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Multicultural e-Education: Student Learning Style, Culture and Performance
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-782-9.ch024
ISBN13: 9781605667829
ISBN10: 160566782X
EISBN13: 9781605667836
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Author(s): Kenneth David Strang (Central Queensland University, Australia)
Pages: 392-412 pp.
Source Title: Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Holim Song (Texas Southern University, USA); Terry T. Kidd (Texas A&M University, USA)
Copyright: 2010
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AbstractAcademic performance of international university students was predicted using an interdisciplinary model, built by integrating theories from educational psychology and cultural anthropology. Approximately 2,500 online undergraduate business degree students from 21 countries were sampled from an Australian university. An a priori learning style instrument was used to assess their study strategies, which was integrated to a global culture taxonomy using ethnic demographic data. Multi-method statistical techniques for multivariate data were triangulated (confirmatory ordinal factor analysis, multiple regression and structural equation modeling) to analyze empirical evidence. The instrument was validated (eigenvalues> 1; cumulative factor variance captured >60%; GF, LR, factor loadings acceptable; p
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