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Erika M. Nadile; Gregory Vaughan; Naomi L. B. Wernick – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Grades in introductory STEM courses can impact intrinsic motivation (IM) and self-efficacy (SE). We used an exploratory approach to examine trends in grades and how IM and SE impact students' grades. It is known that most first-generation (FG) college students are from underrepresented backgrounds (URM), and that these students are least likely to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Instruction, First Generation College Students
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Mustopa, Nanda Mulyadi; Mustofa, Romy Faisal; Diella, Dea – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2020
The latest learning in the 21st century requires learners to master various competencies to support their learning process and achieve the expected learning goals. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-regulated learning and learning motivation with metacognitive skills. The research was conducted in May 2020 at SMAN 1…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Management, Learning Motivation, Metacognition
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Aydin, Solmaz – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This study aimed to analyze the relationship between high school students' self-efficacy perceptions regarding biology, the metacognitive strategies they use in this course and their academic motivation for learn biology. The sample of the study included 286 high school students enrolled in three high schools who attended a biology course in Kars,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, High School Students, Biology
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Wheeler, Erin R.; Wischusen, Sheri M. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2014
The Louisiana State University Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program has been found to be an effective retention initiative for freshman Biological Science majors (S. M. Wischusen, Wischusen, & Pomarico, 2010; S. M. Wischusen, Wischusen, W. E., 2007). Students who attended the five-day camp out-perform their non-participant…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Metacognition, Learning Strategies
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Sen, Senol; Yilmaz, Ayhan – Science Education International, 2016
The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between preservice teachers' time and study environment management, effort regulation, self-efficacy beliefs, control of learning beliefs and metacognitive self-regulation. This study also investigates the direct and indirect effects of metacognitive self-regulation on time and study…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Self Control
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Yumusak, Necmettin; Sungur, Semra; Cakiroglu, Jale – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This study aimed at investigating the contribution of motivational beliefs, cognitive, and metacognitive strategy use to Turkish high school students' achievement in biology. In order to investigate the specified purpose of the study, 519 tenth-grade students were administered the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich, Smith,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Biology, Multiple Regression Analysis, Goal Orientation