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Charalampous, Kyriakos; Kokkinos, Constantinos M. – Communication Education, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the application of the Model of Reciprocal Causation (MRC) in examining the relationship between student personality (personal factors), student-perceived teacher interpersonal behavior (environment), and Mathematics achievement (behavior), with the simultaneous investigation of mediating effects…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Personality Traits, Student Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement
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Mbwesa, Joyce Kanini – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
There is a long history of study and recognition of the critical role of interaction in supporting and even defining distance education. Interaction has been identified as key to the success of distance learning. It is key in fostering, supporting and engaging in the learning process. Moore (1989) posits that the physical distance that exists in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Satisfaction, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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McDade-Montez, Elizabeth; Wallander, Jan; Elliott, Marc; Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Tortolero, Susan; Cuccaro, Paula; Schuster, Mark A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
Research among adults has demonstrated concurrent and prospective negative associations between TV viewing and mental health, yet little research has examined these associations among African American and Latino youth or examined the role of children's involvement with TV and parental mediation of TV viewing via coviewing. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Well Being, Mental Health, African Americans
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Stamps, Arthur E., III – Environment and Behavior, 2013
This article reports seven new, original findings, based on 4 experiments, 56 environmental scenes, and 71 participants, on how the factors of area over which one could walk (boundary height, boundary porosity, and boundary proximity) influence perceived spaciousness or enclosure. Perceived spaciousness was most strongly related by the area over…
Descriptors: Urban Environment, Physical Environment, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
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Luo, Heng; Robinson, Anthony C.; Detwiler, Jim – Journal of Educators Online, 2014
This study investigates the effect of geographic distance on students' distance learning experience with the aim to provide tentative answers to a fundamental question--does geographic distance matter in distance education? Using educational outcome data collected from an online master's program in Geographic Information Systems, this study…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Geographic Location, Proximity, Masters Programs
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Scott, John T., Jr.; Johnson, James D. – 1976
Study objectives were to: determine the range of retail goods provided by different size urban places in two predominantly different rural states (Illinois and Iowa); investigate the relationship of distance to larger urban places and the impact on retail offerings of small towns; estimate the effects of location (i.e., proximity) and town size on…
Descriptors: Business, Community Size, Consumer Economics, Correlation