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Strati, Anna D.; Schmidt, Jennifer A.; Maier, Kimberly S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
This study explored associations between students' perceptions of challenge, teacher-provided support and obstruction, and students' momentary academic engagement in high school science classrooms. Instrumental and emotional dimensions of support and obstruction were examined separately, and analyses tested whether the relationship between…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Barriers, Teacher Role, Learner Engagement
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Mateju, Petr; Smith, Michael L. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
This article examines gender gaps in academic performance (grades in mathematics and reading) between boys and girls of ninth-grade elementary schools in the Czech Republic. Our analysis is based on 2003 data from the Programme for International Student Assessment, encompassing the academic performance and family background of ninth-grade pupils.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Grade 9, Elementary School Students
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Kasaian, Seyed Ahmad; Subbakrishna, Rangaswamy – English Language Teaching, 2011
The British and US varieties of English have now come under suspicion of promoting American and British ways of life and marginalizing the local identities of their learners. Prompted by these suspicions, many scholars and policy makers have voiced doubts about the cultural adequacy of the native speaker-controlled ELT programs. In a recent survey…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials, Parent Attitudes