A Case Study of American and Chinese College Students' Motivation Differences in Online Learning Environment

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Chunjuan; Mei, Zongxiang
Titel	A Case Study of American and Chinese College Students' Motivation Differences in Online Learning Environment
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 5 (2016) 4, S.104-112 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Student Employment; Online Courses; Marital Status; Cultural Differences; North Americans; Asians; Student Characteristics; Learning Motivation; Cross Cultural Studies; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; China; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studentenarbeit; Online course; Online-Kurs; Familienstand; Kultureller Unterschied; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Motivating students has been a key challenge facing instructors in non-face-to-face instructional contexts. Existing researches into motivation in online learning environment have revealed that there are learning motivation differences among students from different cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this study is to identify whether American and Chinese online learners' motivation differ in online learning environment and what characteristics of learners could exert influence on their motivation. This study, based on a survey of 162 students from West Virginia University and 210 students from Fudan University, China, revealed that there was a significant learning motivation difference between American and Chinese online learners. And it was also found that online learners' learning motivation were affected by such learners' characteristics as gender, employment status and marital status. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01