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Weishaar, Megan G.; Kentopp, Shane D.; Wallace, Gemma T.; Conner, Bradley T. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Extreme sport participation and injury rates have increased in recent decades. This study aimed to investigate sub-dimensions of impulsivity and sensation seeking that contribute to participation and injury risk in extreme sports. Participants: Data included cross-sectional survey responses from 7,109 college students (Mage=19.68, SD =…
Descriptors: Injuries, Athletics, Predictor Variables, Young Adults
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Dastjerdi, Negin Barat – International Education Studies, 2016
The incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into education systems is an active program and movement in education that illustrates modern education and enables an all-encompassing presence in the third millennium; however, prior to applying ICT, the factors affecting the adoption and use of these technologies should be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Questionnaires, Information Technology
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Wai, Cho Cho; Seng, Ernest Lim Kok – Education and Information Technologies, 2015
Learning environment has always been traditionally associated with the physical presence of classrooms, textbooks, pen-and-paper examinations and teachers. However, today's evolving technology has rapidly changed the face of education. Online learning, teleconferencing, internet, Computer Assisted Learning (CAL), Web-Based Distance Learning (WBDL)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Educational Environment, Case Studies
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Rocha, Magda – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
The basis for this longitudinal study was to find the predictors of transferable skills acquisition and portability among university sophomore students. The method employed was the path analysis using as variables: (1) the theoretical framework of transferable skills representations (Evers and Rush in "Manag Learn" 27(4):275-300, 1996;…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Transfer of Training, College Students, Predictor Variables
Robertson, Greg; Baumann, Christoph; Bilgin, Ayse A.; Bulger, David; Coutts, Pamela M.; Engel, Roger M.; Giuriato, Rosemary; Gudlaugsdottir, Sigurbjorg; Rigney, Curtis; Tomossy, George F. – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Universities in Australia and worldwide, are building a new generation of learning and teaching spaces which are designed to encourage and support active and collaborative modes of learning and teaching. However, there is little evidence to show that students will recognise the contribution these spaces make to their learning. Temple (2008) argued…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Teacher Collaboration
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Phan, Huy Phuong – Educational Psychology, 2009
Research exploring students' academic learning has recently amalgamated different motivational theories within one conceptual framework. The inclusion of achievement goals, self-efficacy, deep processing and critical thinking has been cited in a number of studies. This article discusses two empirical studies that examined these four theoretical…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Path Analysis