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Macakova, Viviana; Wood, Clare – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
There is limited research regarding university students' academic achievement and what influences it. We argue that university students' academic achievement could be influenced by different factors to those observed for schoolchildren. We investigated whether university students' beliefs about intelligence ('implicit theories'), self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Psychological Needs, Need Gratification
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Lechuga Sancho, María Paula; Martín-Navarro, Alicia; Ramos-Rodríguez, Antonio Rafael – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
When studying entrepreneur's intentions, researchers have mainly relied on the theory of planned behaviour model developed by Ajzen (1991. "The Theory of Planned Behavior." "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes" 50 (2): 179-211) which includes personal variables such as subjective norms, attitude and perception…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Predictor Variables, College Seniors
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Chacón-Cuberos, Ramón; Olmedo-Moreno, Eva María; Lara-Sánchez, Amador Jesús; Zurita-Ortega, Félix; Castro-Sánchez, Manuel – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The present study which is descriptive and cross-sectional in nature, pursues the objective of developing a structural equation model which integrates basic psychological needs, emotional regulation and academic stress in a sample composed of 2736 university students [[male gender symbol] = 33.8% (n = 924); [female gender symbol] = 66.2% (n =…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Self Control, Stress Variables, Measures (Individuals)
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Pérez-Macías, Noemí; Fernández-Fernández, José- Luis; Rúa Vieites, Antonio – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
There is a scarcity of research on the influence of structural -network ties (NT)-, cognitive -shared languages (SL) and shared visions (SV)- social capital (SC) dimensions on online students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI). This paper, drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), examines this influence on a sample of 302 Spanish online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Capital
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Aoun, Chadi; Vatanasakdakul, Savanid; Ang, Karyne – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Reflective teaching practice is often heralded as a pillar of effective tuition. However, the perceptions of multiple forms of feedback among learners and their contributions to reflective learning is yet to attract significant attention, particularly in the Information Systems (IS) context. This research investigates the antecedent constituents…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Experience, Foreign Countries, Information Systems
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Stockfelt, Shawanda – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This article reports on the findings from a longitudinal analysis of 2976 boys from the Next Steps (formerly LSYPE) data set. It unites the existing literature on ethnic gaps in attainment and higher education participation (HEP) to offer deeper, more holistic insight into the relationship between ethnicity and educational outcomes. The article…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education
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Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina; Mas-Machuca, Marta; Marimon, Frederic – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Universities must ensure that academic staff are qualified and competent for performing their job. Teaching and research are two key activities in which lecturers should excel. While some authors suggest teaching and research complement each other and positively influence student satisfaction, some others point to a rivalry effect between the two.…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Student Attitudes, Teacher Qualifications, Correlation
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Shafaei, Azadeh; Nejati, Mehran; Abd Razak, Nordin – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This study investigates the influence of length of stay in a foreign country on international students' adjustment and attachment attitude and examines the relationship between such acculturation attitude with psychological and sociocultural adaptations in a host country. Moreover, it investigates whether psychological and sociocultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Attachment Behavior, Student Attitudes
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Chou, Chun-Mei; Shen, Chien-Hua; Hsiao, Hsi-Chi; Chen, Su-Chang – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This study examines 1630 tertiary students in regard to their entrepreneurial career intentions (ECIs) and their influencing factors. The findings may serve as academic reference for the development of entrepreneurship-related education. The results show that students' computer self-efficacy (CSE) has a significant direct effect on ECIs, and…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Internship Programs, College Students, Intention
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Bravo, Rafael; Lucia-Palacios, Laura; Martin, Maria J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
The presence of student teamwork is increasing in most university degrees. However, there is still a gap in the literature regarding the connection between teamwork processes and their outcomes. In this paper, the authors analyze these processes and how they relate to teamwork outcomes from the students' perspective. Data was gathered from 129…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teamwork, Student Attitudes, Economics Education
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Ang, Lawrence; Breyer, Yvonne Alexandra; Pitt, Joseph – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
"Recommendation" is a highly credible and powerful construct in marketing. This article investigates the construct "intention to recommend" in the context of student evaluations of teaching. Motivated by changes in the sector, the study explores what factors drive course recommendation and their relationship with each other. A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Methods, College Students
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Nguyen, ThuyUyen H.; Charity, Ian; Robson, Andrew – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This study investigates students' perceptions of computer-based learning environments, their attitude towards business statistics, and their academic achievement in higher education. Guided by learning environments concepts and attitudinal theory, a theoretical model was proposed with two instruments, one for measuring the learning environment and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Margalina, Vasilica Maria; De-Pablos-Heredero, Carmen; Montes-Botella, Jose Luis – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
In this research, the relational coordination model has been applied to prove learners' and instructors' high levels of satisfaction in e-learning. According to the model, organizations can obtain better results in terms of satisfaction by providing shared knowledge, shared goals and mutual respect mechanisms, supported by a frequent, timely and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Models, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Smith, Calvin; Worsfold, Kate – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
With the increasing adoption of work-integrated learning (WIL) as a feature of curricula, the idea of student satisfaction takes on a new dimension--students' experiences on placement are not routinely under the control of university academic staff, yet universities will ultimately be held responsible for the quality of students' placement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Satisfaction, Student Attitudes
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de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Mainhard, M. Tim; Meijer, Paulien C.; Pilot, Albert; Brekelmans, Mieke – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
Master's thesis supervision is a complex task given the two-fold goal of the thesis (learning and assessment). An important aspect of supervision is the supervisor-student relationship. This quantitative study (N = 401) investigates how perceptions of the supervisor-student relationship are related to three dependent variables: final grade,…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Student Attitudes, Supervisors, Masters Theses
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