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Archambault, I.; Pagani, L. S.; Fitzpatrick, C. – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Using structural equation modeling with a population-based cohort of French-speaking children from Quebec (Canada), prospective associations were made between two previously established factors underlying student performance--classroom engagement and the teacher-student relations. Our results show developmental continuity in classroom engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, French Canadians, Academic Achievement
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Dermitzaki, Irini; Leondari, Angeliki; Goudas, Marios – Learning and Instruction, 2009
This study aimed at investigating the relations between students' strategic behaviour during problem solving, task performance and domain-specific self-concept. A total of 167 first- and second-graders were individually examined in tasks involving cubes assembly and in academic self-concept in mathematics. Students' cognitive, metacognitive, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Problem Solving, Task Analysis
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Vosniadou, Stella; Skopeliti, Irini; Ikospentaki, Kalliopi – Learning and Instruction, 2005
This experiment investigated the effect of the presentation of a globe--the culturally accepted artifact representing the earth--on children's reasoning in elementary astronomy. Forty-four children from grades 1 and 3 were interviewed individually. First, the children were asked to make their own representations of the earth (i.e., drawings and…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Prior Learning, Cognitive Processes, Astronomy