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Mauduy, Maxime; Bagneux, Virginie; Sénémeaud, Cécile – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
In school bullying, witnesses play a fundamental role because their defensive reactions can stop bullying situations. However, a great majority of witnesses remain passive despite their prodefense personal beliefs. To address this gap between witnesses' beliefs and behaviors, we developed and tested two social psychology strategies, namely, the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Audiences, Beliefs, Student Behavior
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Howard-Jones, Paul; Warren-Lee, Nicola; Aldred, Chris – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2023
A challenge for using evaluation data to improve climate change education in schools is access to an instrument for teachers to measure behavioral changes and their antecedents. We report on teachers' implementation of a brief survey measuring climate-related beliefs, self-efficacy, intention to act, action, and anxiety before and after their…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Beliefs, Self Efficacy
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Summers, Ryan; Wang, Shuai – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and the theories of reasoned action and planned behaviour (TRAPB) have both guided studies seeking to explain students' intentions and decisions related to future science engagement. The purpose of this study was to simultaneously validate measures for these two social psychological models and closely examine…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Theories, Student Attitudes, Intention
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Frank, Jennifer L.; Fiegel, Katherine A. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2020
This study assessed the moderating effects of school facilitating conditions (school opportunities for prosocial involvement, school commitment, academic grades, and truancy) on adolescent marijuana use within the context of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Utilizing a large statewide surveillance study of adolescent risk and protective…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Marijuana, Drug Abuse, Adolescents
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Erdogan, Mehmet – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of Summer Environmental Education Program (SEEP) on elementary school students' environmental knowledge, affect, skills and behavior which are the main components of environmental literacy. The sample consisted of 45 students (25 males, 20 females) studying in 4th through 8th grades and living in…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level
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Marais, Catherine; van der Westhuizen, Gert; Tillema, Harm – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
This study is concerned with teacher knowledge of learners' help-seeking behaviour. Teacher estimates of expected help-seeking behaviours of learners were compared with actual help-seeking of the learners. An in-depth study was deployed with one mathematics teacher and her grade 8 class of 20 learners solving mathematical word problems. Data were…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Problem Solving, Help Seeking, Student Behavior