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Böhm, Stephan; Constantine, Georges Philip – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on contextualized features for mobile language learning apps. The scope of this paper is to explore students' perceptions of contextualized mobile language learning. Design/Methodology/Approach: An extended Technology Acceptance Model was developed to analyze the effect of contextual app features on students'…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Student Attitudes, Computer Oriented Programs
The Relationship between Goal Orientation and Academic Achievement in Hong Kong: The Role of Context
Chen, Wei-Wen; Wong, Yi-Lee – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
Previous research has examined how goal orientations relate to a wide range of contextual variables. However, there is surprisingly little research examining the relationship between achievement context and students' goal orientations, or the cultural variations in such relationships. The purpose of the present study was, therefore, to explore the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Mastery Learning
An Eye-Tracking Investigation of Written Sarcasm Comprehension: The Roles of Familiarity and Context
?urcan, Alexandra; Filik, Ruth – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
This article addresses a current theoretical debate between the standard pragmatic model, the graded salience hypothesis, and the implicit display theory, by investigating the roles of the context and of the properties of the sarcastic utterance itself in the comprehension of a sarcastic remark. Two eye-tracking experiments were conducted where we…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Familiarity, Language Processing, Language Usage
Zumbrunn, Sharon; McKim, Courtney; Buhs, Eric; Hawley, Leslie R. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
This explanatory sequential mixed methods study examined how belonging perceptions, academic motivation, and engagement might mediate the relationship between academic contextual characteristics and achievement using structural equation modeling and qualitative follow-up interviews with college students from a large, Midwestern university. In the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement
Karrie A. Shogren; Mauricio Garnier Villarreal – Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to use data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) to (a) conceptually identify and empirically establish student, family, and school constructs; (b) explore the degree to which the constructs can be measured equivalently across disability groups; and (c) examine latent differences (means,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Construct Validity, Disabilities, Statistical Data
Lee, Chung Gun – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study consists of three sub-studies. Sub-study 1 and 2 attempted to incorporate environmental variables as precursor background variables of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict quitting-related intentions among Texas adult smokers and university student smokers, respectively. Sub-study 1 and 2 analyzed different data sets and were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Smoking, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
Museus, Samuel D.; Nichols, Andrew H.; Lambert, Amber D. – Review of Higher Education, 2008
Racial minority student persistence is of paramount importance to higher education policymakers and practitioners. This study was aimed at understanding racial differences in the direct and indirect effects of campus racial climate on degree completion using structural equation modeling techniques and a nationally representative sample. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Minority Groups, Higher Education