Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on student achievement, yet it is difficult to
implement productively within the constraints of a mass higher education system. Designing …

This study focused on the relationship of students' perceptions of teachers' feedback practice
with students' perceived external goal orientation, self-regulation, self-efficacy, and English …

After one decade of Competence-Based Education (CBE), the need arises to investigate the
experiences and implementation of CBE in contemporary higher education. A …

Programming skills are typically developed through completing various hands-on exercises.
Such programming problems can be contextualized to students' interests and cultural …

Although formative assessment has been recognized as an effective way for improving
learning, scant attention has been paid to the specific design on the sequence of applying …

In China, under the influence of examination-driven culture and teacher-centered ways of
learning, students' self-regulated learning (SRL) capabilities, self-efficacy, and actual …

Academic self-efficacy is critical to academic success. Hence those working in higher
education need to make deliberate and substantial attempts to foster academic competence …

Background Competence in nursing has been increasingly addressed. However, studies
from the international literature have demonstrated that graduate nurses are not ready and …

Competence-based education (CBE) is an innovation in (vocational) education aimed at
improving students' competences. Little is known, however, about the processes leading to …

Grounded on the notion of observational learning in social cognitive learning theory, this
study evaluated the effectiveness of repeated self-assessment on English-as-a-foreign …