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A Study of Alternative Education Seat Time Waiver Students in Michigan
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Moore, Linden A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In September of 2007, the Michigan Department of Education introduced a program referred to as seat time waivers to a few school districts in Michigan to pilot. During the 2009-2010 school year, 999 students were on seat time waivers with a total of 5070 classes taken by these students. While the number of online learners continues to grow…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Administration, Metacognition, Self Management
Associations between Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, and Students' Performance on Model-Eliciting Tasks: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Effects
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Sharma, Anu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Mathematics education currently emphasizes engaging students in mathematical modeling to understand problems of everyday life and society (Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), 2010; English & Sriraman, 2010; Lesh & Zawojewski, 2007). The Common Core State Standards for mathematics also stress that high school students should…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Models, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies
An Examination of Relations among Taiwanese Elementary-Aged Children's Effortful Control, Social Relationships, and Adjustment at School
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Huang, Chin-Fang – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations among Taiwanese elementary school children's effortful control, social relationships and their adjustment at school. Data were gathered on 407 third- to sixth-grade children (81 third graders, 79 fourth graders, 116 fifth graders, and 131 sixth graders) attending three low- to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Correlation, Questionnaires
The Effects of Learners' Prior Knowledge, Self-Regulation, and Motivation on Learning Performance in Complex Multimedia Learning Environments
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Song, Hyuksoon S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many medical schools have developed computer-based, multimedia learning environments to fill the knowledge gap and provide common cases and resources to students. However, considering that multimedia in education may impede effective learning if the characteristics of learners and tasks are not considered thoroughly in instructional design, it is…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Instructional Design, Medical Schools, Structural Equation Models
The Influence of Academic Values and Belongingness Concerns on Achievement Goals, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Stress in First Quarter Freshmen: Relationships to Academic Performance and the Mediating Role of Procrastination
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Kennedy, Gary J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study assesses the influence of student values on long-term self-regulatory decisions defined in terms of a tendency to procrastinate and how these values, indirectly through procrastination, but also directly, affect important motivational, affective, social and behavioral academic outcomes of first quarter freshmen. Results of a structural…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation
Examining the Relationships between Metacognition, Self-Regulation and Critical Thinking in Online Socratic Seminars for High School Social Studies Students
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Lee, Shih-Ting – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined the relationships between metacognition, self-regulation and students' critical thinking skills and disposition in online Socratic Seminars for ninth grade World Geography and Culture students. Participants of this study came from six intact pre-AP (Pre-Advanced Placement) classes in a public high school in south central Texas…
Descriptors: High School Students, Metacognition, Self Management, Critical Thinking