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Fréchette-Simard, Catherine; Plante, Isabelle; Duchesne, Stéphane; Chaffee, Kathryn E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study aimed to examine the evolution of test anxiety during the transition to secondary school, a challenging period that includes a set of contextual factors that could potentially increase students' test anxiety. In addition, to further understand the contribution of different individual factors that might increase the susceptibility to…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Predictor Variables, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Lohbeck, Annette; Nitkowski, Dennis; Petermann, Franz – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Research on test anxiety of elementary school children has mainly focused on prevalence rates and gender differences. Less work has addressed predictors of test anxiety in elementary school children. According to the control-value theory developed by Pekrun ("Educ Psychol Rev" 18:315-341. doi: 10.1007/s10648-006-9029-9,…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Elementary School Students, Self Concept, Predictor Variables
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Janzen, Troy; Cormier, Damien C.; Hetherington, Jay; Mrazik, Martin; Mousavi, Amin – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2015
The psychometric properties of the Student Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory (SMALSI) were examined using a sample of 404 Grade 6 students from an urban Canadian school system. Students completed the SMALSI and school factors included final school grades, attendance records, and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Psychometrics, Factor Analysis, Grade 6