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A Closer Look at Teacher Support and Achievement Emotions in Chinese Mathematics Classrooms: Mediating Roles of Academic Control and Intrinsic/Extrinsic Value
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Xin Chen; Frederick K. S. Leung – Educational Psychology, 2023
This cross-sectional study looks into how students' perceived teacher support is linked to achievement emotions in mathematics via academic control and value. The data was gathered from 602 secondary students (13-16-year-olds) in 16 mathematics classrooms from three public schools in Jiangsu province, China. Participants were asked to respond to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role, Mathematics Education
Student Learning: The Influence of Instructor and Student Confirmation, Classroom Connectedness, and Self-Efficacy
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Aloia, Lindsey S. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2021
Previous research demonstrated the importance of a healthy instructional environment characterized by institutional support and positivity for student learning. Furthermore, classroom climate is impacted by the qualities of the students and the other individuals in the classroom. Accordingly, the goal of this article was to investigate the…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Classroom Environment
Perceived Teacher Affective Support in Relation to Emotional and Motivational Variables in Elementary School Science Classrooms in Turkey
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Sakiz, Gonul – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2017
Background: In recent research, affective learning environments and affective support have been receiving increasing attention for their roles in stimulating students' learning outcomes. Despite its raising importance, little is known about affective support in educational contexts in developing countries. Moreover, international student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior, Correlation, Teacher Influence
Motivations of Traditional and Nontraditional College Students: From Self-Determination and Attributions, to Expectancy and Values
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Johnson, Marcus Lee; Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Clark, Lauren; Howell, Leah; Breen, Mishele – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016
We surveyed 139 (88 traditional, 51 nontraditional) students on various motivational measures of self-determination, attribution, and expectancy-value to (a) investigate motivational differences by student status and (b) identify the motivational variables that best predict academic achievement by student status. Results of a multivariate analysis…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, College Students, Nontraditional Students, Self Determination
Science Adjustment, Parental and Teacher Autonomy Support and the Cognitive Orientation of Science Students
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Jungert, Tomas; Koestner, Richard – Educational Psychology, 2015
Research has shown that autonomy support has positive effects on academic development, but no study has examined how systemising cognitive orientation is related to important outcomes for science students, and how it may interact with autonomy support. This prospective investigation considered how systemising and support from teachers and parents…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Parent Influence, Student Motivation, Self Efficacy
The Contribution of Gender, Socio-Economic Status and Socio-Cultural Influence to Turkish Students' Task Value Beliefs in Science
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Kahraman, Nurcan; Sungur-Vural, Semra – Research in Education, 2014
This study aimed to investigate how well gender, socio-economic status of family, and socio-cultural influences (perceived parents' achievement goals, and perceived teachers' achievement goals) predict middle school students' task value beliefs in science. Background Characteristics Survey, Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives
Improving Adolescents' Motivation through the Use of Creative Teaching in the Industrial Arts.
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Jans, Steven – 1997
Following research that documented inadequate motivation as a problem through assessment of academic performance, student motivational surveys, teacher class records, and teacher journal entries, a program was conducted to increase the level of motivation of junior high school students in a middle-class community in central Illinois. Observations…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Industrial Arts, Intelligence, Junior High Schools