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Wang, Qian; Pomerantz, Eva M. – Child Development, 2009
This research examined motivational trajectories during early adolescence in the United States and China. Upon their entry into middle school at 7th grade and every 6 months thereafter until the end of 8th grade, 825 American and Chinese children (mean age = 12.73 years) reported on their motivational beliefs (e.g., mastery orientation) and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Lau, Kit-Ling; Lee, John – Educational Psychology, 2008
This study examined Hong Kong students' achievement goals and their relations with students' perceived classroom environment and strategy use based on the multiple goal perspective of goal orientation theory. A total of 925 Grade 8 students from six secondary schools in Hong Kong voluntarily responded to a questionnaire that measured these three…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Instructional Effectiveness