Explaining Academic Learning from an Attitude-Based Perspective – A Multiple Regression Analysis
Keywords:
effective academic learning, attitudes towards learning, learning conduct, learning satisfaction, regression analysis.Abstract
In earlier studies we published, we sustained an eclectic approach on academic learning and the influence of learner‟s attitudes on learning performance. Our latest published study advanced a model for academic learning that encompassed constitutive elements such as attitudes toward learning, learning conduct and learning satisfaction. The current paper intends to shed more light on the model by aiming to test, through regression analysiReferences
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