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Assessment Preferences of Preservice Teachers: Analysis According to Academic Level and Relationship with Learning Styles and Motivational Orientation
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Garcia-Ros, Rafael; Perez-Gonzalez, Francisco – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
This study analyze the preferences of preservice teachers about different assessment procedures, and the relationship of these preferences with the students' academic levels, learning styles and motivational orientations. The participants were 248 students in the Teaching degree program (124 first-year students and 124 in their third-year). The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy
The Instructional Effect of Online Reading Strategies and Learning Styles on Student Academic Achievement
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Hsieh, Pei-Hsuan; Dwyer, Francis – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the instructional effectiveness of different online reading strategies for students identified as possessing different learning styles, either internal or external locus of control styles, on tests measuring different learning objectives. Participants were 169 undergraduate students, randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Reading Strategies
Field Dependence-Independence and Physical Activity Engagement among Middle School Students
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Liu, Wenhao; Chepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir Rose – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Field dependence-independence (FDI) is a tendency to rely on external frames (given situations and authoritative people) or internal frames (oneself, including one's own body) for one's information processing and behavior. Literature has constantly reported that field-dependent (FD) individuals, who are less autonomous in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Cognitive Style, Physical Education, Student Participation
Cross-Cultural Learning Approaches in Students from the USA, Japan and Taiwan
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Brown, Michael B.; Aoshima, Megumi; Bolen, Larry M.; Chia, Rosina; Kohyama, Takaya – School Psychology International, 2007
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between approaches to learning and locus of control of students from the USA, Japan, and Taiwan. The results show that students from the USA utilized more rote memory learning compared to students from Japan and Taiwan, while students from Japan were more likely to be "Achieving"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Mapping, Locus of Control, Cultural Traits
Predictors for Student Success in an Online Course
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Yukselturk, Erman; Bulut, Safure – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This study analyzed the factors that affect student success in an online computer programming course. The study had two with two main objectives. The first was to examine relationships among selected variables (gender, age, educational level, locus of control, and learning style), motivational beliefs (intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy, Online Courses
Characteristics of Academically Excellent Business Studies Students in a Post-1992 University
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Bennett, Roger; Barkensjo, Anna – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
In contrast to the extensive investigation of the characteristics of students who fail or perform badly in "new" universities, research into the factors associated with academic excellence within post-1992 institutions has been sparse. This empirical study examined the profile of a sample of 81 high-flying business studies undergraduates…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Profiles, Student Characteristics