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Vongkulluksn, Vanessa W.; Xie, Kui – Open Education Studies, 2022
Learning processes often occur at a situational level. Changes in learning context have implications on how students are motivated or are able to cognitively process information. To study such situational phenomena, Experience Sampling Method (ESM) can help assess psychological variables in the moment and in context. However, data collected via…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Sampling, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Experience
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Bowman Heads, Angela M.; Glover, Angel M.; Castillo, Linda G.; Blozis, Shelley; Kim, Su Yeong – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: To examine ethnic identity and ethnic socialization as potential protective factors for risk behaviors among US college students. Participants: Participants were 398 African American and Afro-Caribbean students recruited from 30 colleges and universities during September 2008-October 2009. Methods: Data on hazardous alcohol use,…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Substance Abuse, Drug Use, Risk
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Booth, Chase R.; Brown, Hannah L.; Eason, Elizabeth G.; Wallot, Sebastian; Kelty-Stephen, Damian G. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2018
Reader expectations form across hierarchical scales of discourse (e.g., from coarse to fine: genre, narrative, syntax). Cross-scale interactivity produces word reading times (RTs) with multifractal structure. After introducing multifractals, we test two hypotheses regarding their relevance to reader expectations: (1) multifractal evidence of…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Expectation, Reading Rate, Hypothesis Testing
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Curran, Tara M.; Prottas, David J. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
The study used data provided by 349 professional staff employees from 17 different US higher education institutions to assess aspects of their working conditions that could influence their own work engagement and the work-related behaviours of their colleagues. Relationships among three role stressors (role ambiguity, role conflict and role…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Higher Education, Stress Variables, Work Environment
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Vivakaran, Mangala Vadivu; Maraimalai, Neelamalar – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
Computers, during its entry into the academic domain, were forecasted to revolutionize the entire educational system across the globe. At present, similar expectations have been encircling the social media technologies. Many researchers claim that social media, when introduced in higher education environments, tend to enhance the students'…
Descriptors: Social Media, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics)
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Walker, A. Adrienne; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
The idea that test scores may not be valid representations of what students know, can do, and should learn next is well known. Person fit provides an important aspect of validity evidence. Person fit analyses at the individual student level are not typically conducted and person fit information is not communicated to educational stakeholders. In…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Goodness of Fit, Educational Assessment, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Culbertson, Satoris S.; Fullagar, Clive J.; Simmons, Mathias J.; Zhu, Mengmeng – Journal of Management Education, 2015
The current study examined undergraduate student understanding of, and interest in, course material as potential antecedents to student experiences of flow within a classroom setting. In addition, the social, informative, and contagious nature of flow were examined, as was the influence of being in flow during classroom coverage of material on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Course Content, Tests
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Beyene, Kassu Mehari; Yimam, Jemal Ayalew – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Education is a process by which man transmits his experiences, new findings, and values accumulated over the years, in his struggle for survival and development, through generations. Accordingly, one of the aims of education is to strengthen the individual's and societies' problem solving capacity, ability and culture starting from basic education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Nissen, Jayson M.; Jariwala, Manher; Close, Eleanor W.; Van Dusen, Ben – International Journal of STEM Education, 2018
Background: High-stakes assessments, such the Graduate Records Examination, have transitioned from paper to computer administration. Low-stakes research-based assessments (RBAs), such as the Force Concept Inventory, have only recently begun this transition to computer administration with online services. These online services can simplify…
Descriptors: Research Design, College Students, Science Instruction, Physics
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Anders, Jake; Henderson, Morag; Moulton, Vanessa; Sullivan, Alice – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
The subjects that young people study from age 14 onwards may have important consequences for their future academic and labour market outcomes. These decisions are shaped by the schools in which they find themselves. Schools also face constraints of their own. This paper explores the extent to which individuals' decisions are affected by the school…
Descriptors: School Role, Academic Advising, School Statistics, Student Records
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Partlo, Margaret; Ampaw, Frim – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2018
Relying heavily on case or regional studies, higher education institutions market the perceived global skills that students acquire from education abroad as a value-added commodity. As industries increase their global reach, understanding the labor market effects of education abroad from a national perspective is necessary and timely. This study…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Regression (Statistics), Business Administration Education
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Blankenberger, Bob; Lichtenberger, Eric; Witt, M. Allison – Educational Researcher, 2017
In this study, we analyzed data for the Illinois high school class of 2003 to determine the impact of dual credit participation on postsecondary attainment. We matched 8,095 dual credit participants to an equal number of nonparticipants within the same high school at the point of postsecondary enrollment using propensity scores calculated through…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Student Records, Data Analysis, College Credits
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Ma, Colleen; Harris, Peter; Cole, Andrew; Jones, Phil; Shulruf, Boaz – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The objectives of this study were to identify the effectiveness of the panel admission interview as a selection tool for the medical program and identify improvements in the selection tools battery. Data from 1024 students, representing four cohorts of students were used in this study. Exploratory factor analysis using principal component analysis…
Descriptors: Interviews, Medical Education, College Admission, Admission Criteria
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Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie L.; Acquaye, Hannah; Griffith, Matthew D.; Jo, Hang; Matthews, Ken; Acharya, Parul – Journal of Statistics Education, 2017
Statistical literacy refers to understanding fundamental statistical concepts. Assessment of statistical literacy can take the forms of tasks that require students to identify, translate, compute, read, and interpret data. In addition, statistical instruction can take many forms encompassing course delivery format such as face-to-face, hybrid,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Graduate Students, Online Courses
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DeAngelo, Linda; Franke, Ray – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Completing college is now the minimum threshold for entry into the middle class. This has pushed college readiness issues to the forefront in efforts to increase educational attainment. Little is known about how college readiness improves outcomes for students traditionally marginalized in educational settings or if social background factors…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, College Readiness, College Freshmen, School Holding Power
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