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Exploring the Impact of Student Tutoring on At-Risk Fifth and Sixth Graders' Self-Regulated Learning
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Vandevelde, Sabrina; Van Keer, Hilde; De Wever, Bram – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study explores the effects of a student tutoring programme focusing on self-regulated learning. Ninety-three Flemish fifth- and sixth-grade tutees at-risk due to their socio-economic and/or non-native background participated. A pre-post test design was used and the "Learning Motivation Test", "Junior Metacognitive Awareness…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 5, At Risk Students, Independent Study
The Role of Goal Orientations and Goal Structures in Explaining Classroom Social and Affective Characteristics
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Polychroni, Fotini; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Sideridis, Georgios – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Examining motivational variables may prove to be particularly fruitful towards our understanding of classroom processes, student behaviors and school outcomes. The present study examined the role of personal and contextual goals (goals and goal structures) towards explaining social relationships (peer, teacher-student and home-school). 1493 fifth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Student Motivation, Educational Practices
Validating the English Language Learner Motivation Scale (ELLMS): Pre-College to Measure Language Learning Motivational Orientations among Young ELLs
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Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tong, Sze Sze; Tretter, Thomas R. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study modified and validated a measure of motivational orientations--grounded in self-determination theory and originally developed for postsecondary students--for use with younger (pre-college) English language learners (ELLs). Exploratory factor analysis results in Sample A (n = 528) indicated that the data were best explained by a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Factor Structure, Learning Motivation, Measures (Individuals)
Student Differences and Environment Perceptions: How They Contribute to Student Motivation in Rural High Schools
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Hardre, Patricia L.; Sullivan, David W. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This research investigated relationships among characteristics of students and learning environments influencing variables related to motivation for learning and achievement in rural high schools. Participants were 625 students in all four grades, in 19 rural, public high schools. Questionnaires assessed two environmental factors, three…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teacher Characteristics, Student Motivation, Rural Schools