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The Use of Newly Added Resources in Urban Schools To Foster School Improvement: Contexts, Mediating Factors, and Their Impact
Jianzhong Xu
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002) pp. 333–55
Examined the use of privately funded, newly added resources to improve the education of at-risk urban students (books, instructional materials, computers, and after school programs). Data from interviews, observations, and surveys indicated that the ...
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Investigating factors that influence conventional distraction and tech-related distraction in math homework
Jianzhong Xu
Computers & Education Vol. 81, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 304–314
This study examined high school students' distractions in math homework. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the scores of six items regarding conventional and tech-related distractions. Data revealed that conventional and tech-related...
Language: English
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The Quality of Online Discussion Reported by Graduate Students
Jianxia Du; Jianzhong Xu
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 11, No. 1 (2010) pp. 13–24
This study examined online group discussion from students' perspectives to determine what characteristics students identify as meaningful to their online learning. Participants were 142 graduate students in the Southeast. The multiple regression...
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Investigating Factors That Influence Students' Management of Study Environment in Online Collaborative Groupwork
Jianxia Du; Jianzhong Xu; Xitao Fan
Research Papers in Education Vol. 30, No. 4 (2015) pp. 451–468
The present study examines empirical models of students' management of the learning environment in the context of online collaborative groupwork. Such environment management is an important component of students' overall self-regulated learning...
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Individual and group-level factors for students' emotion management in online collaborative groupwork
Jianzhong Xu; Jianxia Du; Xitao Fan
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 19, No. 1 (October 2013) pp. 1–9
The current study examines empirical models of students' emotion management in online collaborative groupwork. Student- and group-level predictors of emotion management in groupwork were analyzed in a survey of 298 graduate students from 86 online...
Language: English
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Emotion Management in Online Groupwork Reported by Chinese Students
Jianzhong Xu; Jianxia Du; Xitao Fan
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 6 (December 2014) pp. 795–819
Emotion and emotion regulation are increasingly viewed as critical issues in online learning environments. Online collaborative environments in particular create novel challenges for emotion regulation. Few studies, however, have focused on a range...
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Online Collaborative Learning and Communication Media
Byron Havard; Jianxia Du; Jianzhong Xu
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 37–50
The purpose of this study is to examine the dynamics of online collaborative learning and communication media regarding team projects. Media richness and social presence theories are well-accepted rational theories that explain media choices and...
Topics: Adults, Learning Management Systems, Networking Technologies, Communication, Collaboration, eLearning, Computers, Interaction, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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“Finding our time”: Predicting students' time management in online collaborative groupwork
Jianzhong Xu; Jianxia Du; Xitao Fan
Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 139–147
The aim of this study is to propose and empirically examine multilevel models of students' time management in online collaborative groupwork. Student- and group-level predictors of groupwork time management were analyzed in a survey of 204 graduate...
Language: English
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Students' Groupwork Management in Online Collaborative Learning Environments
Jianzhong Xu; Jianxia Du; Xitao Fan
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 2 pp. 195–205
The present study investigates empirical models of groupwork management in online collaborative learning environments, based on the data from 298 students (86 groups) in United States. Data revealed that, at the group level, groupwork management was ...
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Online collaborative learning activities: The perspectives of African American female students
Jianxia Du; Xun Ge; Jianzhong Xu
Computers & Education Vol. 82, No. 1 (2015) pp. 152–161
This exploratory study examined the perspectives of African American female students toward online collaborative learning. The participants were nine African American female graduate students in an online multimedia instructional design course in...
Language: English
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Help Seeking in Online Collaborative Groupwork: A Multilevel Analysis
Jianxia Du; Jianzhong Xu; Xitao Fan
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (2015) pp. 321–337
This study examined predictive models for students' help seeking in the context of online collaborative groupwork. Results from multilevel analysis revealed that most of the variance in help seeking was at the individual student level, and multiple...
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Factors Related to Chinese Students' Interest in Online Groupwork
Jianixia Du; Xitao Fan; Jianzhong Xu
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher Vol. 25, No. 2 (2016) pp. 287–294
The goal of the present investigation is to examine students' interest in online groupwork and the related factors in the social and cultural context of China. Using data from undergraduates from online study groups, we examined both individual- and ...
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Senior Surfing: Computer Use, Aging, and Formal Training
Paula Warren-Peace; Elaine Parrish; C. Brian Peace; Jianzhong Xu
AACE Journal Vol. 16, No. 3 (July 2008) pp. 253–274
n this article, we describe data from two case studies of seniors (one younger senior and one older senior) in learning to use computers. The study combined interviews, observations, and documents to take a close look at their experiences with...
Topics: Computers, Training, Internet, Attitudes, Competencies, Adults, Human Computer Interaction, Learning Outcomes, Behavior, Developmental Stages
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Homework and students' achievement in math and science: A 30-year meta-analysis, 1986–2015
Huiyong Fan; Jianzhong Xu; Zhihui Cai; Jinbo He; Xitao Fan
Educational Research Review Vol. 20, No. 1 (February 2017) pp. 35–54
In the current investigation, research conducted since 1986 were synthesized to examine the homework – achievement relationship in math/science, and to examine a range of factors that could have moderated this relationship. Our investigation...
Language: English
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Group Trust, Communication Media, and Interactivity: Toward an Integrated Model of Online Collaborative Learning
Jianxia Du; Chuang Wang; Mingming Zhou; Jianzhong Xu; Xitao Fan; Saosan Lei
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 26, No. 2 (2018) pp. 273–286
The present investigation examines the multidimensional relationships among several critical components in online collaborative learning, including group trust, communication media, and interactivity. Four hundred eleven university students from 103 ...