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Cetin, Baris – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine whether the approaches to learning and age are significantly correlated to grade point average (GPA) in early childhood education students. In addition, another purpose of this study is to determine whether approaches to learning and age predicted students' GPAs in the Early Childhood Education Department. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Age, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
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Winstone, Naomi E.; Nash, Robert A.; Rowntree, James; Menezes, Richard – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Feedback is a key concern for higher education practitioners, yet there is little evidence concerning the aspects of assessment feedback information that higher education students prioritise when their lecturers' time and resources are stretched. One recent study found that, in such circumstances, students actually perceive feedback information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response)
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Maciejewski, Wes; Merchant, Sandra – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
Students approach learning in different ways, depending on the experienced learning situation. A deep approach is geared toward long-term retention and conceptual change while a surface approach focuses on quickly acquiring knowledge for immediate use. These approaches ultimately affect the students' academic outcomes. This study takes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Education
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Everaert, Patricia; Opdecam, Evelien; Maussen, Sophie – Accounting Education, 2017
Previous literature calls for further investigation in terms of precedents and consequences of learning approaches (deep learning and surface learning). Motivation as precedent and time spent and academic performance as consequences are addressed in this paper. The study is administered in a first-year undergraduate course. Results show that the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Learning Motivation
Marencik, Joseph J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A quasi-experimental switching replications design with matched participants was employed to determine the influence of revision vodcasts, or video podcasts, on students' assessment scores and study processes in secondary physics. This study satisfied a need for quantitative results in the area of vodcast influence on students' learning processes.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Secondary School Science, Physics, High School Students
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Taher, Adahi Moulaye M'Hamed; Jin, Chen – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
This study empirically investigated learning approaches of management graduate students in China. The representative sample consisted of 208 MBA students in a professional accreditation business program in careers, namely the part-time MBA program, provided by Zhejiang University (ZJU) during the 2010/2011 academic year. The instrument used to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Criticism, Questionnaires