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Karakis, Nesibe; Mahatmya, Duhita; Ihrig, Lori M. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
Informal programs provide multiple pathways to STEM degrees and careers and support students' interest, engagement, attitude, motivation, and academic achievement in STEM. Examining high-achieving rural students' profiles in informal STEM settings using their cognitive and psychosocial characteristics is crucial to understanding and supporting…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High Achievement, STEM Education, Student Characteristics
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Lee, Alexandra A.; Fleck, Bethany; Richmond, Aaron S. – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2021
There is a need to investigate motivational constructs for students traditionally underrepresented in educational research. In this study, we measured academic self-handicapping behavior, achievement goal orientations, and achievement in math and literacy in 327 urban, middle school students. Moderated mediation regression analyses were conducted…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Middle School Students, Minority Group Students, Student Behavior
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Shin, Huiyoung; Ryan, Allison M. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study investigated early adolescent friendship selection and social influence with regard to academic motivation (self-efficacy and intrinsic value), engagement (effortful and disruptive behavior), and achievement (GPA calculated from report card grades) among 6th graders (N = 587, 50% girls at Wave 1; N = 576, 52% girls at Wave 2) followed…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Social Networks
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Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Feng, Bei – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This longitudinal study builds on research addressing changes in achievement goal orientations (AG) across the transition to middle school. We had two objectives. The first was to identify and describe different development trajectories of AG (mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance) from the last year of elementary school (Grade…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Goal Orientation, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries