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Rawat, Bhupesh; Dwivedi, Sanjay K. – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2019
With the emergence of the web, traditional learning has changed significantly. Hence, a huge number of 'e-learning systems' with the advantages of time and space have been created. Currently, many e-learning systems are being used by a large number of academic institutions worldwide which allow different users of the system to perform various…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Characteristics, Learning Processes, Management Systems
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Alt, Dorit – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Self-efficacy for learning, which refers to students' beliefs in their capabilities to regulate their own learning, could determine students' motivation and academic achievement and, therefore, is significant in the learning process. This study examined how educational efforts based on constructivist theory were associated with the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Self Efficacy, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment
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Kyndt, Eva; Dochy, Filip; Struyven, Katrien; Cascallar, Eduardo – Educational Psychology, 2012
This study starts with investigating the relation of perceived workload, motivation for learning and working memory capacity (WMC) with students' approaches to learning. Secondly, this study investigates if differences exist between different student profiles concerning their approach to the learning and the influence of workloads thereon. Results…
Descriptors: Motivation, Short Term Memory, Multivariate Analysis, Profiles
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de la Fuente, Jesus; Cano, Francisco; Justicia, Fernando; Pichardo, Maria del Carmen; Garcia-Berben, Ana Belen; Martinez-Vicente, Jose Manuel; Sander, Paul – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
Introduction: The current panorama of Higher Education reveals a need to improve teaching and learning processes taking place there. The rise of the information society transforms how we organize learning and transmit knowledge. On this account, teaching-learning processes must be enhanced, the role of teachers and students must be evaluated, and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
Carrier, Carol A.; Sales, Gregory C. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1987
Describes a study of 36 college juniors at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to contrast how well students learn new concepts from working with a partner versus working individually on a computer-based lesson. Highlights include types of feedback chosen and an analysis of verbal interactions. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Feedback, Higher Education
Shanahan, Timothy – 1982
The amount and structure of prose learning derived from vocabulary definition and graphic post-organizer construction methods of independent study tasks is examined. Undergraduate subjects (n=144) read a 2000-word passage in a 20-minute reading period. Two subject groups performed text information tasks while a third acted as a control to measure…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Definitions, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Shih, Yu-Fen; Alessi, Stephen M. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1996
Analyzes the relative advantages of using text versus voice to convey verbal information in multimedia courseware and reports results of a study of undergraduates that investigated the effects of presentation method on learning and student preferences. Topics include realism, dual modality, controllability, content characteristics, learner…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education, Learning Processes
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Beasley, Robert E.; Waugh, Michael E. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1996
Describes a study of 61 undergraduates that investigated the effects of hypermedia content-structure focusing on learner's structural knowledge acquisition, retention, and disorientation. Use of a Completely Randomized Multivariate Analysis of Variance design for hypothesis testing is explained and implications for hypermedia design are discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Correlation, Courseware
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Russon, A. E.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how to teach computer skills to undergraduate female novice users through the design of an instructional manual that facilitated learning computer skills and increased computer self-efficacy by using familiar analogies. Treatment of the experimental and control groups is explained, and measurement techniques are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Females
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Kelly, Anthony E.; O'Donnell, Angela – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1994
Describes research that investigated the study strategies of preservice teachers through the use of a hypertext program that monitored lecture note review strategies of individuals and dyads. Highlights include learning from lectures; the use of pretest information; and differences in dyad and individual review strategies. (Contains 28…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education
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Lee, Myung-Geun; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1992
Describes a study that was conducted to analyze the developmental effects of two instructional strategies--adjunct questions and visualization--in facilitating student achievement among Korean high school and adult learners. Treatments for the experimental and control groups are described, criterion measures are explained, and results are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Analysis of Covariance, Cohort Analysis