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Buff, Alex; Reusser, Kurt; Rakoczy, Katrin; Pauli, Christine – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This study investigated students' activating positive affective experiences in mathematics lessons, their antecedents, their cognitive and motivational consequences, as well as their effect on achievement. The participants were 682 Grade 8 and 9 students from 37 classes from Germany and Switzerland who participated in a video study of lessons on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Cognitive Processes, Grade 9
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Retelsdorf, Jan; Koller, Olaf; Moller, Jens – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This research aimed at identifying unique effects of reading motivation on reading performance when controlling for cognitive skills, familial, and demographic background. We drew upon a longitudinal sample of N = 1508 secondary school students from 5th to 8th grade. Two types of intrinsic reading motivation (reading enjoyment, reading for…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Reading Motivation, Competition, Literature Appreciation