ERIC Number: EJ786133
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Publication Date: 2008-Feb
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Characteristics of Distance Learners: Research on Relationships of Learning Motivation, Learning Strategy, Self-Efficacy, Attribution and Learning Results
Wang, Ying; Peng, Huamao; Huang, Ronghuai; Hou, Yanhua; Wang, Jingjing
Open Learning, v23 n1 p17-28 Feb 2008
This research uses adapted self-assessment questionnaires to examine the relationships between the learning motivation, learning strategies, self-efficacy, attribution and learning results of 135 distance learners. The aim is to model the relationship between psychological characteristics and learning results of distance learners. The outcomes of this study show that a relationship exists between psychological characteristics and learning scores of distance learners. First, there is a relationship between self-efficacy, learning strategies and learning results; second, there is a relationship between self-efficacy, internal attribution, learning motivation and learning results. Learning motivation and learning strategies are clearly associated with positive and predictable effects on learning results. The effect values are 0.76 and 0.63, respectively. Self-efficacy and internal attribution have indirectly positive predictable effects on learning results. The effect values are 0.48 and 0.21, respectively. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Distance Education, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Psychology, Student Characteristics, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Questionnaires, Scores, Attribution Theory, College Students, Foreign Countries, Open Universities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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