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Wu, Fan; Fan, Weihua – Educational Psychology, 2017
The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationships among college students' achievement motivation (subjective task value and academic self-efficacy), academic procrastination (delay and missing deadlines) and achievement-related behaviours (effort and persistence). More specifically, the study investigated the mediating role…
Descriptors: Time Management, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Expectation
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Akar, Cüneyt – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2016
The aim of the study is to investigate how university students perceive academicians' democratic values, and whether their perceptions on it differ significantly according to certain variables. Designed as a descriptive quantitative research, this study employs of 248 students studying at the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Economics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Democratic Values, Student Attitudes
Kurt, Mehmet; Bilginer, Hayriye – Online Submission, 2016
In the globalizing world economy, for the realization of international trade is increasing the need for foreign language learning. TR63 (Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye and Hatay) region is increasing its export every day. Besides these advances, interest is awakening in foreign language education among the region. In preparing syllabus for this kind of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
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Anastasiadou, Sofia D. – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2011
The aims of this paper are to determine the validity and reliability of SASTSc scale as an instrument to measure students' attitudes that monitors affective components relevant to learning the disciple of statistics with the help of technology and its impact on students' career in a Greek sample. Initially, it consisted of 28 items concerning 5…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Measures (Individuals), Reliability, Validity
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Houghton, George; Pritchard, Rhys; Grange, James A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2009
Backward inhibition (BI) refers to a reaction time cost incurred when returning to a recently abandoned task compared to returning to a task not recently performed. The effect has been proposed to reflect an inhibitory mechanism that aids transition from one task to another. The question arises as to precisely what aspects of a task may be…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Reaction Time, Inhibition, Componential Analysis
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Elango, Rengasamy; Gudep, Vijaya Kumar; Selvam, M. – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2008
e-Learning, of late, has been witnessing an unprecedented expansion as an opportunity for higher education. This expanding alternative mode calls for ensuring and imparting a sound and qualitative education. The present study made an attempt to investigate the issues related to the quality dimensions of e-learning. Our results revealed the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, College Students