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Cognitive and Affective Variables in Academic Learning: The Significance of Direction and Effort in Students' Goals.
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Volet, S. E. – Learning and Instruction, 1997
The study of relationships between action control, motivation control, perceptions of course directions, and students' goals for 92 Australian undergraduates revealed different patterns for direction and effort and changing patterns from task on-set to off-set. Overall higher levels of effort and performance appear to require positive appraisals…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Teaching Students to Use Process-Based Learning and Problem Solving Strategies in Mainstream Classes.
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Ashman, Adrian F.; Conway, Robert N. – Learning and Instruction, 1993
A cognitive education program applicable across many classroom settings was evaluated with 147 Australian students in grades 4 through 7 who were or were not exposed to the Process-Based Instruction (PBI) approach. Results indicate the positive effects of PBI on student achievement and student and teacher attitudes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Qualitatively Different Experiences of Learning Mathematics at University.
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Crawford, Kathryn; Gordon, Sue; Nicholas, Jackie; Prosser, Michael – Learning and Instruction, 1998
Reports research into the conceptions of mathematics, orientations to studying it, and experiences of learning it of 300 Australian first-year university students. Results suggest two qualitatively different experiences of learning mathematics. Differences in students' conceptions of mathematics were related to their experiences and their…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Learning in Formal and Informal Contexts: Conceptions and Strategies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander University Students.
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Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Marton, Ference; Lewis, David C.; Wilss, Lynn A. – Learning and Instruction, 2000
Studied the conceptions of formal learning held by 22 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from 3 Australian universities, a group with a high attrition rate in tertiary education. Results show that these students view and approach university learning in much the same way as other students, but the strategies these students used did not…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indigenous Populations
The Perception of Math and Math Education in the Rural Midwest. Working Paper No. 37
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Lucas, David M.; Fugitt, Jamie – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2007
Using the qualitative research method known as folknography, the authors led a research team to the heart of Illinois farm country to ask the question "What are the perceptions of the people of the Midwest concerning math and math education?" A review of the literature includes Canadian and Australian references on the topic, as well as…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Students