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Tracey, Danielle; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Arens, A. Katrin; Murayama, Kou; Lichtenfeld, Stephanie; Frenzel, Anne C.; Goetz, Thomas; Maïano, Christophe – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Expectancy-value theory (EVT) is a popular framework to understand and improve students' motivation. Unfortunately, limited research has verified whether EVT predictions generalize to students with low levels of cognitive ability. This study relies on Grade 5 and 8 data from 177 students with low levels of cognitive ability and a matched sample of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cognitive Ability, Grades (Scholastic), Self Control
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Rausch, Tobias; Karing, Constance; Dörfler, Tobias; Artelt, Cordula – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study examined personality similarity between teachers and their students and its impact on teacher judgement of student achievement in the domains of reading comprehension and mathematics. Personality similarity was quantified through intraclass correlations between personality characteristics of 409 dyads of German teachers and their…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement