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Fostering Self-Efficacy: Understanding South African Grade 9 Students' Confidence in Their Mathematics Abilities
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Sylvia Hannan; Andrea Juan; Jaqueline Harvey – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024
In poor-performing, resource-constrained education systems, such as South Africa, solutions to improve academic achievement have tended to focus on resources and cognitive factors. An area that requires more attention is the importance of non-cognitive, psychosocial factors and their relationship with academic performance. These factors are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Grade 9, Self Esteem
Do Teacher Instructional Practices Shape Children's Academic Self-Concept and Interest in Mathematics and Science? Evidence from TIMSS 2015
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Matthew H. Kim; Pooja G. Sidney – Infant and Child Development, 2024
Children possess different beliefs regarding their ability to succeed in math and science, as well as different levels of enjoyment and interest in these topics. These motivational processes are important because they often shape learning-related behaviours which in turn predict academic outcomes, over and above previous performance. But, what are…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Academic Ability, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship
The Impact of Problem-Based Learning Curricula and Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching on the Mathematical Development of Second Grade Students
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Trinter, Christine P. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The results from the 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) revealed that the scores of fourth grade students in the 90th percentile showed no measurable change from the results of the first TIMSS assessment in 1995. Contrarily, the scores of the lowest performing fourth graders showed statistically significant…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mathematics Education, Problem Based Learning, Grade 4