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Direct linkJennifer Swann Jacobson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Eighth-grade students who are placed into Algebra 1 but fail end-of-course exams may experience lowered grade point averages (GPAs) and loss of motivation for math or avoid taking advanced mathematics courses in high school. Middle-achieving students present challenges in terms of mathematics placement. Self-efficacy theory and locus of control…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Algebra, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedJaber, Lindsey S.; Rinaldi, Christina M.; Saunders, Cory D.; Scott, Jesse – Contemporary School Psychology, 2023
An expanded Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes" 50:179-211, 1991, Ajzen, "Journal of Applied Social Psychology" 32:665-683, 2002) which incorporates affective, moral, and personal belief variables with Ajzen's original social, behavioural, and cognitive factors has not…
Descriptors: Bullying, Junior High School Students, Student Behavior, Victims
Download full textKorkmaz, Ozan; Ilhan, Tahsin; Bardakci, Salih – Online Submission, 2018
The overall objective of this study was to investigate self-efficacy, locus of control, and academic procrastination as predictors of academic achievement in students identified as gifted or non-gifted. Another purpose of the study was to analyze whether there was a difference between the self-efficacy, locus of control, and academic…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Gifted
Acar Güvendir, Meltem – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2016
This study focused on the extrinsic and intrinsic motivation levels of eighth grade students and its relationship with their mathematical achievement. The participants of the study included 6,829 students who took TIMSS in 2011 and 239 mathematics teachers. The data obtained from the student and teacher questionnaires that are included in the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Student Motivation, Locus of Control, Grade 8
