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Tugba Pürsün – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
In this study, structural equation modeling was used to examine the effect of gifted students' attitudes toward reading on their reading habits and writing tendencies. The study group for this research, in which the correlational survey model was used, was formed with the convenience sampling method. The study was conducted with 134 gifted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
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Chen, Ouhao; Kalyuga, Slava – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2021
Cognitive load theory (CLT) uses working memory resources depletion to explain the superiority of spaced learning, predicting that working memory resources will be less taxed if there are resting/spacing periods inserted between learning tasks, in comparison to learning from the same tasks in a single session. This article uses the working memory…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Elementary School Students, Tests, Foreign Countries
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Kang, Sujeong; Choi, Naya – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Considerable studies have shown the protective effects of breastfeeding on internalizing problem behaviours in early childhood, yet little is known about the groundwork for this relationship. This study attempted to test the hypothesis that improvement of mothers' positive parenting behaviours by breastfeeding can explain the relationship. We used…
Descriptors: Infants, Nutrition, Behavior Problems, Hypothesis Testing
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Silber, Henning; Roßmann, Joss; Gummer, Tobias – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2018
In this article, we present the results of three question design experiments on inter-item correlations, which tested a grid design against a single-item design. The first and second experiments examined the inter-item correlations of a set with five and seven items, respectively, and the third experiment examined the impact of the question design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Surveys, Experiments, Correlation
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Tyagi, Tarun Kumar – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
This study investigated the causal relationship between mathematical creativity and mathematical intelligence. Four hundred thirty-nine 8th-grade students, age ranged from 11 to 14 years, were included in the sample of this study by random cluster technique on which mathematical creativity and Hindi adaptation of mathematical intelligence test…
Descriptors: Creativity, Mathematics Skills, Intelligence, Grade 8
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Adegboyega, Lateef Omotosho – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
This paper investigated the influence of moderating variables on Nigerian undergraduates' emotional intelligence and attitude towards examination. Descriptive survey of the correlational type was employed for the study. One thousand, five hundred and thirty-six (1,536) undergraduates in Nigeria were drawn using purposive and stratified sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Emotional Intelligence, Student Attitudes
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Mohammed, Shalal Abdulla; Devecioglu, Sebahattin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Anxiety is one of the critical medical conditions that affect individuals due to various reasons. Some of these reasons may be related to inheritance while others are acquired during major life events. In this investigation, the level of unemployment anxiety was evaluated for students at Firat University, Elazig, Turkey. The study population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Unemployment, Anxiety
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Thorsen, Cecilia; Henry, Alastair; Cliffordson, Christina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
In the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) motivation is conceptualized to be generated by discomfort associated with the learner's experience of a discrepancy between their current L2 self, and their ideal L2 self. However, in the L2MSS model, this discrepancy is not operationalized. A questionnaire containing measures of current L2 selves was…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
The objective of this study was to examine how individual interest and knowledge acquisition are causally related. Three hypotheses were tested using a cross-lagged panel analysis (N = 186) and two quasi-experimental studies (N = 68 and N = 108) involving students from schools in Singapore. The first hypothesis is the broadly shared standard…
Descriptors: Correlation, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Interests, Knowledge Level
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Etuk, S. E.; Agbasi, O. E.; Robertt, U. W. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2018
This study attempts to answer the questions on whether the number and spatial distribution of available state owned primary and secondary schools in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria can actually support the government policy of free and compulsory education in the state. The study examined the relationship between the available public schools and…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Educational Policy, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries
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Chen, Ni; Culbertson, Hugh M. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2018
Many critics view "deontology" (focusing largely on the merits of an action itself) and "utilitarianism" (evaluation of an action based on its projected consequences) as rival approaches to ethical decision making. This survey of public relations students at three universities in the United States and one each in Hong Kong and…
Descriptors: Public Relations, Ethics, Cross Cultural Studies, Questionnaires
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Han, Heesup; Kiatkawsin, Kiattipoom; Kim, Wansoo; Hong, Ju Hea – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
The higher education market in South Korea has matured over recent decades. Higher education institutions have invested in many areas to boost the student experience. Student satisfaction has been identified as a key variable in explaining the holistic evaluation of the course. This study aims to fulfil a void in research by developing a study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Satisfaction, Classroom Environment, College Students
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Williams, Cameron John; Dziurawiec, Suzanne; Heritage, Brody – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Despite the widespread prevalence of psychological distress that affects many higher education students, existing student-stress research remains largely atheoretical. To address this gap, this paper applies Siegrist's (1996) effort-reward imbalance model in a theoretical investigation of student stress. We surveyed Australian university students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Stress Variables, Rewards
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Sarti, Daria – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to research on the broad theme of knowledge-sharing (KS) behaviours and the impact that different organizational tenure may have on them. In this relationship, the relevance of the leader in enhancing sharing dynamics among employees is highlighted. Design/methodology/approach: This study focuses on KS…
Descriptors: Organizational Climate, Tenure, Knowledge Management, Sharing Behavior
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Kim, Boyoung; Kim, So Rin; Yang, Na Yeon; Yaung, Huk; Ha, Gyu Young; Yang, Joon Young; Lee, Bora; Lee, Sang Min – Journal of Career Development, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine the longitudinal relationships between planned happenstance skills (PHS) and life adjustment and to examine whether this relationship was moderated by the degree of career barriers. The participants were 307 Korean college students going through a school-to-work transition. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Adjustment (to Environment), Barriers, Correlation
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