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Sun, Meng – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative, non-experimental meta-synthesis explored the antecedents, consequences, and interventions of both active and passive procrastination among university students. Based on the academic procrastination paradigm proposed by Schraw, Wadkins, and Olafson in 2007, the study synthesized and interpreted the findings of twelve purposefully…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Habits, Time Management, Influences
Shafee Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Predicting learning and human behavior in general is a challenging endeavor. Machine learning driven predictive modeling have been an increasingly popular means to understand disparities in student performance. With more than a handful of approaches to predictive modeling, the current literature of predicting learning is plagued with issues such…
Descriptors: Prediction, Short Term Memory, Blended Learning, Student Behavior
Long, Evan Raymond – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This multiple case study investigated how teachers utilized C3 Framework-aligned instructional materials created with the Inquiry Design Model in unique contexts. Contextual factors related to how teachers enacted and experienced the C3 Framework were explored, in addition to how they planned, implemented, and assessed C3 Framework-aligned…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Studies, Instructional Materials, Models
Bowles, Bruce L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Although response scholarship has continually called for a greater emphasis on context when analyzing instructors' written commentary on student writing, textual analysis of written comments remains a primary direction for response research. Additionally, when context is accounted for, it is oftentimes done so in a rather reductive fashion, with a…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Writing (Composition), Models, Assignments
Allen, Jared R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explain middle school teachers' decisions for planning a science unit of instruction (reflection on action) and their decisions when enacting this planned unit (reflection in action) using the new teacher professional knowledge and skill (TPK&S) model as a guiding framework. In addition, this study specifically…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers, Science Instruction, Knowledge Level
Huang, Jia – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Information retrieval (IR) systems have tremendously broaden users' access to information. However, users need to select their needs from trillions of information indexed daily. Due to the "semantic gap" between queries and indexed terms in IR system, whether users can satisfy their needs depends on whether they use the correct terms as…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Needs, Documentation, Information Systems
Harris, Kendra E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This single-case qualitative study examines leadership in an institution of higher education using the Responsible Leadership for Performance (RLP) model (Lynham & Chermack, 2006) as a framework. The study explores how using a paradigm of collective leadership as an alternative to models of individual leadership could inform understanding of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Leadership, Organizational Culture
Sickinger, Pamela H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Within the framework of social cognitive career theory, social cognitive career variables, demographic variables, and the contextual variable, parent support, were examined to determine their predictive value for eighth-grade students' career exploration behavior. Results suggest that the social cognitive career variable, intentions/goals,…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Career Exploration, Middle School Students, Occupational Aspiration
Liu, Chi-Chang – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Hobby activities can be viewed through the lens of informal, free-choice learning. A wide range of hobbies combine fun and learning-intensive practices, and can contribute to scientific literacy. Hobby learning involves clear goal orientation, persistence and effort, and often results in more richly and strongly connected knowledge; traits highly…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Animals, Informal Education, Information Seeking
Sung, Ji Eun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
New products continue to launch quickly but many of them are converged products. The "new product" is not a completely new thing to consumers and the basic features stay the same. As a result, the added functions or fancy design can't explain why consumers adopt the new media. Past studies have examined perceptions of innovations or user…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Innovation, Context Effect, Intention
Buhl, Sara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This exploratory study examined the associations between teacher-student relationship ratings and characteristics of students and teachers. A sample of fifth grade teachers (N = 115) and their students (N = 2070) were studied. Hierarchical linear modeling was employed to explore the associations between variables while taking both individual…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Grays, Makayla – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students must be sufficiently motivated in order to achieve the intended learning outcomes of their college courses. Research in education and psychology has found motivation to be context-dependent. Therefore, students' motivation is likely to differ from one semester to the next according to which courses students are taking. However, there are…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Student Motivation, Predictor Variables, Psychometrics
Farrell, Caitlin C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Increased accountability through federal and state education policies has resulted in a growing demand for educators to access, understand, and utilize the various types of data to adapt their practice. These data include student work, district benchmarks, observation of instruction, and high-stakes state assessments, among others. Despite the…
Descriptors: Data, Educational Improvement, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies
Townsend, LaTricia Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Nationwide the demand for schools to incorporate technology into their educational programs is great. In response, North Carolina developed the IMPACT model in 2003 to provide a comprehensive model for technology integration in the state. The model is aligned to national educational technology standards for teachers, students, and principals.…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Markle, Ross Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on educational outcomes has been widely demonstrated in the fields of sociology, psychology, and educational research. Across these fields however, measurement models of SES vary, including single indicators (parental income, education, and occupation), multiple indicators, hierarchical models, and most…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Context Effect, Outcomes of Education, Educational Research
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