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Lin, Ching-Hui; Chen, Jyun-Hong; Lin, Eric S.; Lo, C. Owen – SAGE Open, 2022
The expansion of higher education in Taiwan has significantly increased the number of college students, including substantial growth of those studying at the master's degree level. While prior research indicates that the quality of institutions affects students' achievements, there have been no empirical investigations of how college experiences…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Student Experience, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Whisnant, Joanna; Martin-Kerry, Jacqueline; Flett, Lydia; Knapp, Peter – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To identify predictors of meningococcal vaccine uptake among university and college students, the most common carriers of meningococcal disease. Participants: University or college students aged 18 to 25 years. Methods: Multiple databases, citations, and gray literature were systematically searched in April 2017 and January 2019, for…
Descriptors: College Students, Immunization Programs, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases
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Chin, Joseph Meng-Chun; Lin, Hsin-Chih; Chen, Chun-Wei – Educational Studies, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among homework time, homework frequency, and learning achievements of Taiwanese students. Applying a 2-level hierarchical linear modeling on the TIMSS 2007 and 2011 data, our findings were as follows: (1) Within the context of TIMSS 2007 and 2011 students, the frequency of mathematics…
Descriptors: Homework, Time, Incidence, Predictor Variables
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Thao-Trang Huynh-Cam; Long-Sheng Chen; Tzu-Chuen Lu – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to use enrollment information including demographic, family background and financial status, which can be gathered before the first semester starts, to construct early prediction models (EPMs) and extract crucial factors associated with first-year student dropout probability. Design/methodology/approach: The real-world…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Dropout Characteristics
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Chen, Wei-Lin; Elchert, Daniel; Asikin-Garmager, Asih – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
Teacher collaboration is generally believed to relate positively to student performance. Although many researchers have investigated the influence of teacher collaboration on student performance, much of this work is confined to Western educational contexts. This study used data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Cultural Influences, Predictor Variables
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Yuh-Show Cheng – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2024
Purpose: Given the research gaps identified in a literature review, this study aims to uncover how the intensity of learners' motivational behavior and its predictors vary with grade level. Methodology: A large-scale survey was conducted to examine motivational behavior and its predictors among EFL learners across three education levels and ten…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Predictor Variables, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students
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Sit, Pou-seong; Cheung, Kwok-cheung; Ieong, Man-kai; Mak, Soi-kei – Educational Psychology, 2021
According to the findings of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 Well-being Study, Taiwan's school learning environment, in terms of teen bullying, is more harmonious than that of Macao's. This study seeks to identify pertinent risk and protective factors discriminating between the low-achieving students who are…
Descriptors: Bullying, Incidence, Low Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Lee, Huei-Lan; Lin, Ying-Chun; Peng, Wu-Der; Hu, Chih-Yang; Lee, Chien-Hung; Hsu, Yuan-Jung; Yen, Yea-Yin; Huang, Hsiao-Ling – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an oral self-care education intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Taiwanese undergraduates. Participants: We recruited 63 and 90 students in the experimental group (EG) and comparison group (CG), respectively, from a medical university. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was employed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Behavior Theories, Undergraduate Students
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Cheng, Wen – Educational Psychology, 2019
To determine intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for work among college students, an online survey was conducted to collect participants' self-reported motivation and personality traits, as well as academic performance in samples of 310 American and 686 Taiwanese college student respondents. Data suggest that intrinsic and extrinsic motivations…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Incentives, Personality Traits
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Lin, Che-Li; Chang, Chun-Yen – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Grit, one of the newly developed non-cognitive traits, encompasses the characteristics of perseverance and consistency of interest. Grit is associated with good academic performance, resilience, and well-being. To understand the nature of Grit in detail, this study probed the relationship between Grit and the widely-applied and well-established…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Academic Persistence, Student Characteristics
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Yueh, Hsiu-Ping; Chen, Tzy-Ling; Chiu, Li-An; Lin, Wei-Chien – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The present study, pertaining to a national information literacy training program for both farmers and rural communities in Taiwan, explores factors that affect learners' perception of learning information and communication technology (ICT). It further analyzes effects of individual characteristics and varied training designs on learners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Programs, Training, Computer Literacy
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Huang, Rui-Ting – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Although a considerable number of studies have revealed that self-management of learning (SML) could be closely related to learning achievements, there is still a paucity of research investigating the moderating effect of self-management of learning on mobile learning outcomes. Accordingly, the primary purpose of this study was to explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Management, Academic Achievement, Electronic Learning
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Hung, Min-Ling; Chou, Chien; Chen, Chao-Hsiu; Own, Zang-Yuan – Computers & Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a multidimensional instrument for college students' readiness for online learning. Through a confirmatory factor analysis, the Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS) was validated in five dimensions: self-directed learning, motivation for learning, computer/Internet self-efficacy, learner…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Self Efficacy, Learning Motivation