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Lin, Yi-Yin; Sandmann, Lorilee R. – Online Submission, 2012
Although existing literature addresses adults' motivation to learn, and some specifically focuses on older adults, it is now recognized that older adults are more heterogeneous and complex than other age groups. Therefore, this study seeks to provide an alternative theoretical framework to investigate motivation to learn for older adult learners…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Older Adults
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Krauss, Steven Eric; Hamzah, Azimi; Ismail, Ismi Arif; Suandi, Turiman; Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah; Dahalan, Dzuhailmi; Idris, Fazilah – Youth & Society, 2014
Despite existing research on the contribution of social context and religiosity to adolescent behavioral outcomes, few studies have attempted to explore this topic among Muslim adolescents in non-Western settings, looking at both positive and negative outcomes. In response to this gap, the current study explored the effects of three dimensions of…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Religious Factors, Adolescents
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Chiu, Ming Ming; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Mcbride-Chang, Catherine – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
We examined whether strategies of memorization, transfer through elaboration, and metacognition accounted for reading, science, and mathematics achievement across 34 countries. 158,848 fifteen-year-olds completed a reading literacy test and a questionnaire. Of these students, 88,401 completed a science test, and 88,590 completed a mathematics…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Sciences, Foreign Countries
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Burn, Janice; Thongprasert, Nalinee – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2005
This study was designed to examine the critical success factors for implementing Virtual Education Delivery (VED) in Thailand, and to identify ways to facilitate such adoption and lead to effective outcomes. The study incorporated an analysis of three specific factors related to Thai culture: high power distance "Bhun Khun", uncertainty…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Strategic Planning, Program Implementation, Virtual Classrooms