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Student Motivations for Social Media Use and Their Effects on Academic Performance: A Meditational Approach in Emerging Market
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Kalam, Abul; Goi, Chai Lee; Tiong, Ying Ying – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2023
Purpose: Due to the incredible criticisms by scholars of the excessive use of social media networks, this study aims to explore students' motivation for social media use (SMU) and its effects on academic performance (AP) in the light of uses and gratification theory. Design/methodology/approach: Using the simple random and snowball sampling…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Social Media, Academic Achievement, Mediation Theory
Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments
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Becnel, Kim, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The emergent phenomena of virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality is having an impact on ways people communicate with technology and with each other. Schools and higher education institutions are embracing these emerging technologies and implementing them at a rapid pace. The challenge, however, is to identify well-defined problems…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment
Monetary Incentive Effects Upon Incidental Learning During an Instructional Task
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Wolk, Stephen; DuCette, Joseph – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Incidental Learning
Effects of Animated Visuals on Incidental Learning and Motivation.
Rieber, Lloyd P. – 1990
This study examined the effects of animated presentations on intentional and incidental learning and the degree to which computer practice activities contained intrinsically motivating characteristics as measured by continuing motivation. A total of 70 fourth graders participated in an introductory lesson on Newton's laws of motion. Two levels of…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Grade 4
Students and Learning.
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Ruopp, Richard – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
Discusses the impact of the telecommunication experience on student skills (thinking, reading, writing, group dynamics, and basic computer literacy) and student motivation and attitudes (educational attitudes, self-concept, and world view). Discusses indirect learning as the heart of the project approach to education. Lists research questions on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incidental Learning, Information Networks, Learning Activities
Animation, Incidental Learning, and Continuing Motivation.
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Rieber, Lloyd P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Effects of animated graphics presentations on incidental learning and the degree to which various computer practice activities contain intrinsically motivating characteristics were studied with 70 fourth graders learning about Newton's laws of motion. Incidental learning occurred without sacrifice of intentional learning. Students were highly…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Challenges to Meaningful Learning in African-American Females at an Urban Science High School.
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Wandersee, James H.; Griffard, Phyllis Baudoin – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Reports on a case study of meaningful science learning in two African-American female high school students. Finds that complex cultural factors that permit cognitive passivity, confidence-without-competence, and attention to behavior over learning contribute to cognitive disengagement and ultimately to the blocking of intentional, meaningful…
Descriptors: Biology, Black Students, Case Studies, Cultural Influences