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Sidney-Anthony McPhee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This was a causal comparative study examining and comparing student class schedules and credit load to academic success by grade point average earned at a Tennessee community college. The results of this causal comparative study utilizing a mixed methods data collection revealed significant differences in credit load, grade point average (GPA) and…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Grade Point Average, Community Colleges, College Credits
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Zhang, Sumei; Frimpong Boamah, Emmanuel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to use the optimization modeling method to explore whether there is an ideal arrangement of course enrollments that can yield optimal parking demand and supply on college campuses. Design/methodology/approach: Using the University of Louisville as a case study, this study deploys a three-step analytical…
Descriptors: Campuses, Facilities, Motor Vehicles, Transportation
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Xiaoping Gao; Stuart Woodcock; Jinjin Lu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study investigated English first language (L1) speakers' motivation for learning Chinese as a second language (L2) in Australia and the links of underlying motivational components to learner sociobiographical (e.g. gender and reasons for learning) and language learning variables (i.e. experience abroad, hours of self-study, and speaking with…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, College Students, Chinese, English
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Goode, Elizabeth; Nieuwoudt, Johanna Elizabeth; Roche, Thomas – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
One Australian public university is radically changing the way it delivers higher education, introducing a 6-week immersive scheduling delivery model across all units and courses. Despite the emerging success of block and immersive models for raising the performance of diverse student cohorts, the design factors underpinning positive outcomes are…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Learning Modules, Synchronous Communication
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Marbouti, Farshid; Shafaat, Ali; Ulas, Jale; Diefes-Dux, Heidi A. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Background: A factor related to students' course performance that has seen limited research compared to other academic factors is the time of day a class is offered. Because of students' chronotypes (i.e., preferred time of day to study or work), time of class can influence attendance, which has a strong correlation with students' performance in a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Engineering Education, Attendance, Grades (Scholastic)
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Safsouf, Yassine; Mansouri, Khalifa; Poirier, Franck – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This study focuses on the learners' success toward learning management systems in higher education in Morocco and also proposes a theoretical model to better understand the determinants of learners' satisfaction, self-regulation and continuance intention to use these systems. For this purpose, variables which may have a positive or…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Metacognition, Student Attitudes, College Students
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Chang-Tik, Chan – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020
The purpose of this study is to investigate the interaction between discipline and personality in a blended classroom using the community of inquiry model. To this end, a factorial ANOVA is used to determine the main effects of the high and low of each personality trait as well as the four different clusters of discipline on the presences. The…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Personality Traits, College Students, College Faculty
Chelberg, Kelli – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The fact that American Indian (AI) college students pursuing postsecondary educational opportunities have lower retention and completion rates than their peers is well documented. Additionally, the use of mentoring as a means of social support for AI students has been increasingly recognized as an important factor in a successful educational…
Descriptors: Photography, American Indian Students, College Students, Social Support Groups
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Dalbudak, Ibrahim; Gürkan, Alper C.; Yigit, Sih Mehmet; Kargun, Mehmet; Hazar, Gürkan; Dorak, Feridun – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This study aims to investigate visually disabled students', who study in the level of primary education, high school, university, attitudes about physical education and sport in terms of different variables. Totally 100 visually disabled students who are individual and team athletes and study in Izmir, (8 visually disabled athletes study in…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Computer Software
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Metz, Anneke M. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2008
To better understand the dynamics of online student test taking, including the likelihood of cheating by large numbers of students, we examined test-taking patterns and outcomes of weekly online quizzes in two large undergraduate biology lecture courses. Students taking a quiz late in a 1-3-day quiz access period performed 10-15% worse on quizzes…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Biology, Lecture Method, Computer Assisted Testing
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Bond, J. B., Jr. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1977
Data reported here support the view that an increase in anxiety exerts an interfering effect on test performance and suggest that attempts should be made to minimize increases and to decrease anxiety levels of students on test days. (Author/JC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Students, Correlation