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Fulmer, Sara M.; Tulis, Maria – Learning and Instruction, 2013
This study investigated changes in middle school students' interest and affect during a moderately difficult reading task. The aim was to explore how changes in interest (topic and situational) and affect were related to students' reading fluency throughout the task and perceived difficulty. Interest and affect were recorded at four time points:…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Reading Fluency, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties
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Shim, Sungok Serena; Cho, YoonJung; Wang, Cen – Learning and Instruction, 2013
The current study investigated the mediating role of social achievement goals in the relation between classroom goal structures and academic engagement and social adjustment among 373 middle school students (52.8% female). Students' perceptions of classroom goal structures were measured in Fall; social achievement goals and academic and social…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Social Development, Achievement, Goal Orientation
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Lombardi, Doug; Sinatra, Gale M.; Nussbaum, E. Michael – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Plausibility is a central but under-examined topic in conceptual change research. Climate change is an important socio-scientific topic; however, many view human-induced climate change as implausible. When learning about climate change, students need to make plausibility judgments but they may not be sufficiently critical or reflective. The…
Descriptors: Climate, Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Middle School Students