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Wang, Yuan; Baker, Ryan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
In recent years there has been considerable interest in how many learners complete MOOCs, and what factors during usage can predict completion. Others, however, have argued that many learners never intend to complete MOOCs, and take MOOCs for other reasons. There has been qualitative research into why learners take MOOCs, but the link between…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Shedlosky-Shoemaker, Randi; Fautch, Jessica M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The number of undergraduate students completing degrees in STEM disciplines has been declining over the last few decades. With a growing body of research considering what predicts persistence in STEM fields, one approach is to consider individual differences as predictors of attrition in the major. The current study utilized a variety of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Academic Persistence