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Klassen, Robert M.; Kuzucu, Elcin – Educational Psychology, 2009
This article presents a study of academic procrastination and associated motivation variables in 508 adolescents from a general secondary school in central Turkey. Girls reported higher levels of self-efficacy for self-regulation and predicted higher Turkish grades than boys, but there was no difference in levels of procrastination. Academic…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Evans, Carol – Educational Psychology, 2004
To a great extent the nature of the relationship between the cognitive style of a student teacher and their predominant teaching style in the classroom has been ignored by educational research. This study used an opportunist sample of 84 trainee teachers studying for one year full time for a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, in a range of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Higher Education, Teaching Styles
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Georgiou, Stelios N. – Educational Psychology, 2008
The aim of this study was to examine the beliefs that experienced and novice teachers hold about school achievement. It is important to investigate these beliefs and attributions because of the significant role that teachers play in the lives of most children. A group of Greek Cypriot elementary school teachers (n = 154) and a comparable group of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Student Teachers, Family Characteristics, Elementary School Teachers
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Borg, Mark G.; And Others – Educational Psychology, 1995
Reveals significant correlation between older Maltese students and high test scores on their examinations to enter junior high. Older students are those born in the early months of the year. Study found little difference in scores between genders, although girls were more likely to pass the examination than boys. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Abu-Rabia, Salim – Educational Psychology, 2004
This study investigated the relationship between foreign language (FL) anxiety and achievement in that language. The role of the FL teacher as perceived by the learners was also tested. Participants were 67 seventh-grade students. They were administered an anxiety questionnaire, a Hebrew reading comprehension test, an English reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Teacher Role