NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jost, Kerstin; Wendt, Mike; Luna-Rodriguez, Aquiles; Löw, Andreas; Jacobsen, Thomas – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
In choice reaction time (RT) tasks, performance is often influenced by the presence of nominally irrelevant stimuli, referred to as distractors. Recent research provided evidence that distractor processing can be adjusted to the utility of the distractors: Distractors predictive of the upcoming target/response were more attended to and also…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Stimuli, College Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Aslan Efe, Hülya; Efe, Rifat – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2018
In this study, the relationship between study preservice science teachers' academic procrastination and their attitudes toward social media was investigated. The study was carried out with the participation of 511 preservice science teachers (F: 346, M:165) on teacher education course at Dicle University during 2014-2015 academic year. The date…
Descriptors: Social Media, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Uglanova, Ekaterina A.; Staudinger, Ursula M. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This paper analyzed the effect of major positive and negative life events (marriage, divorce, birth of child, widowhood, and unemployment) on life satisfaction. For the first time, this study estimated the effects of life events not with a precision of 12 months but of 3 months. Specifically, two questions were addressed: (1) Does the precision of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Life Satisfaction, Unemployment, Social Indicators
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hale, Jacqueline M.; Bray, Nathaniel J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
This study compares the impact of timing of registration on the student learning outcomes of students taking courses at three rural community colleges in the southeastern U.S. during the school years 2001-2003. Findings from this study indicate that early registration has a positive influence on students' grades and course completion rates. Also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Registration, Academic Advising, Time Perspective
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marchand, Gwen C.; Gutierrez, Antonio P. – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
As the presence of online and hybrid coursework at institutions of higher education has increased, so too has interest among educators and scholars in understanding personal and contextual factors that predict success in different types of learning environments. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations among temporally-ordered…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Self Efficacy, Research Methodology, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Goodman, Paul S.; Haisley, Emily – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
The goal of this article is to frame some new directions to social comparison research in organizational settings. Four themes are developed. First, we examine the role of organizational variables in shaping the basic sub processes in social comparison, such as the selection of referents. The second theme focuses on the meaning of level of…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Social Science Research, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kaplan, Mark S.; McFarland, Bentson H.; Huguet, Nathalie; Newsom, Jason T. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
There are few (if any) population-based prospective studies that provide information on factors associated with temporal sequencing of suicide. In this prospective population-based study, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 1986-1994, was linked to the National Death Index (NDI), 1986-1997, to assess factors that predict recent (within 12…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Suicide, Time Perspective, At Risk Persons