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Associations among Attitudes, Perceived Difficulty of Learning Science, Gender, Parents' Occupation and Students' Scientific Competencies
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Chi, ShaoHui; Wang, Zuhao; Liu, Xiufeng; Zhu, Lei – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study investigated the associations among students' attitudes towards science, students' perceived difficulty of learning science, gender, parents' occupations and their scientific competencies. A sample of 1591 (720 males and 871 females) ninth-grade students from 29 junior high schools in Shanghai completed a scientific competency test and…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Science Education, Correlation, Student Attitudes
Student Perception of Topic Difficulty: Lecture Capture in Higher Education
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McCunn, Patrick; Newton, Genevieve – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Perception of topic difficulty is a likely predictor of lecture capture video use, as student perception of difficulty has been shown to affect a variety of outcomes in academic settings. This study measured the relationship between perceived difficulty and the use of lecture capture technology in a second year biochemistry course while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Difficulty Level
EFL Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences and Text Difficulty
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Bilikozen, Neslihan; Akyel, Ayse – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
This study explores the relative contribution to EFL reading comprehension of the following individual-difference variables: prior knowledge, topic interest, linguistic proficiency, gender, reading motivation, and metacognitive awareness. It also investigates the relationship between the aforementioned individual differences and the role of text…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Motivation, Prior Learning, Second Language Learning
Are My Grades a Reflection of Me?: Black College Students' Attributions and Interpretations of Grades Received in the Classroom
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Edwards, Diana Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In the school achievement and motivation literature of African American students, one major theme of the literature is a supposed inconsistency or discrepancy in African American students' value and expectations for their academic achievement and their actual levels of achievement. The discrepancy between Black students' achievement ideologies and…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Black Colleges, Student Attitudes
Factors Affecting Students' Evaluations of the Same Course by the Same Instructor on Different Occasions.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1982
Differences in ratings of the same instructor teaching the same course on two different occasions are related to differences in background characteristics: (1) higher levels of workload/difficulty, (2) higher expected grades, and (3) instructor experience. (PN)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Difficulty Level, Educational Environment, Higher Education
An Application of the Rasch Model to Computerized Adaptive Testing.
Wisniewski, Dennis R. – 1986
Three questions concerning the Binary Search Method (BSM) of computerized adaptive testing were studied: (1) whether it provided a reliable and valid estimation of examinee ability; (2) its effect on examinee attitudes toward computerized adaptive testing and conventional paper-and-pencil testing; and (3) the relationship between item response…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Grade 5