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The Predictive Effect of Teachers' Emotional Support on Chinese Undergraduate Students' Online Learning Gains: An Examination of Self-Determination Theory
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Xingjiang Shao; Rui Chen; Ya Wang; Peixiang Zheng; Yating Huang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented threat to the resilience of higher education worldwide, and university students had been thrust overnight into the emergency online learning. The end of COVID-19 pandemic is in sight, however, teachers and students have been forced to live with its disruptive effects indefinitely. Online teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
Understanding Students' Engagement in MOOCs: An Integration of Self-Determination Theory and Theory of Relationship Quality
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Sun, Yongqiang; Ni, Linghong; Zhao, Yiming; Shen, Xiao-Liang; Wang, Nan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
Although Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) attract millions of people to enroll in their courses, the completion rate for most courses is very low. A majority of MOOCs students are not fully engaged in MOOCs, thus leading them to quit in the early stage of the courses. Therefore, it is important to investigate students' engagement in MOOCs.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Online Courses, Student Participation
Psychological Need Support as a Predictor of Intrinsic and External Motivation: The Mediational Role of Achievement Goals
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Chen, Chen; Elliot, Andrew J.; Sheldon, Kennon M. – Educational Psychology, 2019
The present research sought to integrate self-determination theory and the achievement goal approach to achievement motivation by examining achievement goals as mediators of the link between psychological need support and both intrinsic and external motivation. We found support for our proposed integration, as mastery-approach and…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Achievement Need, Academic Achievement, Self Determination
The Relationship among Psychological Need Satisfaction, Class Engagement, and Academic Performance: Evidence from China
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Liu, Xin; Flick, Ralph – Journal of Education for Business, 2019
Utilizing self-determination theory, the authors examined the relationship among psychological need satisfaction, class engagement, and academic performance among Chinese accounting students. The structural equation modeling analysis indicated that (a) students' psychological need satisfaction for autonomy, competence, and relatedness were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Needs, Personal Autonomy, Teacher Student Relationship
What Do International Students Really Want? An Exploration of the Content of International Students' Psychological Contract in Business Education
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Bordia, Sarbari; Bordia, Prashant; Milkovitz, Michael; Shen, Yaxi; Restubog, Simon Lloyd D. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
International students have a substantial presence in western business schools. Yet, research on international students' experiences remains sparse. Following recent calls to understand the international student-educational institution relationship, we examine the content, formation, and fulfilment of their psychological contract. We conduct a…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Business Administration Education, Student School Relationship, Student Educational Objectives
Pathways to Thriving in China
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Valdois, Ahneka – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
Many higher education policymakers are concerned about factors related to student success. One proposed model is the thriving model, which focuses on students' psychological wellbeing. In China, little is known about university students' psychological wellbeing. This study examined pathways to thriving among students enrolled in an American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Welfare, College Students, Private Colleges
Suggestions for Organization of Student Counseling Services in China by Applying the Harvard Model.
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Yue, Xiaodong – 1989
Education should help students with their intellectual as well as emotional growth. The counseling center at Harvard University, called the Bureau of Study Counsel, assumes that students' dilemmas are not simply academic. Generally, there are three kinds of services at the Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel: didactic-cognitive techniques; group…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Services, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Training