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Wu, Fangwen; Jiang, Yi; Liu, Diyue; Konorova, Evgenia; Yang, Xiangdong – Educational Psychology, 2022
Teachers and peers are two influential social agents in students' academic functioning. In the present study, we differentiated perceived social relationships into positive and negative aspects and investigated how these perceptions influence students' motivation and educational outcomes. Results based on 2211 Chinese middle school students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Student Motivation
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Herges, Rebecca M.; Duffield, Stacy; Martin, William; Wageman, Justin – The Mathematics Educator, 2017
Mathematics achievement among K-12 students has been a long-standing concern in schools across the United States. A possible solution to this mathematics achievement problem is student motivation. A survey was administered to 65 mathematics students at a Midwestern middle school to determine their beliefs and attitudes related to motivation and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
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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
Yancy, Yuri G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was conducted in a middle school math class and investigated the effects of project-based activities on the middle school math students' skill acquisition and intrinsic motivation. After math-related project activities were implemented and completed, an analysis of how the students were affected in the areas of math skills and…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Learning Activities, Middle School Students