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Implementing the KiVa Antibullying Program: Recognition of Stable Victims
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Haataja, Anne; Sainio, Miia; Turtonen, Mira; Salmivalli, Christina – Educational Psychology, 2016
Teachers do not always recognise students who are victimised by their peers. In this study, we examined the recognition of stable victims in 76 schools beginning to implement the KiVa antibullying programme. We focused on 348 victims (9-15 years) who reported victimisation at the pretest and still at wave 2, after five months of programme…
Descriptors: Brain, Intervention, Victims, Peer Relationship
Structural and Convergent Validity of the Homework Performance Questionnaire
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Pendergast, Laura L.; Watkins, Marley W.; Canivez, Gary L. – Educational Psychology, 2014
Homework is a requirement for most school-age children, but research on the benefits and drawbacks of homework is limited by lack of psychometrically sound measurement of homework performance. This study examined the structural and convergent validity of scores from the newly developed Homework Performance Questionnaire -- Teacher Scale (HPQ-T).…
Descriptors: Homework, Measures (Individuals), Questionnaires, Validity
Investigating the Extent and Use of Peer Support Initiatives in English Schools
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Houlston, Catherine; Smith, Peter K.; Jessel, John – Educational Psychology, 2009
This survey aims to give a broad overview of the way peer support is currently used in English primary and secondary schools, and to highlight common patterns. Regional strata samples of schools were selected from an online database. Questionnaire data were obtained from 240 schools (130 primary and 110 secondary), of which 186 had peer support…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
Examining Hong Kong Students' Motivational Beliefs, Strategy Use and Their Relations with Two Relational Factors in Classrooms
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Yin, Hongbiao; Lee, John C. K.; Zhang, Zhonghua – Educational Psychology, 2009
This study examines Hong Kong students' motivational beliefs, strategy use and their relations with two relational factors in classrooms--student learning community and teacher support and involvement. A total of 2206 Grade Four to Grade Nine students responded to a questionnaire that comprised three instruments, including two scales measuring…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Motivational Influences on School-Prompted Interest
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Ciani, Keith; Ferguson, Yuna; Bergin, David; Hilpert, Jonathan – Educational Psychology, 2010
Some argue that the goal of education is to influence out-of-school learning activity, yet little research exists on how teachers can help students develop an interest in a topic and continue to pursue that interest outside of school. The current study tested classroom context variables from self-determination theory (teachers' autonomy support)…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Teacher Role, Student Motivation
An Empirical Study of Gender Difference in the Relationship between Self-Concept and Mathematics Achievement in a Cross-Cultural Context
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Wang, Jianjun – Educational Psychology, 2006
The reciprocal relationship between mathematics achievement and self-concept is examined in this study to expand the existing knowledge to a cross-cultural setting. Based on analyses of educational data two years before and after Hong Kong's sovereignty switch in 1997, this investigation shows a weak reciprocal relationship among the eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Self Concept, Mathematics Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies