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Tiffany Anisette Pringle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
According to the 2020 Training Industry Report conducted by "Training Magazine," organizations across all industries and sizes have spent $87.5 billion in training per year. The average training budget for a large company was reported at $22 million, whereas a midsized company was $808,000 and a small-sized company reported a yearly…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Learning Motivation
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Amir Reza Rahimi – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
MOOC attrition rates have become a research hotspot in open and online education, requiring researchers to pinpoint psychological, technological, pedagogical, and technical factors that could mitigate this problem. For this aim, the current study applied a tri-phenomenon approach to explore language learners' perceptions of support coupled with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, MOOCs, Student Attrition
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Katie Bainbridge; Ginny L. Smith; Valerie J. Shute; Sidney D'Mello – Grantee Submission, 2022
Five types of affective supports were designed to induce an appropriate emotional regulation strategy in players of an educational video game. These supports were based on the emotional regulation strategies of situation selection, situation modification, attentional deployment, cognitive change, and response modulation. A series of qualitative…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Affective Behavior, Self Control, Emotional Response
Katie Bainbridge; Ginny L. Smith; Valerie J. Shute; Sidney D'Mello – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2022
Five types of affective supports were designed to induce an appropriate emotional regulation strategy in players of an educational video game. These supports were based on the emotional regulation strategies of situation selection,situation modification, attentional deployment, cognitive change, and response modulation. A series of qualitative…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Affective Behavior, Self Control, Emotional Response
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Cervin-Ellqvist, Maria; Larsson, Daniel; Adawi, Tom; Stöhr, Christian; Negretti, Raffaella – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
Knowing how students approach learning in higher education contexts is key to promote learning strategies that are effective in the long run. Previous research has concluded that students often use ineffective learning strategies but believe them to be effective--a phenomenon known as metacognitive illusion. In a bid to broaden the perspective on…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Engineering Education
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Joyce, Paul; von Dietze, Hans; von Dietze, Alison; McMillan, Brian – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2021
This study investigated the issue of L1 use in the L2 classroom from the students' perspective. Specifically, the focus of this study was on the characteristics of learners who desired L1 classroom support in their L2 learning. For the purposes of the study, a convenience sample of 380 Japanese university-level EFL participants completed a series…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Usage, Native Language
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Azizi, Mohammad; Nazariani, Sara; Gholami, Javad – Cogent Education, 2020
Addressing language learning motivation, Dörnyei's second language (L2) Motivational Self-system (L2MSS) theory consists of three components: (1) "Ideal L2" self which refers to all the language-related characteristics a person wishes to have in the future, (2) "Ought-to L2 self" which concerns the language-related attributes…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lai, Jung-Yu; Chang, Li-Ting – SAGE Open, 2021
The education community has gradually recognized the value of augmented reality (AR) technology and its positive impacts on student learning performance. Still, few studies have proposed specific solutions and results to confirm this phenomenon for first graders in English vocabulary learning. Hence, this research explores the effects of AR apps…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Computer Software, Computer Simulation
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Whitehead, Evangelin Arulselvi – Excellence in Education Journal, 2020
A variety of strategies and tools are used to assess students' learning on an ongoing basis in the context of everyday classroom experiences. Assessment information provides the foundation for decision making and planning for instruction and learning. This paper discusses about using Anecdotal Records as a tool to observe students' progress in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Kuo, Yen-Ruey; Tuan, Hsiao-Lin; Chin, Chi-Chin – Research in Science Education, 2020
This study aims to examine the influence of inquiry-based instruction on eighth-grade male and female students' motivation and engagement in science learning in two public junior high schools in central Taiwan. Mixed-methods methodology was adopted with 60 students (32 males and 28 females) in the experimental group and 56 students (28 males and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences
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Hashad, Dalia – International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, 2019
This study explored the self-directed approaches to learning that young adults in Egypt pursue after college graduation through examination of their motivations for learning as well as the influence of the tools of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on their self-directed learning experiences. Using a mixed method design, a total of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Independent Study, Young Adults, College Graduates
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Habók, Anita; Magyar, Andrea – Cogent Education, 2020
The purpose of the study is to analyse how second language learning is supported by language learning strategies (LLS) and various learning approaches, namely, self-efficacy, instrumental motivation, effort and perseverance, and preferences for cooperative or competitive learning. The sample of the research was composed of students in Hungary in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Sharp, John G.; Hemmings, Brian; Kay, Russell; Atkin, Chris – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Academic boredom is a largely negative and disabling achievement-related emotion. In this mixed-methods exploration of 224 students attending a single university in England, academic boredom was found to arise at the point of course delivery, while studying at other times and during the completion of assignments for assessment. Quantitative data…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Psychological Patterns, Academic Achievement, Study Skills
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Sebesta, Amanda J.; Speth, Elena Bray – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
In college introductory science courses, students are challenged with mastering large amounts of disciplinary content while developing as autonomous and effective learners. Self-regulated learning (SRL) is the process of setting learning goals, monitoring progress toward them, and applying appropriate study strategies. SRL characterizes…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Learning Strategies, Science Achievement
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Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Zarekar, Fatemeh – International Education Studies, 2016
This article defines the objective of discovering the first preferred styles of Iranian learners of French as a Foreign Language (FFL) as regards inductive or deductive learning; and secondly, the difference between gender-based learning tendencies. Considering these points as target variables, the questionnaire developed by Felder and Silverman…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, French, Second Language Learning
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