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Sebastianelli, Rose; Swift, Caroline; Tamimi, Nabil – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
The authors examined how six factors related to content and interaction affect students' perceptions of learning, satisfaction, and quality in online master of business administration (MBA) courses. They developed three scale items to measure each factor. Using survey data from MBA students at a private university, the authors estimated structural…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Business Administration Education, Participant Satisfaction, Student Attitudes
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Spooren, Pieter; Mortelmans, Dimitri; Thijssen, Peter – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Structural equation modelling is used to measure the existence of a response style (in particular, acquiescence) behind three balanced Likert scales measuring different concepts in a questionnaire for student evaluation of teaching in higher education. Exploration with one sample (n = 1125) and confirmation in a second sample (n = 710) from a…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Response Style (Tests), Likert Scales
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Phan, Huy Phuong – Educational Psychology, 2011
Two major theoretical frameworks in educational psychology, namely student approaches to learning (SAL) and self-efficacy have been used extensively to explain and predict students' learning and academic achievement. There is a substantial body of research studies, for example, that documents the positive interrelations between individuals'…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement, Learning Processes
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Teo, Timothy; Lee, Chwee Beng – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to examine pre-service teachers' self-reported intention to use technology by employing the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as the research framework. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 157 student teachers completed a survey questionnaire measuring their responses to four constructs in the TPB. These were…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Student Teachers, Structural Equation Models, Interests
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Vautier, Stephane; Bonnefon, Jean-Francois – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
Individuals routinely rate themselves higher than their peers on a number of attributes and capabilities, including their satisfaction with life. However, the construct validity of this above-average effect requires specific psychometric properties of ratings of one's contentment and ratings of others' perceived contentment. This article tests…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Research Methodology, Construct Validity, Psychometrics
Clemons, Trudy L. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among students' self-perception, attitudes toward school, study and organizational skills, achievement motivation, attributional style, gender, parental involvement and style, parental income and parental level of education, and students' academic performance or achievement. Using…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Grade Point Average