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Norwood, Sarah Jane; Murray, Marisa; Nolan, Amanda; Bowker, Anne – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2011
The goal of the present study was to design, implement, and evaluate a school-based programme that aimed to increase self-esteem and positive body image among preadolescent boys and girls. Participants in grades five and six (N = 77; M [subscript age] = 10.86, 53.2% girls) from a public school in Eastern Ontario completed a battery of validated…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Concept, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
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Boekaerts, Monique; Rozendaal, Jeroen S. – Learning and Instruction, 2010
The present study used multiple calibration indices to capture the complex picture of fifth graders' calibration of feeling of confidence in mathematics. Specifically, the effects of gender, type of mathematical problem, instruction method, and time of measurement (before and after problem solving) on calibration skills were investigated. Fourteen…
Descriptors: Program Design, Problem Solving, Grade 5, Mathematics Instruction