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Modelling Relationships between Students' Academic Achievement and Community of Inquiry in an Online Learning Environment for a Blended Course
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Choy, Jeanette Lyn Fung; Quek, Choon Lang – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
With the advancement in technology, learners are spending a substantial amount of time on online learning. Guided by the community of inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 1999), this study examined the relationships among students' perceived teaching element, social element, cognitive element, satisfaction, continuous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Communities of Practice, Inquiry
To Master or Perform? Exploring Relations between Achievement Goals and Conceptual Change Learning
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Ranellucci, John; Muis, Krista R.; Duffy, Melissa; Wang, Xihui; Sampasivam, Lavanya; Franco, Gina M. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Research is needed to explore conceptual change in relation to achievement goal orientations and depth of processing. Aims: To address this need, we examined relations between achievement goals, use of deep versus shallow processing strategies, and conceptual change learning using a think-aloud protocol. Sample and Method:…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Protocol Analysis
Relations between Goals, Self-Efficacy, Critical Thinking and Deep Processing Strategies: A Path Analysis
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Phan, Huy Phuong – Educational Psychology, 2009
Research exploring students' academic learning has recently amalgamated different motivational theories within one conceptual framework. The inclusion of achievement goals, self-efficacy, deep processing and critical thinking has been cited in a number of studies. This article discusses two empirical studies that examined these four theoretical…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Path Analysis
The Impact of School Leadership on School Level Factors: Validation of a Causal Model
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Kruger, Meta L.; Witziers, Bob; Sleegers, Peter – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the antecedents and effects of educational leadership, and of the influence of the principal's leadership on intervening and outcome variables. A path analysis was conducted to test and validate a causal model. The results show no direct or indirect effects of educational leadership on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, School Effectiveness
Learning in Basic Electricity: How Do Motivation, Cognitive and Classroom Climate Factors Influence Achievement in Physics?
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von Rhoneck, Christoph; Grob, Karl; Schnaitmann, Gerhard W.; Volker, Bruno – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Attempts to elucidate the relationship between physics achievement and psychological constructs. Concludes that cognitive factors and interest contribute relatively stable components in all the path analyses. Contains 27 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology
Students' Learning Processes and Progress in Higher Education.
Murray-Harvey, Rosalind; Keeves, John P. – 1994
A study was designed to investigate the complex interrelationship of factors that affect university students' academic achievement. The study used a sample population of 72 students who were enrolled in first year Nursing and Teacher Education courses in 1991 at the Flinders University of South Australia. From data gathered over 2 years, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Applications for African-American Middle School At-Risk Students.
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Sapp, Marty; And Others – 1994
This study found a statistically significant relationship between cognitive-behavioral therapy and improvements in African American middle school students' grade point averages, number of days absent, and number of days tardy. Subjects were 60 junior high school students. The results of a path analysis provided the rationale for conducting this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavioral Objectives, Black Students