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Predict or Describe? How Learning Analytics Dashboard Design Influences Motivation and Statistics Anxiety in an Online Statistics Course
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Valle, Natercia; Antonenko, Pavlo; Valle, Denis; Sommer, Max; Huggins-Manley, Anne Corinne; Dawson, Kara; Kim, Dongho; Baiser, Benjamin – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
Based on the achievement goal theory, this experimental study explored the influence of predictive and descriptive learning analytics dashboards on graduate students' motivation and statistics anxiety in an online graduate-level statistics course. Participants were randomly assigned into one of three groups: (1) predictive dashboard; (2)…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Graduate Students, Statistics Education, Anxiety
Effects of Self-Regulation Scaffolding on Online Participation and Learning Outcomes
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Song, Donggil; Kim, Dongho – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to investigate whether an interactive self-regulation scaffolding increases levels of online learners' self-regulated learning skills, course participation, and learning performance. The intervention utilizes a dialog approach with an intelligent conversational agent to scaffold learners' self-regulated learning. Fifty-six…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Student Participation, Learning Strategies
Toward Expert Clinicians: The Effects of Teaching Mindfulness in Physical Therapy Education
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Kindel, Heather Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effects of teaching a mindfulness curriculum to graduate physical therapy (PT) students in the classroom. The researcher investigated two research questions. How does training PT graduate students in mindfulness strategies affect self-regulation, stress management, and trait mindfulness in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Physical Therapy, Intervention, Stress Management
Teaching about Learning: The Effects of Instruction on Metacognition in a Sociological Theory Course
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Pelton, Julie A. – Teaching Sociology, 2019
This article investigates the effects of teaching about metacognition in a sociological theory course. I created a series of teaching interventions to introduce students to the science of learning, including an interactive lecture on metacognition, a discussion that models metacognitive strategies, and activities for students to practice…
Descriptors: Sociology, Teaching Methods, Metacognition, Intervention
Cultural Differences in Transactional Distance Preference by Arab and American Distance Learners
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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
Effects of Performance Assessment on the Achievement and Motivation of Graduate Students
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Hancock, Dawson R. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2007
This study explored the impact of performance assessment versus traditional paper-and-pencil assessment on graduate students' achievement and motivation to learn while enrolled in a 16-lesson course on program evaluation methods. Students in two sections of the course were exposed to the same content and instructional methods, with one exception:…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Program Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests