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Mameli, Consuelo; Molinari, Luisa; Passini, Stefano – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: The literature in educational psychology converges on the idea that students should take an active and accountable position in their learning processes. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of research that has systematically put the constructs of agency and responsibility at the core of their interests. Aims: In this study, we explore…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Learning Processes, Student Responsibility, Independent Study
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Marfan, Javiera; Pascual, Javier – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
The article reports the results of a cross-country educational research project that uses quantitative methods to identify school leadership practices and contextual characteristics that contribute to explain student achievement in Chile, considering international comparisons. The results question previous evidence about a common repertoire of…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Cross Cultural Studies, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Leadership
Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Elstad, Eyvind; Turmo, Are – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2012
This article focuses on the comparison of organizational antecedents of teachers' fostering of students' effort in two quite different accountability regimes: one management regime with an external-accountability system and one with no external accountability devices. The methodology involves cross-sectional surveys from two different management…
Descriptors: Accountability, Management Systems, Structural Equation Models, Secondary School Teachers
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Hogan, David; Chan, Melvin; Rahim, Ridzuan; Kwek, Dennis; Aye, Khin Maung; Loo, Siok Chen; Sheng, Yee Zher; Luo, Wenshu – Review of Education, 2013
By any measure, Singapore's educational system has generated an extraordinary record of achievement over the past two or three decades. In this article, we report on one key component of a broader three year investigation into why Singapore has done so well, and explore the logic, strength, resilience and limits of the underlying pedagogical model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Elstad, Eyvind; Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Turmo, Are – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) involves discretionary behaviour advantageous to the organisation that goes beyond existing role expectations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between the strength of accountability and teachers' OCB within three different management systems in which teachers are working: a…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Citizenship, Structural Equation Models, Governance
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Brown, Gavin T. L.; Kennedy, Kerry J.; Fok, Ping Kwan; Chan, Jacqueline Kin Sang; Yu, Wai Ming – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2009
Hong Kong is seeking to increase the use of "assessment for learning" rather than rely on "assessment of learning" through summative examinations. Nearly 300 teachers from 14 primary and secondary schools answered a Chinese translation of the Teachers' Conceptions of Assessment inventory and a new Practices of Assessment…
Descriptors: School Culture, Structural Equation Models, Student Improvement, Educational Change