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Litster, Kristy; Lommatsch, Christina W.; Novak, Joshua R.; Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S.; Harmon, M. Jill; Roxburgh, Allison L.; Bullock, Emma P. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
This study explored associations among children's prior attitudes, prior mathematics knowledge, and frequency of digital game use, with children's perceptions of game affordances, and transfer to out-of-game performance when interacting with digital math games, with respect to gender. Participants were 187 children (ages 8-12). An SEM mediation…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Pretests Posttests, Computer Games, Student Attitudes
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Savi Çakar, Firdevs; Tagay, Özlem – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This research is a descriptive study based on the testing of a structural model developed by considering the effects of perceived social support and subjective well-being on adolescents' risky behaviors, and the possible mediating role of self-esteem. Participants consisted of 676 high school students attending formal education institutions,…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Social Support Groups, Risk, Health Behavior
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Cho, Jaehee; Lee, H. Erin; Quinlan, Margaret – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: Based on the technology acceptance model (TAM), we explored the nationally-bounded roles of four predictors (subjective norms, entertainment, recordability, and networkability) in determining the TAM variables of perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), and behavioral intention (BI) to use diet/fitness apps on…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, College Students
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Aksu, Gökhan; Koruklu, Nermin – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: One of the main goals of education is to nurture individuals who know and improve themselves; who is well educated and have scientific perspective; who have developed communal coherency level; who are active, democratic and respectful to human rights. At the present time, according to an up to date mentality in mathematics…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, Computer Software, Mathematics Achievement, Student Attitudes
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Bernacki, Matthew L.; Nokes-Malach, Timothy J.; Aleven, Vincent – Metacognition and Learning, 2015
Self-regulated learning (SRL) theorists propose that learners' motivations and cognitive and metacognitive processes interact dynamically during learning, yet researchers typically measure motivational constructs as stable factors. In this study, self-efficacy was assessed frequently to observe its variability during learning and how learners'…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Cues, Algebra
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Chen, Yi-Chun; Huang, Hui-Wen; Cheng, Chung-Ping; Hsieh, Hsin-Chin; Huang, Chih-Ling – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which social smoking expectations mediate the relationship between adolescent smoking behaviour and the smoking behaviour of family and peers. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Setting: Taiwan, Republic of China. Method: The participants were 921 senior high school students…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Computer Software