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Kurtulmus, Mehmet – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
The aim of this research is to examine the effect of diversity climate perception on alienation of students to university. The research was carried out with relational survey model. 333 undergraduate students in Faculty of Education, Medical, and Faculty of Theology of Dicle University constituted the participant group. Research data were…
Descriptors: Alienation, Undergraduate Students, Structural Equation Models, Goodness of Fit
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Villafañe, Sachel M.; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Decisions about instruction, research, or policy often require the interpretation of student assessment scores. Increasingly, attitudinal variables are included in an assessment strategy, and it is important to ensure that interpretations of students' attitudinal status are based on instrument scores that apply similarly for diverse students. In…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Introductory Courses, Chemistry, Attitude Measures
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Kennedy, Gary J.; Tuckman, Bruce W. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2013
The results of a structural equation model showed that a tendency to procrastinate, assessed early in college students' first term, was positively related to social values, assessed as concerns over social exclusion, but was negatively related to academic task values and grade goal-setting. The results suggest that procrastination may be a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, College Students, Social Values, Academic Achievement
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Teo, Stephen T. T.; Segal, Naomi; Morgan, Adam C.; Kandlbinder, Peter; Wang, Karen Y.; Hingorani, Anurag – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine variables explaining students' positive and negative experiences of groupwork and connect country of residence with the perception of generic skills development and self-reported satisfaction with groupwork. It also aims to examine the effect of prior training in groups from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Satisfaction, Assignments, Group Activities
Cavazos, Lionel Javier, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to (a) determine the extent to which Latina/o students' perceptions of support from high school teachers and counselors, as well as acculturation, predict enrollment in AP coursework; (b) examine Latina/o students' perceptions of different forms of support that appear to play a role in academic success (Hassinger…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Predictor Variables, Enrollment Influences, Hispanic American Students
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Teo, Timothy – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of gender on pre-service teachers' computer attitudes. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 157 pre-service teachers completed a survey questionnaire measuring their responses to four constructs which explain computer attitude. These were administered during the teaching term where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Statistical Significance, Factor Analysis