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Senad Becirovic – SAGE Open, 2023
Cooperative learning, cultural intelligence and learning English as a foreign language (EFL) represent important concepts in contemporary education, particularly in a diverse environment where students need to collaborate with individuals from different cultural backgrounds. This study aimed to investigate the interrelationships among cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Student Motivation
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Zhao Liu – SAGE Open, 2023
As a result of the COVID-19 virus outbreak, there has been a dramatic change in the educational landscape, and traditional classroom instruction has shifted to the online environment. Previous research has yielded contradictory results regarding the effect of different instructional modalities on student achievement. This study aimed to examine…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Online Courses, College Students, Academic Achievement
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Wei, Yitong; Shi, Yinghui; MacLeod, Jason; Yang, Harrison Hao – SAGE Open, 2022
Academic self-efficacy is identified as one of the strongest predictors of students' academic performance. However, few studies have explored the factors that influence students' academic self-efficacy in a blended learning environment. By developing a comprehensive model, this study investigates the main factors that influence students' academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
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Poole, Adam; Liujinya, Yang; Yue, Shi – SAGE Open, 2022
This paper reports on an emerging type of international school, which we refer to as the Chinese internationalized school. This school caters to Chinese citizens and aspires to offer a fusion of national and international curricula. The majority of internationalized schools in China are to be found in large metropolitan centers. Accordingly, the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, International Education, Barriers, Curriculum Implementation
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Kovac Šebart, Mojca; Kovac, Miha; Vidmar, Tadej; Mažgon, Jasna – SAGE Open, 2022
The text questions the assumption of the Bologna reform that student-centered learning will improve the quality of university study. Research conducted on a sample of 429 students from various study programs at two faculties of the University of Ljubljana, whom we asked about their reading and study habits, showed that relying on the subjective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Reading Habits, Study Habits
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Acosta-Gonzaga, Elizabeth; Ramirez-Arellano, Aldo – SAGE Open, 2021
Previous research has proposed a conceptual model of the relationships between motivation, emotions, cognition, and metacognition related to students' learning performance and validated it in a blended learning context that combines traditional learning with the use of educational technology. This study examined these relationships to test the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Psychological Patterns, Positive Attitudes, Metacognition
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Li, Rui – SAGE Open, 2021
Game-based vocabulary learning that is well documented to improve students' vocabulary learning outcomes is gaining increasing attention. However, no consensus has been reached regarding the impact of game-based vocabulary learning application (APP) on the vocabulary learning achievement, motivation, and self-confidence among Chinese EFL (English…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Rascle, Olivier; Marbac, Faustine; Higgins, Nancy C.; Le Foll, David; Charrier, Maxime; Cabagno, Geneviève – SAGE Open, 2021
The present field experiment investigated the effects of accurate and non-accurate performance feedback on causal attributions, success expectancy, performance, and persistence on a motor task. Forty-six male middle-schoolers were randomly assigned to a Contingent (accurate) feedback, Non-contingent (non-accurate) feedback, or Control (no…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Feedback (Response)
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Dincer, Ali; Yesilyurt, Savas; Noels, Kimberly A.; Vargas Lascano, Dayuma I. – SAGE Open, 2019
This study examines the antecedents and outcomes of classroom engagement of 412 Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Grounded in self-determination theory and the self-system model of motivation, this mixed-methods study examined the relations between context (perceived autonomy-support from the instructor), self (basic…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Learner Engagement, English Language Learners, Teacher Student Relationship
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Isik, Ulviye; Tahir, Omaima El; Meeter, Martijn; Heymans, Martijn W.; Jansma, Elise P.; Croiset, Gerda; Kusurkar, Rashmi A. – SAGE Open, 2018
The aim of this study to create a comprehensive overview of factors that may influence motivation of ethnic minority students from their own perspective. A systematic review was conducted in PubMed, ERIC, and PsycINFO to find studies in which the motivation of ethnic minority students was studied. The articles reviewed were qualitatively…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Minority Group Students, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students
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Baothman, Abdullah; AlJefri, Hatim; Agha, Sajiga; Khan, Muhammad Anwar – SAGE Open, 2018
This study was conducted to determine the preferences of medical and health science students about various study habits and to evaluate the effect of study habits on academic performance. This cross-sectional survey conducted in the college of medicine and the college of health science of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Health Sciences
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Cavilla, Derek – SAGE Open, 2017
Building upon reflection as a tool for enhanced metacognition, the researcher postulated that a positive correlation would exist between application of a reflection instrument and students' level of academic performance and motivation in an urban high school English class. A statistically insignificant correlation was found between either…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Urban Schools, High School Students, English Instruction
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Opoku-Asare, Nana Afia; Siaw, Abena Okyerewa – SAGE Open, 2016
Teaching and learning in Ghana's Senior High Schools (SHSs) are guided by a centralized curriculum, teaching syllabus, textbooks, assessment criteria, and examinations, yet rural-urban disparities exist in educational resources provision, which significantly affect teaching and learning processes and student achievement in the SHSs, particularly…
Descriptors: High School Students, Visual Arts, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools