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Joksimovic, Srecko; Poquet, Oleksandra; Kovanovic, Vitomir; Dowell, Nia; Mills, Caitlin; Gaševic, Dragan; Dawson, Shane; Graesser, Arthur C.; Brooks, Christopher – Review of Educational Research, 2018
Despite a surge of empirical work on student participation in online learning environments, the causal links between the learning-related factors and processes with the desired learning outcomes remain unexplored. This study presents a systematic literature review of approaches to model learning in Massive Open Online Courses offering an analysis…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Research, Literature Reviews, Nonformal Education
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Barnes, Lauren Seymour; Ikeda, Robin M.; Kresnow, Marcie-jo – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
The association between help-seeking and nearly lethal suicide attempts was evaluated using data from a population-based, case-control study. Measures of help-seeking included type of consultant contacted, and whether suicide was discussed. Findings suggest efforts to better understand the role of help-seeking in suicide prevention deserves…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
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Potter, W. James; Chang, Ik Chin – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1990
Describes study of students in grades 8 through 12 that was conducted to determine the degree to which television messages influence a person's construction of reality (the cultivation hypothesis). Research methodology that tests the effects of television exposure is examined with emphasis on the importance of demographic control variables. (38…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Correlation, Demography, Mass Media Effects
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Beautrais, Annette L. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Risk factors for serious suicidal behavior among older adults were examined in a case control study of adults aged 55 and older who died by suicide or made suicide attempts and who were compared with randomly selected comparison subjects. Multivariate analyses suggested that mood disorders were the most significant risk factor for suicidal…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
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Maser, Jack D.; Akiskal, Hagop S.; Schettler, Pamela; Scheftner, William A.; Mueller, Timothy I.; Endicott, Jean; Solomon, David A.; Clayton, Paula – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Among affectively ill patients followed for up to 14 years, 36 committed suicide, 120 attempted suicide, and 373 had no recorded suicide attempt. Comparing these three groups revealed that suicide completed within 12 months was predicted by clinical but not personality variables, and suicide beyond 12 months was predicted by newly derived…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, At Risk Persons, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Westerback, Mary E.; Primavera, Louis H. – 1992
This document reviews the research related to students' and teachers' anxiety related to science and the teaching of science in order to better understand the relationships between the variables that can predict this phenomenon. The research reports reviewed used either the Science State Trait Anxiety Inventory or the Science Teaching State Trait…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education