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Liew, Tze Wei; Zin, Nor Azan Mat; Sahari, Noraidah; Tan, Su-Mae – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that a smiling expression on the face of a talking pedagogical agent could positively affect a learner's emotions, motivation, and learning outcomes in a virtual learning environment. Contrary to the hypothesis, results from Experiment 1 demonstrated that the pedagogical agent's smile induced negative…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation, Virtual Classrooms
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Liew, Tze Wei; Tan, Su-Mae; Jayothisa, Chandrika – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The present study examined the impact of peer-like and expert-like agent stereotypes, as operationalized by agent's image and voice, on learners' agent perceptions, task-related attitudes, and learning achievement. 56 university freshmen (23 males and 33 females) interacted with either the peer-like agent (female college student) or the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Liew, Tze Wei; Tan, Su-Mae; Seydali, Rouzbeh – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2014
The present study examined the relationship among learners' differences, behaviors in manipulating variables, and learning achievements in a simulation-based program that supports discovery learning in the subject of C-programming algorithm. Participants (n = 66) took the Group Embedded Figures Test, Action Control Scale, and Computer…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Individual Differences, Self Efficacy, Student Behavior