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Sam Ihlenfeldt; Gregory K. W. K. Chung; Susan Lyons; Jordan Lawson; Elizabeth J. K. H. Redman – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2025
In this evaluation study, we investigated the extent to which Solitaired.com's online game, Solitaire, could be used to model players' performance on several validated cognitive tests commonly associated with mental acuity (i.e., memory and processing speed). Prior research found that Solitaire gameplay is affected by mild cognitive impairment and…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Cognitive Tests, Cognitive Processes, Reaction Time
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Tara Coppinger; Con Burns; Mai O'Leary; Louise Fleming; Seán Lacey; Aoife L. McCarthy – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
The International Survey of Children's Wellbeing (ISCWeB) is the most wide-ranging and diverse study ever conducted internationally on children from their own perspective. The aim of this study was to pilot the ISCWeB among primary schoolchildren in Ireland to examine their subjective wellbeing and examine the relationship between subjective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Well Being, Life Satisfaction
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Fuke, Taissa S. S.; Kamber, Ege; Alunni, Melissa; Mahy, Caitlin E. V. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Little is known about the development of procrastination, the tendency to postpone undesirable but necessary tasks, during early childhood. Only one study has measured procrastination behavior in preschool children using a single behavioral task (Sutter et al., 2018). Thus, the present study investigated the emergence and development of everyday…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Time Management, Child Behavior, Executive Function
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Bing Liu; Jing Liu; Qianrong Yang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
This study explores online self-regulated learning skills among high school students in three schools in China's EAST City Y using questionnaires. Results reveal the online self-regulated learning skills of high school students are positioned at an intermediate level, showcasing noteworthy disparities across distinct cohorts of high school…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Metacognition, Independent Study
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Pierce, Jenny L.; Tanner, Kristine; Merrill, Ray M.; Shnowske, Lauren; Roy, Nelson – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The aims of this study were: (1) to quantify variability in voice production (as measured acoustically) within and across consecutive days in vocally healthy female speakers; (2) to identify which acoustic measures are sensitive to this variability; and (3) to identify participant characteristics related to such voice variability. Method:…
Descriptors: Females, Acoustics, Individual Characteristics, Age Differences
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An, Yunjo; Zhu, Meina; Bonk, Curtis J.; Lin, Lin – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2021
This study explored instructors' perceptions, interest, self-efficacy, perceived barriers, and support needs regarding gamification in MOOCs. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from an online survey and follow-up interviews. Most participants showed interest in gamification and indicated that they would consider utilizing gaming…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Self Efficacy
Keller, Brad; Brookes, Sheila; Wills, Kerri – Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2022
This document is a guide through the process of setting up and running a book study about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belongingness, to better create an inclusive and equitable environment where everyone feels they belong. Books on these topics provide tools and context to navigate race, age, physical ability, religion, and sexual…
Descriptors: Diversity, Social Justice, Inclusion, Race
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Lennertz, Lora L.; Jones, Phillip J. – College & Research Libraries, 2020
The clock and calendar regulate many library activities, but the seasonal and temporal dimensions of libraries are largely unexplored. Intrigued by observations of colleagues' temporal attitudes and behavior, the authors drew on the work of sociologist Eviatar Zerubavel to investigate the perceptions of time, schedules, and urgency among…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Sociology, Time Perspective, Scheduling
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Dawson, Shirley; Napper, Vicki – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2020
Despite the presence of codes and laws, ethical decision-making by educators continues to elude understanding. The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore factors in education ethical decision-making that may influence teacher behaviors in order to develop training materials for future teachers. Previously vetted scenarios based on actual…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Moral Issues, Decision Making
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Evans, Matthew; Tragant, Elsa – TESL-EJ, 2020
This study assesses the reasons behind learner dropout in adult EFL environments. Differences between two groups -- dropouts (N=154) and persistent learners (N=106) -- are examined using a questionnaire with qualitative and quantitative components. The study focussed on three areas: characteristics of the two groups (such as age and proficiency),…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Dropouts, Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics
Emily V. Saland – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This single site case study investigated the phenomenon of narrowly missed on-time graduation (bachelor's degree completion within four years rather than five) among first-time, full-time undergraduate students at one private residential college in the Northeastern United States. Lengthening time to an undergraduate degree is a national trend; the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Time to Degree
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Salgado, Sofia; Au-Yong-Oliveira, Manuel – Education Sciences, 2021
Burnout is increasingly present in organizations and in the most diverse professions, namely, in university students. Burnout can have negative repercussions on their well-being and can even lead them to abandon their studies. The objective of the study focuses on academic burnout and taking medication as a consequence of the requirements of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Stress Variables, Drug Therapy
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Stiller, Klaus D.; Bachmaier, Regine – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2017
High dropout rates are still a problem with online training. It is strongly suggested that learner characteristics influence the decision to persist in an online course or to drop out. The study explored the differences in domain-specific prior knowledge, motivation, computer attitude, computer anxiety, and learning skills between dropouts and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropout Rate, Knowledge Level, Student Motivation
Barry, Melissa; Mathies, Charles – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
This study was conducted at a research-extensive public university in the southeastern United States. It examined the retention and completion of master's degree students across numerous disciplines. Results were derived from a series of descriptive statistics, T-tests, and a series of binary logistic regression models. The findings from binary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Graduate Study, Role
Rideout, Victoria – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2014
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center has conducted a national survey of more than 1500 parents of children ages 2-10 to find out how much of children's media time is devoted to educational content, platform by platform, age by age. "Learning at Home: Families' Educational Media Use in America" is the first comprehensive analysis of parents'…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Mass Media Use, Family Involvement, Family Characteristics
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