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Jiao, Qun G.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – College Quarterly, 2013
This study seeks to examine the extent to which cooperative group members' levels of coping strategies (study and examination-taking coping strategies) and the degree that heterogeneity (variability of study coping strategies and examination-taking coping strategies) predict cooperative groups' levels of achievement in research methodology…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Coping
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Jiao, Qun G.; DaRos-Voseles, Denise A.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This study examined the extent to which academic procrastination predicted the performance of cooperative groups in graduate-level research methods courses. A total of 28 groups was examined (n = 83 students), ranging in size from 2 to 5 (M = 2.96, SD = 1.10). Multiple regression analyses revealed that neither within-group mean nor within-group…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Time Management, Graduate Students, Courses
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Leech, Nancy L.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of mixed research techniques in empirical studies published in gifted education journals. During Phase 1, empirical full-text databases and relevant electronic bibliographic databases related to gifted education were searched during a time span of 10 to 18 years, resulting in the…
Descriptors: Gifted, Research Methodology, Bibliographic Databases, Identification
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Jiao, Qun G. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2009
This study investigated the degree that social interdependence predicted the achievement of 26 cooperative learning groups. Social interdependence was assessed in terms of postgraduate students' individual orientation (that is, cooperative, competitive, and individualistic). Participants were 84 postgraduate students enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Individualism, Research Methodology, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning
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DaRos-Voseles, Denise A.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2008
This article examines the role that self-perception plays in predicting academic performance of cooperative learning groups in graduate-level research methodology courses. A total of 29 groups (n = 102 students) are examined. A series of multiple regression analyses reveals that the groups attaining the lowest scores on the article critique…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Graduate Students
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DaRos-Voseles, Denise A.; Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2008
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the role of self-perception in predicting performance of cooperative learning groups in graduate-level research methodology courses. A total of 29 groups was examined (n = 102 students), ranging in size from 2 to 7. A series of multiple regression analyses revealed that the groups attaining …
Descriptors: Self Concept, Role, Predictive Measurement, Cooperative Learning
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Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
This study investigated the extent that cooperative group members' levels of hopefulness, operationalized as a combination of pathways to meet desired goals and the agentic thinking that motivates an individual to use those pathways, predict (a) group performance, namely, the quality of an article critique assignment and research proposal…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Methodology, Research Proposals, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – Library Review, 1998
Investigates the relationship between learning preferences and the following antecedents of library anxiety: (1) barriers with staff, (2) affective barriers, (3) comfort with the library, (4) knowledge of the library, and (5) mechanical barriers. Participants were graduate students (n=203) in a research methodology course. Analysis revealed that…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Educational Environment, Graduate Students
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – Library & Information Science Research, 1998
A survey of 203 social and behavioral science students enrolled in a graduate-level research methodology course examined the relationship between learning style and library anxiety. Found that students with the highest levels of library anxiety tend to be those who like structure, are self-motivated, lack persistence, and are peer-oriented…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Style, Graduate Students