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Costley, Jamie; Lange, Christopher – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
Instructional design is an important aspect of the learning experience within formal online courses. One way in which online instructional design may benefit students is by increasing their future behavioral intention to use educational materials. This is important because research has revealed that students' use of educational resources is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes
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Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Cameron, David Lansing; Høigaard, Rune – Educational Psychology, 2016
Understanding the underlying processes influencing college students' academic achievement represents an important goal of educational research. The aim of the present study was to examine the utility of the extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the relative influence of cognitive processes and measures of past behaviour in the prediction…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Grades (Scholastic), College Students, Cognitive Processes
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Agbola, Frank W.; Cheng, Calvin – Studies in Continuing Education, 2017
Making decisions about education choices is challenging and difficult for students. Utilising the theory of reasoned action, we specify and estimate a conceptual framework that captures the cognitive process of decision making of students in choosing top-up higher degrees in Hong Kong. Top-up higher or bachelor's degrees are top-up undergraduate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students
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Scullin, Michael K.; Bugg, Julie M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Prospective memory (PM) research typically examines the ability to remember to execute delayed intentions but often ignores the ability to forget finished intentions. We had participants perform (or not perform; control group) a PM task and then instructed them that the PM task was finished. We later (re)presented the PM cue. Approximately 25% of…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Processes, Executive Function, Experimental Psychology
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Zhang, Jinguang; Reid, Scott A. – Human Communication Research, 2013
The public expression of opinions (and related communicative activities) hinges upon the perception of opinion consensus. Current explanations for opinion consensus perceptions typically focus on egocentric and other biases, rather than functional cognitions. Using self-categorization theory we showed that opinion consensus perceptions flow from…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Mass Media Effects, Models, Social Behavior
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Leffert, J. S.; Siperstein, G. N.; Widaman, K. F. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: A key aspect of social perception is the interpretation of others' intentions. Children with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have difficulty interpreting benign intentions when a negative event occurs. From a cognitive processing perspective, interpreting benign intentions can be challenging because it requires integration of…
Descriptors: Cues, Mental Retardation, Rating Scales, Social Cognition