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Kahu, Ella; Stephens, Christine; Leach, Linda; Zepke, Nick – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
Research into both student engagement and student emotions is increasing, with widespread agreement that both are critical determinants of student success in higher education. Less researched are the complex, reciprocal relationships between these important influences. Two theoretical frameworks inform this paper: Pekrun's taxonomy of academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Learner Engagement, Distance Education
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Sharp, John G.; Hemmings, Brian; Kay, Russell; Murphy, Barbara; Elliott, Sam – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Academic boredom usually contributes adversely towards student engagement and performance across a diverse range of settings including universities. The formal study of academic boredom in higher education remains, however, a relatively underdeveloped field and one surprisingly neglected in the UK. Rooted in Control-Value Theory, details of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Seniors, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement
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Harris, P. J.; Campbell Casey, S. A.; Westbury, T.; Florida-James, G. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
Students suffer from stress as a result of many factors, including educational unpreparedness, financial strain and inability to integrate socially. This mixed methods study aimed to investigate stress levels of undergraduate students in a post-1992, Scottish university and the potential for measures of stress to act as an indicator of a student's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Stress Variables, School Holding Power