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Wang, Ning; Tan, Aik-Ling; Xiao, Wu-Rong; Zeng, Feng; Xiang, Jiong; Duan, Wei – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
Learning experiences can affect students' interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers. Applying the social cognitive career theory, this study tested and compared the effect size and effect mechanism of formal learning experiences (FLE) and informal learning experiences (ILE) on 1133 tenth-grade students' interest…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, STEM Education, Vocational Interests, Structural Equation Models
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Hermessi, Tarek – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: The study was meant to investigate the motivational set-up among high school students of English. Design and Methodology: The design of the study was quantitative and a Likert scale format questionnaire was used to collect data from 241 high school students of English in Tunisia. The structural equation modeling approach was used to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Efficacy
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Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Yeung, Nai Chi Jonathan – Educational Psychology, 2020
In response to the global imperative of nurturing all-round students, educational institutions and schools worldwide have been developing learning activities targeting holistic competency development of students. However, there have been resistance and challenges on how to develop such competencies. Extending the Presage-Process-Product (3P)…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Holistic Approach, Structural Equation Models
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Berthele, Raphael; Udry, Isabelle – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
Theories of multilingual language learning often assume that previous language learning experiences in at least two languages provide advantages for additional language learning. Other research emphasises the importance of general cognitive abilities as predictors of language learning. We test whether a set of predictions based on a multilingual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Cognitive Ability, German, French
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Chen, Zi; Solberg, Scott; Ye, Ai – Youth & Society, 2020
The present study investigated the mediating role of career adaptability in the relationship between youth-perceived contextual support and positive youth development on the basis of a survey of 1,047 students in 10th to 12th grades. Measurement model analysis revealed that career search self-efficacy (CSSE), goal capacity, academic self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 12
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Phan, Huy P.; Ngu, Bing H. – Education, 2015
Progress in education has involved, to a large extent, a focus on individuals' well-being experiences at school (ACU and Erebus International, 2008; Fraillon, 2004). This line of inquiry has produced extensive findings, highlighting the diverse coverage and scope of this psychosocial theoretical orientation. We recently developed a theoretical…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Well Being, Educational Experience, Statistical Analysis
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Cheung, Francis; Lai, Beatrice P. Y.; Wu, Anise M. S.; Ku, Lisbeth – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
Based on social-cognitive career theory (SCCT), we explore how ethnic identity, parental occupation, efficacy in learning Chinese, and learning experience relate to ethnic minority adolescents' academic and career expectations. The participants are 632 Southeast Asian adolescents in Hong Kong. In accordance with SCCT, structural equation modeling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Students, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration
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Street, Karin Elisabeth Sørlie; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Stylianides, Gabriel J. – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2017
Students' self-efficacy expectations (SEE) in mathematics are associated with their engagement and learning experiences. Going beyond previous operationalisations of SEE we propose a new instrument that takes into account not only "facet-specificity" (expectations related to particular competences or skills) and "strength"…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Performance Based Assessment
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Piniel, Katalin; Csizér, Kata – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Our study describes the relationship of second language learning motivation, self-efficacy, and anxiety; that is, how motivation, cognition, and affect might interact during the process of second language learning. Questionnaire data were collected from 236 Hungarian students studying at various secondary schools. Structural equation modeling was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Self Efficacy, Questionnaires