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Stitzel, Shannon; Raje, Sonali – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
There has been considerable research on potential academic factors that can predict success in college introductory science courses. In order to support high success rates for students, some institutions across the country have implemented diagnostic tests to determine which students are eligible to take introductory chemistry classes. These tests…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Access to Information, Academic Achievement, Introductory Courses
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Abdelmohsen Hamed Okela – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2024
The pervasive adoption of online learning in educational systems worldwide has resulted in delivering this learning to digital natives, today's university students. In this context, it is crucial to acknowledge the significance of students' satisfaction in determining the success or failure of online learning. This study examines the impact of the…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Mass Media Role, Electronic Learning, Student Satisfaction
Yolanda Alvarez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem this study addressed involves how college students since the year 2020 in the U.S. have been negotiating romance, dating, and sexual relationships in the unique historical period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, this study addressed the problem of needing to determine how the pandemic may have disrupted college students' intimate…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Dating (Social)
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Jiang, Weiwei; Ha, Louisa – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
China has a conservative sex culture and does not include contraception as part of its sex education curriculum. As a result, young people tend to search for sex information online. How college students seek contraception information, by what means, and the factors affecting their information seeking are poorly understood. To better understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Contraception, Access to Information
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Sadik, Alaa – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Students' perceptions about both ease of use and usefulness are fundamental factors in determining their acceptance and successful use of technology in higher education. File sharing systems are one of these technologies and can be used to manage and deliver course materials and coordinate virtual teams. The aim of this study is to explore how…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Shared Resources and Services, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Atherton, Mirella; Shah, Mahsood; Vazquez, Jenny; Griffiths, Zoe; Jackson, Brian; Burgess, Catherine – Open Learning, 2017
Curriculum design, teaching methods, assessments and range of academic support need to be inclusive in Open Access Enabling courses. The findings of this study confirm a correlation between student access to online learning materials and a positive impact on grades in science courses. More specifically, students who frequently use the online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Educational Research, Data Collection
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Sieche, Susan; Krey, Birte; Bastiaens, Theo – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2013
The purpose of this study is to investigate students' usage and acceptance of electronic books. Factors correlating with students' attitude towards e-books were examined using the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, Bagozzi, & Warshaw 1989). A questionnaire was administered online for students at University of Hagen. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Use Studies, College Students
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Angelone, David J.; Mitchell, Damon; Lucente, Lauren – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The purpose of the current study is to examine the influence of multiple offender motivations (including no indication of a motivation), relationship length, and gender role beliefs on perceptions of a male-on-female date rape. A sample of 348 U.S. college students read a brief vignette depicting a date rape and completed a questionnaire regarding…
Descriptors: Motivation, Rape, Anxiety, Victims of Crime
Alkhalaf, Ahmad Abdullah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explored university students' information seeking behaviors related to prescription medication (PM) information. Specifically, it examined the different sources students use for PM information, their use and perceptions of online sources, the types of PM information they seek, their concerns about, and methods they apply to verify the…
Descriptors: College Students, Information Seeking, Internet, Online Searching
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Sad, Suleyman Nihat; Goktas, Ozlem; Bayrak, Ilhami – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The study aimed to describe and compare the perceptions of web-based distance education students and campus-based face-to-face students about the quality of education provided in their programs with regard to variables including gender, marital status, and employment status. A baseline descriptive survey design and complementary "ex post…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction
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Lizzio, Alf; Wilson, Keithia; Hadaway, Veronica – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
This study aimed to identify the manner in which university students construe "fair treatment" and how justice related processes are perceived to influence students' psychological identification with their academic department. In the first study, 342 undergraduate psychology students completed two questionnaires: one measured various…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Student Attitudes, Equal Education, Educational Environment
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers