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Using Commonly Available Software for Conducting Bootstrap Analyses
Xitao Fan
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2001 (April 2001)
Bootstrap analysis, both for nonparametric statistical inference and for describing sample results stability and replicability, has been gaining prominence among quantitative researchers in educational and psychological research. Procedurally,...
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Using Commonly Available Software for Bootstrapping in Both Substantive and Measurement Analyses
Xitao Fan
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 63, No. 1 (2003) pp. 24–50
Uses a few heuristic examples to show how bootstrap analysis can be accomplished using some commonly available software programs. Until bootstrap analysis becomes an automated program option in standard statistical software, quantitative researchers ...
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Comparing response rates in e-mail and paper surveys: A meta-analysis
Tse-Hua Shih; Xitao Fan
Educational Research Review Vol. 4, No. 1 pp. 26–40
This meta-analysis examined 35 study results within last 10 years that directly compared the response rates of e-mail versus mail surveys. Individual studies reported inconsistent findings concerning the response rate difference between e-mail and...
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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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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Technology acceptance among pre-service teachers: Does gender matter?
Timothy Teo; Xitao Fan; Jianxia Du
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 31, No. 3 (Aug 27, 2015)
This study examined possible gender differences in pre-service teachers’ perceived acceptance of technology in their professional work under the framework of the technology acceptance model (TAM). Based on a sample of pre-service teachers, a series...
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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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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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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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Gender and attitudes toward technology use: A meta-analysis
Zhihui Cai; Xitao Fan; Jianxia Du
Computers & Education Vol. 105, No. 1 (February 2017) pp. 1–13
Gender difference in the attitude toward technology use has long been a concern in education. The last meta-analysis on this issue covered the empirical studies up to about 20 years ago. Since then, technology use has increased exponentially, and...
Language: English
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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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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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Chinese preschool teachers' knowledge and practice of teacher-child interactions: The mediating role of teachers' beliefs about children
Bi Ying Hu; Xitao Fan; Yi Yang; Jennifer Neitzel
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2017) pp. 137–147
This study contributes to the discussion regarding the relationship between teachers' knowledge about effective teacher-child interactions, beliefs about children, and observed teacher-children interaction practice in Chinese kindergartens. Data...
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 ...