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Hutt, Stephen; Ocumpaugh, Jaclyn; Ma, Juliana; Andres, Alexandra L.; Bosch, Nigel; Paquette, Luc; Biswas, Gautam; Baker, Ryan S. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2021
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a critical 21st -century skill. In this paper, we examine SRL through the lens of the searching, monitoring, assessing, rehearsing, and translating (SMART) schema for learning operations. We use microanalysis to measure SRL behaviors as students interact with a computer-based learning environment, Betty's Brain. We…
Descriptors: Models, Self Control, Learning Strategies, Student Behavior
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Cryan, Mark; Martinek, Thomas – Physical Educator, 2017
The Soccer Coaching Club program used the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model in an after-school soccer program for sixth grade boys between 11 and 12 years old in a local middle school. Soccer, as the featured physical activity, provided the "hook" for regular attendance. Desired outcomes included improved…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Males, Grade 6, Team Sports
Ritchotte, Jennifer A.; Matthews, Michael S.; Flowers, Claudia P. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2014
Gifted underachievement represents a frustrating loss of potential for society. Although attempts have been made to develop interventions to reverse gifted underachievement, the theoretical underpinnings of these interventions have yet to be empirically validated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Underachievement, Models, Middle School Students
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Finigan-Carr, Nadine M.; Cheng, Tina L.; Gielen, Andrea; Haynie, Denise L.; Simons-Morton, Bruce – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Aggressive and weapons carrying behaviors are indicative of youth violence. The theory of planned behavior is used in the current analysis to improve our understanding of violence-related behaviors. We examine the influence of perceived behavioral control (self-control and decision making) as a part of the overall framework for understanding the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Weapons, African American Students, Preadolescents
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Schmidt, Alex; Canela, Carlos – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Social psychological interventions in schools have gained popularity in education research for their ability to often dramatically increase student academic performance through simple exercises. Many of these interventions are designed to address stereotype threat, which is defined as "being at risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Miksza, Peter – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to develop and test the construct validity and reliability of a self-report measure of self-regulated practice behaviors for beginning and intermediate instrumentalists. A questionnaire was designed to assess the motive, method, behavior, time management, and social influences dimensions of the theoretical model of…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Musicians, Drills (Practice), Middle School Students
Huang, Chin-Fang – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations among Taiwanese elementary school children's effortful control, social relationships and their adjustment at school. Data were gathered on 407 third- to sixth-grade children (81 third graders, 79 fourth graders, 116 fifth graders, and 131 sixth graders) attending three low- to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Correlation, Questionnaires
Garcia-Sanchez, Jesus-Nicasio; Fidalgo-Redondo, Raquel – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
We examined the differential effects of the social cognitive model of sequential skill acquisition (SCM intervention) and the self-regulated strategy development model (SRSD intervention) for writing. One hundred and twenty-one 5th- and 6th-grade Spanish students with learning disabilities (LD) and/or low achievement (LA) were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement