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Xiao, Junhong – Open Learning, 2012
Research on the good language learner in the conventional learning context has been high on the agenda of practitioners in the field of English as a second language/English as a foreign language since the mid-1970s. This study, however, focuses on the distance learning context with the aim of constructing an "affective" profile of the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Self Efficacy, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Hunter, Walter E. – Community College Frontiers, 1979
Considers the influence of noncognitive or affective factors (those which govern a person's feelings) on student learning and achievement. Reviews studies focusing on anxiety, locus of control, student age differences, and instructional style. (MB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Age, Anxiety