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Tan, Tanya Y.; Jain, Misha; Obaid, Teeba; Nesbit, John C. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2020
Learning management systems (LMS) offer quiz tools that help students prepare for examinations. The purpose of this study is to investigate quiz tracking variables typically reported by LMS in relation to student achievement, motivation and learning strategies. The data from 143 undergraduate students comprised quiz tracking variables (number of…
Descriptors: Tests, Time on Task, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies
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Kaakinen, Johanna K.; Olkoniemi, Henri; Kinnari, Taina; Hyönä, Jukka – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2014
We examined processing of written irony by recording readers' eye movements while they read target phrases embedded either in ironic or non-ironic story context. After reading each story, participants responded to a text memory question and an inference question tapping into the understanding of the meaning of the target phrase. The results of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Story Reading, Eye Movements, Memory
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Benfield, Jacob A.; Bell, Paul A.; Troup, Lucy J.; Soderstrom, Nick – Environment and Behavior, 2010
Research on noise shows that a variety of effects including stress, annoyance, and performance decrements exist for certain types of sounds. Noise interferes with cognitive ability by overloading the attentional system or simply distracting from efficient encoding or rehearsal, but very little research has extended those findings to recreation or…
Descriptors: Parks, Memory, Cognitive Ability, Acoustics