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Aagaard, Lola; Skidmore, Ronald L.; Conner, Timothy W., II – Online Submission, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic self-efficacy and preferences regarding the use of text materials and in-class activities of college students at a university that serves one of the highest-poverty regions in the United States. A convenient cluster sample of 105 students taking summer classes at a…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Efficacy, Textbooks, Preferences
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McCay-Peet, Lori; Toms, Elaine – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2011
Introduction: Serendipitous information retrieval is the perhaps inevitable consequence of immersion in an information-rich environment. Just how well chance encounters are supported, however, within these environments varies and one of the challenges to the development of tools and systems to facilitate serendipity is measuring how well they…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Use Studies