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Young, Jamaal; Young, Jemimah – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2018
The researchers tested a model of the structural relationship between Black student engagement in out-of-school time (OST) science enrichment and participation in advanced science courses in high school. The participants in the sample were Black students (N = 3,173) who participated in the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009/2012. The student…
Descriptors: Correlation, After School Programs, Enrichment Activities, African American Students
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Guo, Jiesi; Nagengast, Benjamin; Marsh, Herbert W.; Kelava, Augustin; Gaspard, Hanna; Brandt, Holger; Cambria, Jenna; Flunger, Barbara; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Häfner, Isabelle; Brisson, Brigitte; Trautwein, Ulrich – AERA Open, 2016
Drawing on expectancy-value theory, the present study examined the unique contributions of the four major value beliefs and self-concept on achievement, self-reported effort, and teacher-rated behavioral engagement in mathematics. In particular, we examined the multiplicative effects of self-concept and task values on educational outcomes using…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Structural Equation Models, Values, Expectation
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Hodis, Flaviu A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
This article aims to enhance understanding of the nomological network of expectancy of success beliefs related to mathematics. To this end, the paper uses the expectancy-value, regulatory focus, and regulatory mode theoretical frameworks and investigates 3 key classes of motivation predictors: (a) General motivation predispositions that center on…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Expectation, Foreign Countries
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Knekta, Eva; Eklöf, Hanna – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of an expectancy-value-based questionnaire measuring five aspects of test-taking motivation (effort, expectancies, importance, interest, and test anxiety). The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of Swedish Grade 9 students taking a low-stakes (n = 1,047) or a high-stakes (n =…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Motivation, Testing
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Metsärinne, Mika; Kallio, Manne – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2016
This article is a part of a research project aimed to find out how different background variables are related to learning outcomes in technology education related to the school subject Sloyd (craft). The research question of this article is: "How are ninth grade students' attitudes towards the subject related to their learning outcomes?"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Grade 9
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Ringeisen, Tobias; Raufelder, Diana; Schnell, Kerstin; Rohrmann, Sonja – Educational Psychology, 2016
Control-value theory (CVT) proposes a framework for the structure of the relationships between the various predictors of achievement-related emotions, particularly anxiety. Despite existing evidence for the role of anxiety predictors, research has not yet justified their proposed structure. Hence, the current study validated the structure of test…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Predictor Variables, Validity, Theories
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Martinez, Marcos J.; Huang, Shi; Estrada, Yannine; Sutton, Madeline Y.; Prado, Guillermo – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
Using structural equation modeling, we examined the relationship of Hispanicism on recent substance use and whether Americanism moderated the effect in a sample of 1,141 Hispanic adolescents. The Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ) was used to determine the degree of individual comfort in both Hispanic (Hispanicism) and American…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Acculturation, Substance Abuse, Hispanic Americans
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Petersen, Jennifer Lee; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Educational Psychology, 2017
Although many studies have documented developmental change in mathematics motivation, little is known about how these trends predict math performance. A sample of 288 participants from the United States reported their perceived math ability, math utility value and math interest in 5th, 7th and 9th grades. Latent growth curve models estimated…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
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English, Devin; Lambert, Sharon F.; Ialongo, Nicholas S. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
While recent evidence has indicated that experienced racial discrimination is associated with increased depressive symptoms for African American adolescents, most studies rely on cross-sectional and short-term longitudinal research designs. As a result, the direction and persistence of this association across time remains unclear. This article…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, African Americans, Adolescents, Correlation
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Turkyilmaz, Mustafa – Education, 2015
This study aimed at investigating the relationship between reading attitude, personality, self-regulation and metacognitive awareness of reading strategies of secondary school students. In order to carry out the aim four scales were used to 419 high school students in Kirsehir province in Turkey. It was used Lisrel 8.80 and SPSS software to…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Attitudes, Reading Strategies, Foreign Countries
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Jaakkola, Timo; Washington, Tracy – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Previous studies have shown that fundamental movement skills (FMS) and physical activity are related. Specifically, earlier studies have demonstrated that the ability to perform a variety of FMS increases the likelihood of children participating in a range of physical activities throughout their lives. To date, however, there have not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Middle School Students
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Shoshani, Anat; Nakash, Ora; Zubida, Hani; Harper, Robin A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
This study aimed to explore the role of school engagement and the mediation effect of acculturation in predicting 1.5 and second-generation migrant adolescents' mental health and risk behaviors. Participants included 448 seventh to tenth grade Israeli students (mean age 14.50, 53% boys): 128 non-Jewish 1.5 generation migrant adolescents (children…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Acculturation, Predictor Variables, Immigrants
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Calero, Flor R.; Dalley, Christopher; Fernandez, Nicole; Davenport-Dalley, Tania Marie; Morote, Elsa-Sofia; Tatum, Stephanie L. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2014
This study examined how Hispanic students' academic self-concept influences the independent variables of family academic expectations, peer relationships, schoolwork, and student-teacher relationships. A survey was administered to 222 ninth-grade students in Long Island, New York, 99 of whom self-identified as Hispanic. A structural equation model…
Descriptors: Models, Self Concept, High School Students, Hispanic American Students
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Guvenc, Hulya – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate relationships between students' engagement versus disaffection and their perceptions of teachers' motivational support styles. To do this a hypothesized structural model specifying the direct relationships of students' engagement and their perceptions of teachers' motivational support is used. The model,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Learner Engagement, Secondary School Teachers
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Hakkarainen, Airi M.; Holopainen, Leena K.; Savolainen, Hannu K. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
Learning difficulties have been found to dilute the possibilities that young adults have in their educational careers. However, during the last few decades, education has become increasingly important for employment and overall life satisfaction. In the present study, we were interested in the effects of mathematical and reading difficulties and…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Learning Problems, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems
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