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Homer, Cory R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the quantitative correlational study was to examine the extent to which there is a correlation between specific components of perceived self-regulated learning (PSRL) and academic achievement for students participating in asynchronous online community college courses that utilize a staggered content delivery method in the Northeast…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correlation, Metacognition, Academic Achievement
Asim Cengiz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The interest in the effectiveness of virtual education remains a major concern to academics particularly during the universal disease crisis (COVID-19). Nevertheless, there is a shortage of analyses concentrating on learners' insights in virtual physical education (PE) learning sessions. Positive correlation commonly occurs between attitudes and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Physical Education, Charter Schools, Student Attitudes
James M. Durbin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The present study sought to examine four key factors to mathematical anxiety research. First, examine if adult learner is less impacted by mathematical anxiety interventions than their younger peers. Second, the potential effect of incubation theory on mathematical anxiety treatment involving low math anxious individuals. Third, if older adults,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Older Adults, Intervention, Age Differences
Walker, Amy W. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
During the Spring 2020 semester, all fifty states in the United States closed schools from in-person instruction due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. When the two Upstate South Carolina school districts in this study reopened in the Fall of 2020, they gave families the option of allowing students to attend newly developed virtual schools which…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Educational Environment, Mathematics Achievement
Gao, Shanshan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the modern higher educational system, technology permeated almost all the provisions of educational processes and transformed individual learning transactions. Empirical evidence reveals students' skill gaps in the digitized campus and the real-world work environment driven by technology. Technical training is of high value and in high demand…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Learning Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Learning Theories
Jennifer Francois – ProQuest LLC, 2021
While recent research has shown that multimodal feedback and use of formulaic sequences (FS) are effective in improving student performance on writing tasks, there is a dearth of studies on the impact of these aspects on computer-based academic speaking assessments. This dissertation seeks to fill this gap by examining the impact of both…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Assignon, Selom – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The problem of low student completion rates in distance learning courses remains one of the major issues that institutions of higher learning face. Efforts by school administrators to reverse this trend have so far produced mixed results. The rapid expansion of distance learning has encouraged many institutions to move more courses online,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Online Courses, Distance Education
Mehall, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Interaction in online learning (OL) has been extensively studied over the past few decades. Today, courses following social constructivist (Vygotsky, 1997) based designs are widespread throughout higher education. These course designs place an emphasis on interpersonal interaction, which is largely viewed as beneficial to online learners, as a…
Descriptors: Interaction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses
Silisyene, Majory Kaziya – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In this dissertation, I analyze the impact of three environmental education strategies implemented in rural northern Tanzania focused on forest-related knowledge. In Chapter Five, I assess the impact of two strategies--face-to-face group discussion and mobile phone texting--on knowledge. I also compare the effectiveness of the two strategies in…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Forestry, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Prudchenko, Yekaterina – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Argumentation incorporated into class discussions can improve students' problem solving skills and enhance their epistemic and conceptual understanding. Research indicates students sometimes need scaffolding such as goal instructions to improve their argumentation skills. This study examined the effectiveness of different types of goal…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Problem Solving, Goal Orientation, Achievement
Darling, Douglas Duane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Policy and procedure haven't kept up with institutional practices at community colleges. With over 5.5 million college students taking online courses, 29% of college students are taking an online course. As student numbers taking online courses have increased, so have the number of faculty teaching online. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Evaluation, Online Courses
Ashford, Roslyn La'Toya – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The study compared traditional and nontraditional students' attitudes about the psychosocial learning environment and their influence on self-efficacy, enjoyment of online learning, and student satisfaction by using Moos' (1979) Model of Environmental and Personal Variables and the three dimensions of social climate as its theoretical framework.…
Descriptors: College Students, Nontraditional Students, Electronic Learning, Conventional Instruction
Lowenthal, Patrick Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Social presence theory is a central concept in online learning. Hundreds of studies have investigated social presence and online learning. However, despite the continued interest in social presence and online learning, many questions remain about the nature and development of social presence. Part of this might be due to the fact that the majority…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Distance Education
Howard, Craig Dennis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
"Collaborative video annotation" (CVA) allows multiple users to annotate video and create a discussion asynchronously. This dissertation investigates 14 small-group CVA discussions held on YouTube in a pre-service teacher education course. Fourteen groups of 6-12 pre-service teachers (141 total) participated. Five of these groups (48…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Asynchronous Communication, Group Discussion, Social Networks
Zapko, Karen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An important goal of nursing education is to produce graduates who are problem solvers and competent clinical practitioners able to practice in a very complicated health care environment; reflection and inquiry are two ways to accomplish this goal. This qualitative study explored how eight senior baccalaureate nursing students developed in their…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Reflection, Inquiry, Undergraduate Students
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