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Jo, Eunjin; Lee, Minhye; Lee, Woogul – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
We aimed to investigate the inter- and intra-individual relationships between early adolescents' achievement goals, metacognitive monitoring, and academic outcomes. Korean sixth graders responded to achievement goal questionnaires, solved four quizzes, monitored their own confidence in these four quizzes, and took a final exam. Given the nested…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation
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Lin, Su-Wei; Tai, Wen-Chun – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Mathematical disposition could influence learning and performance, they usually determine how well students motivate themselves and persevere in the face of difficulties, and they influence the choices-making about coursework, and even educational and career paths. The aim of this study is to investigate the same students' mathematical disposition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematical Aptitude, Secondary School Mathematics
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Tapola, Anna; Jaakkola, Tomi; Niemivirta, Markku – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
This study investigated changes in elementary school students' (n = 140) situational interest as a function of achievement goal orientation profiles and task characteristics. The authors repeatedly measured situational interest during a simulated science learning task in 2 task conditions that differed in the concreteness of the task elements. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Computer Simulation, Science Instruction
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Vedder-Weiss, Dana; Fortus, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This is a mix methods follow-up study in which we reconfirm the findings from an earlier study [Vedder-Weiss & Fortus [2011] "Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48(2)", 199-216]. The findings indicate that adolescents' declining motivation to learn science, which was found in many previous studies [Galton [2009] "Moving to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Replication (Evaluation), Adolescents