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Direct linkTan, Tanya Y.; Jain, Misha; Obaid, Teeba; Nesbit, John C. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2020
Learning management systems (LMS) offer quiz tools that help students prepare for examinations. The purpose of this study is to investigate quiz tracking variables typically reported by LMS in relation to student achievement, motivation and learning strategies. The data from 143 undergraduate students comprised quiz tracking variables (number of…
Descriptors: Tests, Time on Task, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies
Download full textHawthorne, Melissa J.; Cooper, Alisha; Chavis, Katie; Burrell, Tracey; Evans, Cay – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021
Student success is an ongoing area of interest to educators and researchers alike. The current study seeks to expand the literature on what factors help or hinder students by examining the roles of Need for Cognition (NfC), academic motivation, and student study habits in academic success. The results indicated that NfC scores, Personal…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Positive Attitudes
Warden, David N; Myers, Charlsie A. – College Student Journal, 2017
The relationship between domain-specific nonintellective variables and academic achievement among nontraditional students was explored to address uninvestigated factors and clarify distinctions between nontraditional and traditional student achievement. College students (nontraditional n = 72, traditional n = 67) completed an online survey…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, College Students
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Blaich, Charles – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
Funded by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts (CILA) at Wabash College, the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNS) is a multi-institution, multi-year, longitudinal study designed to identify the academic and non-academic collegiate experiences that foster liberal learning. This article describes how the study was done and…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Liberal Arts, Student Evaluation
