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Constructivist Learning and Openness to Diversity and Challenge in Higher Education Environments
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Alt, Dorit – Learning Environments Research, 2017
The increasing calls for diversity research signal a need to explore contemporary learning and instruction strategies that respond to diversity in courses and curricula. The major objective of this research was to measure the level of openness to diversity and challenge (ODC) among college students as a function of their perceived constructivist…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Structural Equation Models, Undergraduate Students
Students' Perceptions of Computer-Based Learning Environments, Their Attitude towards Business Statistics, and Their Academic Achievement: Implications from a UK University
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Nguyen, ThuyUyen H.; Charity, Ian; Robson, Andrew – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This study investigates students' perceptions of computer-based learning environments, their attitude towards business statistics, and their academic achievement in higher education. Guided by learning environments concepts and attitudinal theory, a theoretical model was proposed with two instruments, one for measuring the learning environment and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Emerging Adulthood among Palestinian Minority in Israel: The Relation between Perceived Career Barriers, Future Orientation and Career Decisions
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Mahajna, Sami – Educational Studies, 2017
This study examines the relation between perceived career barriers, future orientation and career decisions among young Palestinian-Israeli youth. The study employs a theoretical model that links perceived career barriers and career decisions via variables of future orientation. Three hundred eighty-eight young Palestinian-Israeli women (73.20%)…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Family Problems, Ethnic Groups, Social Discrimination
The Construction and Validation of a New Scale for Measuring Features of Constructivist Learning Environments in Higher Education
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Alt, Dorit – Frontline Learning Research, 2014
This study was aimed at mapping features of constructivist activities in higher education settings, constructing and validating a new scale for measuring their presence in lecture face-to-face based environments (LBE), seminars (SM), and distance learning environments (DLE). A mix-method approach was implemented in three phases. The first phase…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Questionnaires, Higher Education, Distance Education
A Process Model of L2 Learners' Motivation: From the Perspectives of General Tendency and Individual Differences
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Hiromori, Tomohito – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine a process model of L2 learners' motivation. To investigate the overall process of motivation, the motivation of 148 university students was analyzed. Data were collected on three variables from the pre-decisional phase of motivation (i.e., value, expectancy, and intention) and four variables from the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Attention, Intention, Individual Differences
Structural Equation Modeling in the Communication Sciences, 1995-2000.
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Holbert, R. Lance; Stephenson, Michael T. – Human Communication Research, 2002
Notes that structural equation modeling (SEM) is a viable multivariate tool used by communication researchers for the past quarter century. Summarizes the use of this technique from 1995-2000 in 37 communication-based academic journals. Identifies and critically assesses 3 unique methods for testing structural relationships via SEM in terms of the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Higher Education, Multivariate Analysis