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Kültür, Yusuf Ziya; Özcan, Bahadir – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
The high-stakes exams are administered to the candidates to determine their placement into university programs. One of the variables that can influence the performance of high-stake exams is test anxiety. The current study aimed to examine the associations between the cognitive and affective components of test anxiety with the performance of the…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Grade 12, High School Students, Cognitive Processes
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Aburayash, Hussain – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2019
The study aimed to identify the cognitive load and its relationship with mental capacity in accordance their levels at the students of the secondary stage in the terms of Sweller theory. The study sample consisted of (300) male and female eleventh and twelfth grade students from the leadership schools in Amman. The researcher used the cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Ability, Secondary School Students
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
A new multidimensional measure of test anxiety, the Test Anxiety Measure for Adolescents (TAMA), specifically designed for U.S. adolescents in Grades 6 to 12 was developed and its psychometric properties were examined. The TAMA consists of five scales (Cognitive Interference, Physiological Hyperarousal, Social Concerns, Task Irrelevant Behavior,…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Adolescents, Psychometrics, Test Construction
Stein, Rachel S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Latino/as are an increasingly large subset of the United States population; however, they continue to be underrepresented in science careers. Because of this increase, research regarding Latino/as has improved, but there are still many gaps in regards to gender-specific predictors to pursue science careers. To address this lack of literature, the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Predictor Variables
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Tyc, Vida L.; Nuttbrock-Allen, Deanna; Klosky, James L.; Ey, Sydney – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: This study examines the relation between cognitive-motivational variables and self-reported health behaviours among adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional survey of adolescents via questionnaires delivered in classrooms. Setting: One large junior high school and two senior high schools located in the Memphis area. Method: Data from 257…
Descriptors: High Schools, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Health Education