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Rebecca J. Collie; Kate Caldecott-Davis; Andrew J. Martin – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
We investigated academic buoyancy - and its predictors and outcomes - among female students attending all-girls and coeducational schools. We examined data from 1,254 female students. Structural equation modeling revealed that students' perceptions of three instructional climate factors (teacher-student relationships, useful content, engaging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Secondary School Students, Single Sex Schools
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Xu, Kate M.; Cunha-Harvey, Anna Rita; King, Ronnel B.; de Koning, Bjorn B.; Paas, Fred; Baars, Martine; Zhang, Jingjing; de Groot, Renate – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
Research on grit indicates that perseverance positively predicts academic achievement. Yet, the mechanisms through which perseverance might lead to academic success remain less explored, particularly in cross-cultural research. The current study investigated such mechanisms by examining possible mediating effects of students' use of self-regulated…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Prediction, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
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Taranto, Daniella; Buchanan, Michael T. – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2020
Sustainable education requires teaching practices and techniques that secure strong foundations in learning. The changing contexts, needs and trends of the 21st century challenge teachers to enable students to obtain the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in an ever changing and digital world (Coklar & Yurdakul, 2017). Schools'…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Academic Achievement, Skill Development, Learning Strategies
Kaur, Berinderjeet; Areepattamannil, Shaljan – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This study, drawing on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009, explored the influences of metacognitive and self-regulated learning strategies for reading on mathematical literacy of adolescents in Australia and Singapore. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses revealed the positive influences of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Marks, Gary – Australian Journal of Education, 2009
School-sector differences in student performance are often viewed as largely reflecting the intake characteristics of students and having little to do with differences in the provision of teaching and learning between school sectors. The contrary view is that school-sector differences show that non-government schools "add value" to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Scores
De Bortoli, Lisa; Cresswell, John – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2004
In 2000, Australia took part in the inaugural OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Approximately 500 Australian Indigenous students were assessed in PISA, providing a representative sample of the 15-year-old Indigenous population. This report presents the analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Student Characteristics