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Weinmann, Carina; Löb, Charlotte; Mattheiß, Tamara; Vorderer, Peter – Educational Media International, 2013
This study examined the potential of entertainment-education (E-E) for promoting engagement with a science issue. It was assumed that certain entertaining features of a media experience increase viewers' perceived knowledge about an issue. Drawing on different theoretical models of E-E and on persuasive effects of narrative media messages, three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Films, Knowledge Level
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Tight, Malcom, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed. – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2013
"Theory and Method in Higher Education Research" contains contemporary contributions to international debates regarding the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education. Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and more researchers from a great…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Research
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Shin, Dong-Hee; Biocca, Frank; Choo, Hyunseung – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2013
This study examines the users' experiences with three-dimensional (3D) virtual environments to investigate the areas of development as a learning application. For the investigation, the modified technology acceptance model (TAM) is used with constructs from expectation-confirmation theory (ECT). Users' responses to questions about cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Expectation, Cognitive Processes
Banning, Bryan James – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This quantitative study examined the relationships between cultural intelligence (CQ) and four predictor variables: gender, degree level, major, and prior travel abroad, through a post-test only research design. Participants included undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in one of three large, public, research universities in the southeast…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Intelligence, Research Design
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers