The role of individual differences on epistemic curiosity (EC) and self-regulated learning (SRL) during e-learning: the Turkish context

Authors : Ergün AKGÜN, Enisa MEDE, Seda SARAC

Pages : 565-582

Doi:10.21449/ijate.907186

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Publication Date : 2022-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to examine the relations and associations between gender, epistemic curiosity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EC);, self-regulated learning insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SRL);, and attitudes toward e-learning in higher education students. The participants were 2438 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(862 males, 1576 females); undergraduate students enrolled in a Turkish university. The regression analysis findings showed that although the effect size was low, attitudes towards e-learning can be predicted significantly by gender, EC, and SRL. Datasets are further analyzed using data mining. The findings of the association rule mining revealed that gender plays an influential role. Several association rules among EC, SRL, and attitudes towards e-learning were detected for female students. The results provide recommendations about using data mining as a statistical method in educational and psychological research.
Keywords : E learning, Epistemic curiosity, Self regulated learning, Data mining, Association rule