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Development of a New Model on Utilizing Online Learning Platforms to Improve Students' Academic Achievements and Satisfaction
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Abuhassna, Hassan; Al-Rahmi, Waleed Mugahed; Yahya, Noraffandy; Zakaria, Megat Aman Zahiri Megat; Kosnin, Azlina Bt. Mohd; Darwish, Mohamad – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2020
This research aims to explore and investigate potential factors influencing students' academic achievements and satisfaction with using online learning platforms. This study was constructed based on Transactional Distance Theory (TDT) and Bloom's Taxonomy Theory (BTT). This study was conducted on 243 students using online learning platforms in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Models, Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction
A Cross-Language Study of Acoustic Predictors of Speech Intelligibility in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease
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Kim, Yunjung; Choi, Yaelin – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The present study aimed to compare acoustic models of speech intelligibility in individuals with the same disease (Parkinson's disease [PD]) and presumably similar underlying neuropathologies but with different native languages (American English [AE] and Korean). Method: A total of 48 speakers from the 4 speaker groups (AE speakers with…
Descriptors: Speech, Acoustics, Predictor Variables, Pronunciation
Context Strengthens Initial Misinterpretations of Text
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Christianson, Kiel; Luke, Steven G. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2011
Three self-paced reading experiments examined the effect of context on interpreting subsequent sentences and in the difficulty of revising initial misinterpretations of subsequent temporarily ambiguous sentences. Target sentences containing noun phrase/sentence (NP/S) coordination ambiguities were preceded by contexts that either did or did not…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Nouns
Predicting Language Production in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome: The Role of Comprehension.
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Chapman, Robin S.; Seung, Hye-Kyeung; Schwartz, Scott E.; Bird, Elizabeth Kay-Raining – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
Predictors of language production skills were evaluated in 48 children and adolescents with Down syndrome and compared to 48 children matched for nonverbal mental age and mother's years of education. Comparison of two models found the model that incorporated comprehension performance (as well group membership, chronological age, cognition,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Comprehension, Downs Syndrome
Applying the Landscape Model to Comprehending Discourse from TV News Stories
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Lee, Mina; Roskos-Ewoldsen, Beverly; Roskos-Ewoldsen, David R. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The Landscape Model of text comprehension was extended to the comprehension of audiovisual discourse from text and video TV news stories. Concepts from the story were coded for activation after each sequence, creating a matrix of activations that was reduced to a vector of the degree of total activation for each concept. In Study 1, the degree…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Television, Correlation, Models
Intelligence and Personal Influence in Groups: Four Nonlinear Models.
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Simonton, Dean Keith – Psychological Review, 1985
Four models are developed to provide a conceptual basis for a curvilinear relation between intelligence and an individual's influence over group members. The models deal with influence and percentile placement in intelligence, comprehension by potential followers, vulnerability to rival intellects, and correlation between mean group IQ and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Creativity