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Zhu, Mingjing; Urhahne, Detlef – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
The present study examines the accuracy of teachers' judgements about students' motivation and emotions in English learning with two different rating methods. A sample of 480 sixth-grade Chinese students reported their academic self-concept, learning effort, enjoyment, and test anxiety via a questionnaire and were rated on these dimensions by…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Accuracy, Student Motivation, Psychological Patterns
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Betts, Lucy R.; Rotenberg, Ken J.; Trueman, Mark; Stiller, James – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Children's social interactions with their peers influence their psychosocial adjustment; consequently, the relationship between class-wide peer liking, same-gender peer liking, and school adjustment was explored in two age groups. Peer liking was analysed using the social relations model (SRM). In Study 1, 205 children (103 female and 102 male,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Rating Scales, Path Analysis, Student Adjustment
Cocks, Rachel J.; Watt, Helen M. G. – Australian Educational Researcher, 2004
A large and burgeoning literature has established that mastery goal orientations yield positive cognitive and behavioural educational outcomes. Less research has focused on the psychological antecedents of adopting mastery goals. The present study draws upon prominent psychological theories of achievement motivation, specifically the…
Descriptors: Competence, Student Motivation, Goal Orientation, Psychological Patterns