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Melani A. Loney – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigated the impact of training in self-regulated learning on community college, geoscience students' achievement, metacognition, time management, and science motivation scales. The study also investigated the impact of SRL training on these outcomes as a function of gender and ethnicity. During the Fall of 2022, 70 community…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Community College Students, Earth Science, Academic Achievement
Cleary, Timothy J. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2021
The overall purpose of the current paper was to examine the social validity perceptions of middle school students and school personnel (i.e., school psychologist, counselors, assistant principal) regarding the importance of effects and appropriateness of an academic, self-regulated learning (SRL) intervention called the Self-Regulation Empowerment…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Independent Study
Pei-Ling Yang – TESL-EJ, 2025
This study explores how learner-generated podcasts can support English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning among college students in Taiwan. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from 31 participants through surveys on podcasting attitudes, learning logs, and reflective essays. The findings reveal that EFL learners generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Audio Equipment, Handheld Devices, Information Dissemination
Durnali, Mehmet; Orakçi, Senol; Toraman, Çetin – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
About four million people living in Turkey or abroad with a Turkish passport enrolled in distance education schools to have the opportunity to complete their compulsory formal education in the spring of 2018-19. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine distance education students' acceptance of online learning systems, their attitudes…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Difficulty Level
Tran, Van-Trung; Tran, Ngoc Hai – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Regarding educational opportunities in the era of information technology, smart education is no longer a novel concept, especially in the world's developed nations. This study examines previous research on smart education and the successful implementation in the Vietnamese province of Binh Duong. We have examined both international and Vietnamese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Independent Study, Student Motivation
Mann, Gemma; Willans, Julie – Student Success, 2020
To explore the mathematics learning experiences of those more likely to come from non-traditional educational backgrounds, ten students studying one or two maths units in the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) at CQUniversity Australia were interviewed. The aim was to investigate how these students learnt to become…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Independent Study, Foreign Countries, Student Needs
Svetlana Poleschuk; Thomas Dreesen; Barbara D'Ippolito; Joaquin Carceles Martinez Lozano – UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight, 2023
In Italy, more than 700,000 asylum seekers and migrants arrived in the country between 2014-2020. Newly arrived children including refugees and migrants need to quickly acquire Italian skills to succeed in school and society. To help address this urgent need, the Akelius digital learning application was introduced in Bologna and Rome for Italian…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Practices, Independent Study, Italian
Wang, Yangting; Christiansen, M. Sidury – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
A majority of research on mobile-assisted language learning focuses on traditional English language learners: thus, little attention has been paid to older adult learners. The purpose of the study is to explore the learning experiences of Chinese older adults using the free and popular English learning mobile apps, Duolingo/Hello English,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Chien, Chiying – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The Teaching Resources Center (TRC) was developed at the university as an integrated project funded by the Ministry of Education. The focus of the TRC is not only on enhancing students' motivation in self-access study and written English, but also on providing the resources for research and information to develop lifelong learners and independent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Centers, Teaching Methods, Lifelong Learning
Reddy, Diane M.; Pfeiffer, Heidi M.; Fleming, Raymond; Ports, Katie A.; Pedrick, Laura E.; Barnack-Tavlaris, Jessica L.; Jirovec, Danielle L.; Helion, Alicia M.; Swain, Rodney A. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
"U-Pace," an instructional intervention, has potential for widespread implementation because student behavior recorded in any learning management system is used by "U-Pace" instructors to tailor coaching of student learning based on students' strengths and motivations. "U-Pace" utilizes an online learning environment…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teaching Methods, Student Behavior, Management Systems
DiBiase, David; Kidwai, Khusro – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
This study investigates the counter-intuitive observation that older students tend to thrive better than younger students in online classes. We use a variety of measures to compare performance and attitudes of undergraduates and continuing adult professionals in separate but nearly identical class sections led by the same instructor at a US…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Online Courses, Older Adults
Redding, Sam; Walberg, Herbert J. – Academic Development Institute, 2012
The research reviewed in this report suggests that some of the contentions about schools, districts, and communities in rural areas are mistaken. Many of the issues they face also confront urban and suburban educators, and rural communities offer several distinctive educational advantages. A lack of student motivation to learn is a problem often…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Student Motivation, Outcomes of Education, Barriers
Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis
Developing New Models of the COMP-LAB College Basic Writing Course for Other Settings. Final Report.
Epes, Mary T.; And Others – 1983
A course designed for college students with severe writing problems, especially those stemming from nonstandard speech patterns, was adapted to a variety of noncollege settings: two high schools, a labor union, a manpower training program, and the staff education department of a psychiatric hospital. Each setting attempted to integrate classroom…
Descriptors: Adults, High School Students, Higher Education, Independent Study
Peer reviewedDart, Barry C.; Clarke, John A. – Higher Education, 1991
A preservice teacher education course in educational psychology focused on students (n=67) taking greater responsibility for learning through exposure to a variety of learning experiences, including curriculum negotiation, peer discussion and teaching, learning contracts, self/peer/collaborative assessment, and critical reflection. Locus of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Psychology, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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