Students' perceptions of computer-based learning environments, their attitude towards business statistics, and their academic achievement
Implications from a UK university
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14689807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ThuyUyen H Nguyen (Northumbria University, corresponding author), Ian Charity (0000-0002-6867-156X, Northumbria University), Andrew Robson (0000-0001-7367-1161, Northumbria University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 734-755 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2014.950562 |
| OpenAlex | W2008880328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 55 |
This study investigates students' perceptions of computer-based learning environments, their attitude towards business statistics, and their academic achievement in higher education. Guided by learning environments concepts and attitudinal theory, a theoretical model was proposed with two instruments, one for measuring the learning environment and the other for measuring student attitude. Data were collected from 453 postgraduate business students in a UK university. Factor analyses were carried out to validate the instruments, whilst structural equation modelling was employed to validate the proposed model. The results demonstrate the importance of students' perceptions of subject integration within the learning environment and the relationship between their perceptions of cohesiveness, task orientation, and anxiety. The findings show that attitude towards statistics is significantly related to achievement, explaining almost 40% of variation, whilst perception of the learning environment (indirectly) explains about 29% of the achievement. Implications for teaching business statistics in higher education are discussed
Academic achievement · Business statistics · Group cohesiveness · Higher education · Learning environment · Management · Mathematics education · Perception · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Computer Science · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Innovations in Educational Methods · Mathematics · Online and Blended Learning · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |