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Kuan, Tat-Yeung James; Zhang, Li-Fang – Educational Psychology, 2022
The principal objective of this research was to examine the relationships between thinking styles and time perspectives. Four hundred and fifty-one secondary school students from Hong Kong responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2) and the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI). Results showed that when gender, school year…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Time Perspective, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Johnson, Eugene Adjei – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
This study was motivated by the desire to explore the study skills employed by science students in senior high schools (SHS) in the Cape Coast metropolis across the Central Region of Ghana. A total of 600 SHS second-year science students, 354 males, and 244 females, took part in the investigation. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Skills, High School Students, Gender Differences
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Sun, Zhong; Yao, Xiajing; You, Jiaxin; Du, Wenli; Luo, Liming – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
This study aimed to explore the features of mobile learning behaviors among Chinese elementary school students, and relationships between mobile learning behaviors and personal characteristics in mobile learning environment. The current study designed and developed a game-based educational mobile environment and conducted an experimental research.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Electronic Learning, Student Characteristics
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Everaert, Patricia; Opdecam, Evelien; Maussen, Sophie – Accounting Education, 2017
Previous literature calls for further investigation in terms of precedents and consequences of learning approaches (deep learning and surface learning). Motivation as precedent and time spent and academic performance as consequences are addressed in this paper. The study is administered in a first-year undergraduate course. Results show that the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Learning Motivation
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Farkas, Gary J.; Mazurek, Ewa; Marone, Jane R. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2016
The VARK learning style is a pedagogical focus in health care education. This study examines relationships of course performance vs. VARK learning preference, study time, and career plan among students enrolled in an undergraduate anatomy and physiology course at a large urban university. Students (n?=?492) from the fall semester course completed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Career Choice, Student Attitudes, Medical Schools
Torres, Robert M.; Ulmer, Jonathan D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
Student teaching is the culminating experience of most teacher preparation programs. Student teaching gives the prospective teacher the opportunity to join the worlds of theory and practice and to develop individual teaching talents. Long hours are regularly spent in several areas. This study sought to investigate how student teachers distribute…
Descriptors: Time Management, Student Teachers, Agricultural Education, Gender Differences
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Kyllonen, Patrick C.; Walters, Alyssa M.; Kaufman, James C. – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
This report reviews the literature on noncognitive and other background predictors (e.g., personality, attitudes, and interests) as it pertains to graduate education. The first section reviews measures typically used in studies of graduate school outcomes, such as attrition and time to degree. A review of qualities faculty members and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
Although homework is assigned for a variety of academic and non-academic purposes, there is disagreement within the educational community about the value of homework and the amount of homework students should be assigned. This Literature Review summarizes the benefits and drawbacks of homework and examines how much time students should and…
Descriptors: Homework, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response), Community Information Services