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Shih, Shu-Shen – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
The present study attempted to explore the relations among Taiwanese eighth graders' perceptions of teachers' autonomy support versus psychological control, satisfaction of need for autonomy, work engagement, and academic burnout. Four hundred and seven eighth-grade Taiwanese students completed a self-reported survey assessing the variables…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Burnout, Self Determination, Grade 8
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Ker, Hsiang-Wei – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2017
Motivational constructs and students' engagements have great impacts on students' mathematics achievements, yet they have not been theoretically investigated using international large-scale assessment data. This study utilized the mathematics data of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2011 to conduct a comparative and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
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Purarjomandlangrudi, Afrooz; Chen, David; Nguyen, Anne – Informatics in Education, 2016
Online learning has become a widespread method for providing learning at different levels of education. It has facilitated the learning in many ways and made it more flexible and available by providing learners with more opportunities to learn information, further access to different learning resources, and collaboration rather than face-to-face…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Dropout Rate, Online Courses
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Lin, Jian-Wei; Szu, Yu-Chin; Lai, Ching-Neng – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Group awareness can affect student online learning while self-regulation also can substantially influence student online learning. Although some studies identify that these two variables may partially determine learning behavior, few empirical studies or thorough analyses elucidate the simultaneous impact of these two variables (group awareness…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Self Control
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Chen, Yu-Li – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Virtual reality (VR) has brought about numerous alternative learning opportunities in the last decade, and with modern products such as Oculus Rift and other wearable Virtual Reality technologies being introduced into society, VR will promisingly continue to provide yet unseen opportunities in the next few decades and therefore is a technology…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition
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Chin, Kai-Yi; Hong, Zeng-Wei; Huang, Yueh-Min; Shen, Wei-Wei; Lin, Jim-Min – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The addition of animated pedagogical agents (APAs) in computer-assisted learning (CAL) systems could successfully enhance students' learning motivation and engagement in learning activities. Conventionally, the APA incorporated multimedia materials are constructed through the cooperation of teachers and software programmers. However, the thinking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Animation, Learning Motivation
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Lin, Su-Wei; Tai, Wen-Chun – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Mathematical disposition could influence learning and performance, they usually determine how well students motivate themselves and persevere in the face of difficulties, and they influence the choices-making about coursework, and even educational and career paths. The aim of this study is to investigate the same students' mathematical disposition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematical Aptitude, Secondary School Mathematics
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Chen, Yih-Lan Ellen; Kraklow, Deborah – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
To promote internationalization in Taiwan's higher education system, one initiative is to create international programs that accommodate both international and domestic students and that use English as the medium of instruction (EMI). Most EMI studies have focused on program results; however, the current study investigates the factors that lead…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Student Participation
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Tsai, Kuei-Fang; Fu, Guopeng – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This case study provides an explanatory account on the underachievement of three gifted students studying physics in a Taiwanese university. The students' physics underachievement was diagnosed by Sato's student-problem analysis chart. These students were invited to complete a questionnaire and a follow-up interview in order to (1) understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Gifted, Underachievement
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Chang, Jen-Wei; Wei, Hung-Yu – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have developed rapidly and become tremendously popular because of their plentiful gamification designs, such as reputation points, rewards, and goal setting. Although previous studies have mentioned a broad range of gamification designs that might influence MOOC learner engagement, most gamified MOOCs fail to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Games, Learner Engagement
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Hsu, Wan-Chen; Chiang, Chia-Hsun; Chuang, Hsueh-Hua – Educational Gerontology, 2015
This study investigated the relationships of teacher efficacy, perceived organizational control, and the teacher-student age gap with teachers' retirement attitudes. Stratified random sampling was adopted to collect survey responses. A total of 498 valid surveys from 33 elementary schools were collected. Correlational analyses revealed significant…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Chi, Feng-ming – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
Although students equipped with the concept of gender equity may be better prepared to participate in a democratic society, gender is not a given but a construct, formalising a discourse in a non-arbitrary way through a matrix of practices. The study reports how two male Taiwanese university students, Jay and Dick, responded to female-centred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Males, Sex Fairness
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Hsieh, Tzu-Ling – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
The purpose of this study is to understand predictors of different learning outcomes among various student background characteristics, types of learning motivation and engagement behaviors. 178 junior students were surveyed at a 4-year research university in Taiwan. The scales of motivation, engagement and perceived learning outcomes were adapted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement, Prediction
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Shih, Shu-Shen – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The author explored the relations among Taiwanese eighth-grade students' satisfactions of the basic psychological needs (i.e., the needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy), engagement versus disengagement coping with academic stress, self-regulated learning, and academic burnout. Three hundred and ninety-six eighth-grade Taiwanese students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Grade 8, Adolescents
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Kelsen, Brent; Flowers, Simeon – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
Personality traits are believed to affect both learner ability and group dynamics and cohesion. Another central element influencing how individuals perform in group settings stems from their motivation to collaborate. This article explores the relationship between personality traits, motivation for collaboration and participation of university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Student Motivation, Cooperative Learning
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