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The Correlation of Self-Regulation and Motivation with Retention and Attrition in Distance Education
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Direct linkPeck, Larry; Stefaniak, Jill E.; Shah, Smruti J. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2018
This study surveyed 113 undergraduate and graduate distance education students at 2 U.S. universities using the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The MSLQ is an 81-item, self-report instrument designed to measure study participants' motivational orientations and their use of different learning strategies. The motivational…
Descriptors: Correlation, Distance Education, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires
Dunn, Karee E.; Rakes, Glenda C.; Rakes, Thomas A. – Distance Education, 2014
Academic help-seeking is an invaluable learning strategy that has not yet received much attention in the distance education research literature. The asynchronous nature of distance education and many online courses presents an inherent roadblock to help-seeking. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of academic self-regulation,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Help Seeking, Distance Education, Asynchronous Communication
Al-Harthi, Aisha S. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2010
This study investigated the differences between Arab and American distance learners' preference in the 2 components of transactional distance (structure and interaction) and their relation to learners' self-efficacy and help seeking. The study sample consisted of 95 cases from each group (N = 190). Study results indicated significant differences…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Distance Education, Self Efficacy, Arabs
Download full textLynch, Richard; Dembo, Myron – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This study reviewed the distance education and self-regulation literatures to identify learner self-regulation skills predictive of academic success in a blended education context. Five self-regulatory attributes were judged likely to be predictive of academic performance: intrinsic goal orientation, self-efficacy for learning and performance,…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Distance Education, Verbal Ability, College Students
