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Influence of Motivating Science Class, Family, and Peer Models on Students' Approaches to Learning Science: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis
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Soltani, Asghar – Research in Science Education, 2020
Classroom environment, family, and peers are important factors in influencing students' science learning. The primary aim of this study was to examine the effects of three environmental factors related to science learning (motivating science class, family models, and peer models) on students' approaches to learning science (deep approach and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Learning Motivation, Secondary School Science
The Case of a Missing Person? The Current L2 Self and the L2 Motivational Self System
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Thorsen, Cecilia; Henry, Alastair; Cliffordson, Christina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
In the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) motivation is conceptualized to be generated by discomfort associated with the learner's experience of a discrepancy between their current L2 self, and their ideal L2 self. However, in the L2MSS model, this discrepancy is not operationalized. A questionnaire containing measures of current L2 selves was…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Classroom Composition and Language Minority Students' Motivation in Language Lessons
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Rjosk, Camilla; Richter, Dirk; Hochweber, Jan; Lüdtke, Oliver; Stanat, Petra – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
In this study, we investigated effects of the proportion of language minority students in classrooms on the development of students' intrinsic motivation in language lessons and the mediating role of instructional climate (e.g., teacher support, focus on student interests). In addition, we explored the interaction between the proportion of…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Student Interests
Primary and Secondary Students' Motivation in Learning English: Grade and Gender Differences
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Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Lau, Shun; Nie, Youyan – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
Student motivation may have significant influences on essential academic outcomes. However, students' motivation may decline as they grow older. This study examined six motivation constructs (self-efficacy, interest, mastery goal orientation, engagement, avoidance coping, and effort withdrawal) of students from 78 schools in Singapore (N = 4214)…
Descriptors: Females, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation
Underachieving Gifted Students: A Social Cognitive Model
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Clemons, Trudy L. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among students' self-perception, attitudes toward school, study and organizational skills, achievement motivation, attributional style, gender, parental involvement and style, parental income and parental level of education, and students' academic performance or achievement. Using…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Grade Point Average
To Mix or Not to Mix?
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Shuttlewood, Rosemary – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
In this article, the author discusses the teaching strategy of the mixed independent school where she works, in which they split the students into four or five ability sets. The sets are decided primarily either by pupil achievement in the entrance examinations prior to Y9 or by pupil performance in the prep school. The author also presents the…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Ability Grouping, Educational Administration, Mathematics