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Connecting Achievement Motivation to Performance in General Chemistry
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Ferrell, Brent; Phillips, Michael M.; Barbera, Jack – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Student success in chemistry is inherently tied to motivational and other affective processes. We investigated three distinct constructs tied to motivation: self-efficacy, interest, and effort beliefs. These variables were measured twice over the course of a semester in three sections of a first-semester general chemistry course (n = 170). We…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Student Motivation, Science Achievement
Effect of Health Warnings on Cigarette Pockets on Behaviour: Educational Perspective
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Gercek, Cem; Dogan, Nuri; Gundeger, Ceylan; Yakar, Levent – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: Health warnings printed on cigarette packets are an important vehicle in that they demonstrate and inform people of the threats and health risks related to smoking. Increasing the effectiveness of this vehicle is one of the purposes of this study. Research Methods: Since this research aims to describe the associations between dependent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Health Promotion, Merchandise Information
Knowledge Monitoring, Goal Orientations, Self-Efficacy, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis
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Al-Harthy, Ibrahim S.; Was, Christopher A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between knowledge monitoring and motivation as defined by self-efficacy and goal orientations. A path model was proposed to hypothesize the causal relations among predictors of the students' total score in the Educational Psychology course. The sample consisted of undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Motivation, Prior Learning
Student-Generated Questions during Chemistry Lectures: Patterns, Self-Appraisals, and Relations with Motivational Beliefs and Achievement
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Bergey, Bradley W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Self-generated questions are a central mechanism for learning, yet students' questions are often infrequent during classroom instruction. As a result, little is known about the nature of student questioning during typical instructional contexts such as listening to a lecture, including the extent and nature of student-generated questions, how…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, College Science, Lecture Method
An Integrated BIM and Cost Estimating Blended Learning Model--Acceptance Differences between Experts and Novice
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Wu, Yun-Wu; Wen, Ming-Hui; Chen, Ching-Ming; Hsu, I-Ting – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
"Building information technology" and "cost estimating" are two core skills of construction education. However, in traditional education, students learn these two important subjects in separate courses. This study proposes a blended learning environment which can provide students with support for their face-to-face learning…
Descriptors: Models, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Specialists
Impact of "Grassroots on Work" (GROW) Extension Program to the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Students' Sense of Civic Responsibility
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Paga, Mark Leo Huit – Online Submission, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the medium term effect of service-learning program or "Grassroots on Work" extension program to civic responsibility of AB Political Science students. Methodology: This study employed an impact evaluation research design and both qualitative and quantitative. The data on goals and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Program Evaluation, Bachelors Degrees