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Direct linkBi, Xuefei – Learning Environments Research, 2015
This study involved whether psychosocial aspects of English classroom environments had associations with the English learning motivation types of Chinese tertiary-level English majors based on a case study of approximate 1,000 English majors in their first 2 years at one of the key universities located in South China. Canonical correlation…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Students
Peer, Jarina; Fraser, Barry J. – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Learning environment research provides a well-established approach for describing and understanding what goes on in classrooms and has attracted considerable interest in Singapore. This article reports the first study of science classroom environments in Singapore primary schools. Ten scales from the What Is Happening In this Class?,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Gender Differences, Surveys, Attitude Measures
Hasan, Abeer; Fraser, Barry J. – Learning Environments Research, 2015
We investigated whether the introduction of a variety of activity-based teaching strategies into college-level mathematics classes in the United Arab Emirates was effective in terms of the nature of the classroom learning environment and students' satisfaction. In addition, we investigated how the use of personally-relevant and concrete…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, College Mathematics
Collimore, Lisa-Marie; Paré, Dwayne E.; Joordens, Steve – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Middle- and high-school students' attitudes towards online peer-assessment were described and examined in this study. One hundred and eighty-four (184) students answered a 16-item questionnaire about their experiences with an online peer-assessment tool called peerScholar. Overall, students in Canada converged with those in other countries…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires
Oluwatayo, Adedapo Adewunmi; Aderonmu, Peter A.; Aduwo, Egidario B. – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Scholars have agreed that the way in which students perceive their learning environments influences their academic performance. Empirical studies that focus on architecture students, however, have been very scarce. This is the gap that an attempt is filled in this study. A questionnaire survey of 273 students in a school of architecture in Nigeria…
Descriptors: Architecture, Student Attitudes, Grades (Scholastic), Architectural Education
Smith, Thomas J.; McKenna, Cornelius M.; Hines, Ellen – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This study examined a large, nationally-representative sample of eighth-grade students in the US to assess how the frequency of group learning activity in mathematics classrooms was associated with mathematics achievement and three measures of attitudes toward mathematics. Results showed that moderate amounts of group work in class had positive…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Environment, Attitude Measures
Gilbert, Melissa C.; Musu-Gillette, Lauren E.; Woolley, Michael E.; Karabenick, Stuart A.; Strutchens, Marilyn E.; Martin, W. Gary – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This study examined the relationship of 979 middle school students' perceptions of their mathematics classroom environment to their motivation and achievement. Structural equation modeling indicated that motivational variables (utility, personal achievement goals, efficacy) mediated the influence of perceived teacher expectations, teacher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
Peoples, Shelagh M.; O'Dwyer, Laura M.; Wang, Yang; Brown, Jessica J.; Rosca, Camelia V. – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This article describes the development, validation and application of a Rasch-based instrument, the Elementary School Science Classroom Environment Scale (ESSCES), for measuring students' perceptions of constructivist practices within the elementary science classroom. The instrument, designed to complement the Reformed Teaching Observation…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science
Hartley, M. Shaheed; Treagust, David F. – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This study responded to a national call to improve the outcomes in mathematics in the Grade 12 matriculation examination in South Africa by reporting learners' perceptions of the introduction of computer-assisted learning in their mathematics classrooms. Three Grade 12 mathematics classes in a peri-urban school in South Africa were visited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 12, Secondary School Students
Kwan, Yee Wan; Wong, Angela F. L. – Learning Environments Research, 2014
In this study, we investigated-secondary school students' perceptions of their constructivist learning environment in Liberal Studies, and whether their perceptions were related to their critical thinking ability. A convenience sample of Secondary Three students (N = 967) studying Liberal Studies in Hong Kong participated in this research by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Multiple Regression Analysis, Educational Environment
Koh, Noi Keng; Fraser, Barry J. – Learning Environments Research, 2014
At many teacher education institutes around the world, preservice teachers are empowered to use pedagogical tools and strategies that engage their students. We used a modified version of the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) to evaluate the effectiveness of a pedagogical model known as the Mixed Mode Delivery (MMD) model in terms…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Secondary School Students, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
Monsen, Jeremy J.; Ewing, Donna L.; Kwoka, Maria – Learning Environments Research, 2014
Inclusive education has become a cornerstone of many government policies in an increasing number of countries, yet teachers have been found to hold mixed attitudes towards its implementation and usefulness. This article, using English terminology and thinking, aims to extend previous research on the effect of teacher attitudes towards inclusion in…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires
Singh, Malkeet; McNeil, Jan Torbet – Learning Environments Research, 2014
The purpose of this study was to survey a sample of high school students in Hawaii and Singapore about what they perceive to be helpful aspects of classroom environments in their learning of science and humanities subjects. The What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire was administered in the fall of 2003 to 73 high school students in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Questionnaires, Science Education
Bell, Lisa M.; Aldridge, Jill M. – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This article reports a study involving: (1) developing and validating a learning environment instrument, (2) investigating whether reflection on feedback generated using the instrument led to improvements in the learning environment and (3) examining how teachers used the feedback. For the new learning environment instrument, validity was…
Descriptors: Action Research, Effect Size, Statistical Significance, Statistical Analysis
Hsiao, Chien-Hua; Wu, Ying-Tien; Lin, Chung-Yen; Wong, Terrence William; Fu, Hsieh-Hai; Yeh, Ting-Kuang; Chang, Chung-Yen – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This study aimed to develop an instrument, named the inquiry-based laboratory classroom environment instrument (ILEI), for assessing senior high-school science students' preferred and perceived laboratory environment. A total of 262 second-year students, from a senior-high school in Taiwan, were recruited for this study. Four stages were…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Science Laboratories, Inquiry, Science Instruction
