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Direct linkNie, Youyan; Liem, Gregory Arief D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
Underpinned by the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation, the study examined the differential relations of individual-oriented and social-oriented achievement motives to approach and avoidance achievement goals (mastery-approach, performance-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-avoidance). A total of 570 Chinese high school…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Motivation, Goal Orientation, Objectives
Moreira, Paulo A. S.; Dias, Paulo; Vaz, Filipa Machado; Vaz, Joao Machado – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
There is a growing need for the integration of various theoretical perspectives on academic performance, especially the theories on educational persistence, and motivational theories. Recent models of students' engagement with school incorporate different dimensions of students, family and school. However, some authors are arguing that academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Study Skills, Motivation
King, Ronnel B.; McInerney, Dennis M.; Watkins, David A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Research on implicit theories of intelligence and academic emotions have proceeded in parallel with little cross-over of ideas. This study aims to examine the potential synergies that may exist between these two strands of research by examining whether implicit theories of intelligence can function as a predictor of academic emotions when situated…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Secondary School Students, Role, Theories
Schmitt-Wilson, Sarah; Welsh, Marilyn C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Few studies have identified individual differences in vocational knowledge or its association with career aspirations or expectations of children. We investigated whether individual differences in grade, gender, academic achievement, and SES predict levels of vocational knowledge, and further examined the relationship between vocational knowledge…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Occupational Aspiration, Expectation, Career Awareness
Confidence: A Better Predictor of Academic Achievement than Self-Efficacy, Self-Concept and Anxiety?
Stankov, Lazar; Lee, Jihyun; Luo, Wenshu; Hogan, David J. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
In this paper we report the results from a study that assessed confidence together with scales measuring self-belief--i.e., self-efficacy, different kinds of self-concepts, and anxiety--among the 15-year old students from Singapore. A distinct confidence factor was identified in the domains of mathematics (N = 1940) and English (N = 1786). Our…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Foreign Countries
MacCann, Carolyn; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Burrus, Jeremy; Roberts, Richard D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examines whether problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidant coping strategies predict key outcomes in a sample of 354 high school students. The four outcomes considered are: academic achievement, life satisfaction, positive feelings towards school, and negative feelings towards school. Results demonstrate that coping incrementally…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Personality Traits, Coping, Stress Management
Furnham, Adrian; Monsen, Jeremy – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
This study examines the extent to which personality traits and intelligence scores predict school level academic performance (AP), (British GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education; America Grade 10) in different disciplines. The participant sample consisted of approximately 250 school pupils from three schools in the South East of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intelligence Quotient, Personality, Personality Measures
Hardre, Patricia L.; Sullivan, David W. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This research investigated relationships among characteristics of students and learning environments influencing variables related to motivation for learning and achievement in rural high schools. Participants were 625 students in all four grades, in 19 rural, public high schools. Questionnaires assessed two environmental factors, three…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teacher Characteristics, Student Motivation, Rural Schools
Lau, Shun; Roeser, Robert W. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This study adopted a person-centered approach to examine organized patterns of psychological factors and their relations to achievement and engagement in a sample of high school students. Four types of students characterized by unique configurations of cognitive, motivational, and affective characteristics were identified in both the male and…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Factor Analysis, Cognitive Ability, High School Students
