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Schnitman, Ivana Maria; Forgerini, Fabrício – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
This article examines the adoption of technological innovations in education, such as the use of mobile devices, as teaching agent to pedagogical mediation. The research discusses factors that could contribute to motivation or serve as barriers to the use of tablets as teaching agents to mediate learning. Findings suggest satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Çetin, Baris – Journal of International Education Research, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine whether academic motivation and academic self-regulated learning predicted students' GPAs in the Early Childhood Education Department. The study participants consisted of 166 early childhood education majors enrolled in the 2014 spring semester at Georgia Southern University, USA. Data were gathered using…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Education Majors, Undergraduate Students, Independent Study
Teng, Lin Sophie; Zhang, Lawrence Jun – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This study aimed to validate a newly-developed instrument, The Writing Strategies for Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) Questionnaire, with respect to its multifaceted structure of SRL strategies in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. A total of 790 undergraduate students from 6 universities in Northeast China volunteered to be participants.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Metacognition, Writing Strategies, English (Second Language)
Stewart, Martyn; Stott, Tim; Nuttall, Anne-Marie – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Study goals and effective management of study time are both linked to academic success for undergraduates. Mastery goals in particular are associated with study enjoyment and positive educational outcomes such as conceptual change. Conversely, poor self-regulation, in the form of procrastination, is linked to a range of negative study behaviours.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Study Habits, Time Management, Independent Study
Dykas, Matthew J.; Valentino, David W. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
This study examined the factors that contribute to students' success in conducting geological field work. Undergraduate students (n = 49; 51% female; mean age = 22 y) who were enrolled in the 5-wk State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) geology field program volunteered to participate in this study. At the beginning of the field…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Afshar, Hassan Soodmand; Rahimi, Ali; Rahimi, Masoud – Issues in Educational Research, 2014
Among the factors influencing learners' learning, instrumental motivation, critical thinking and autonomy are thought to be of crucial importance. The present study, thus, set out to investigate relationships between instrumental motivation, critical thinking, autonomy and academic achievement of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 100 Iranian…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Vásquez-Colina, María D.; Gonzalez-DeHass, Alyssa R.; Furner, Joseph M. – Journal of Research in Education, 2014
This paper reports findings of a pilot study examining the feasibility of a research design to investigate how achievement goals relate to the construct of math anxiety. In addition, we also consider how other important achievement-related behaviors, like self-efficacy, help-seeking, and self-regulation, might also relate to students' math…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Mathematics Education, Self Efficacy, Help Seeking
The Impact of Integrating Technology and Social Experience in the College Foreign Language Classroom
Chen, Yulin – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
Technology has been used widely in the field of education for a long period of time. It is a useful tool which could be a mediation to help language learners to learn the target language. In order to investigate how technology and social experience can be integrated into courses to promote language learners' desire to learn English, the researcher…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
Huang, Wen-Hao; Huang, Wen-Yeh; Tschopp, Jill – Computers & Education, 2010
Digital game-based learning (DGBL) has become a viable instructional option in recent years due to its support of learning motivation. Recent studies have mostly focused on identifying motivational factors in digital games (e.g., curiosity, rules, control) that support intrinsic motivation. These findings, however, are limited in two fronts.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
Khatib, Mohammad; Hassanzadeh, Mohammad; Rezaei, Saeed – International Education Studies, 2011
This study examines the preferred vocabulary learning strategies of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners. In order to identify the aforementioned group in terms of language proficiency, a TOEFL test was administered to a population of 146 undergraduate EFL students at the university of Vali-e-Asr in Rafsanjan, Iran. Those scoring above 480 were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)