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Qian Huangfu; Hong Li; Yuanyuan Ban; Jiamei He – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Teacher enthusiasm is known to affect students' learning in traditional classroom environments, but it is unclear how displayed teacher enthusiasm can optimize learning of chemistry procedural knowledge in multimedia learning environments. In this context, the present study used eye-tracking technology and quantitative analysis to examine how…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Video Technology, Chemistry, Positive Attitudes
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Çetin, Abdullah; Gül, Mustafa; Doganay, Ahmet – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
The present study aims to investigate the emotions students experience in the school environment and the reasons for experiencing these emotions. This research was conducted using the case study method, one of the qualitative research designs. The study group of this study consisted of 24 eighth-grade students studying at a public school in the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
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Schweder, Sabine – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
It is generally accepted and well documented that mastery goal orientation positively affects students' learning behavior. However, less is known about this association in self-directed learning during adolescence, which additionally promotes student's positive emotions. This study tested whether positive emotions mediate the association between…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
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Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
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Einav, Michal; Sharabi, Adi; Peter, Tal Even-hen; Margalit, Malka – Athens Journal of Education, 2018
The growing number of students with Learning Disabilities (LD) who are granted test accommodations raises many theoretical questions with educational implications. The aim of the current study is to examine levels of positive affect as an indicator of wellbeing among students with LD who receive test accommodations and to identify the mediating…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Instructional Effectiveness, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities
Casey Elizabeth Holmes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative case study explored the implementation of critical citizenship education in an eighth grade social studies classroom. This research was guided by Johnson and Morris' (2010) framework for studying critical citizenship education and took place in a public charter school located in a capital city in the southeastern United States.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Citizenship Education
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Waters, Stacey K.; Lester, Leanne; Cross, Donna – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
Adolescence is a time of great physical, emotional and social development complicated by a key organisational change in schooling. This study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their expectations of the transition experience predicted their actual…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Adjustment, Expectation, Student Experience
Coyle, Lisa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study is to report the lived experiences of seventh and eighth grade students experiencing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in middle school. Although there is increasing popularity in the use of the PBIS system in schools throughout the country, there is little known about students' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Experience, Positive Behavior Supports, Grade 7