reporting in the tutorial group; and (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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