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Rieser, Svenja; Naumann, Alexander; Decristan, Jasmin; Fauth, Benjamin; Klieme, Eckhard; Büttner, Gerhard – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: In order for teaching to be successful, students need to be actively involved in learning. However, research on teaching effectiveness often neglects students' learning activities. Although it is assumed that effective teaching promotes the use of beneficial learning activities, empirical evidence for this connection is still limited.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Metacognition, Educational Quality, Learning Activities
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Fischer, Natalie; Theis, Désirée – Developmental Psychology, 2014
School motivation and attachment typically decline after the transition to middle school. According to the stage-environment fit approach, extracurricular activities are supposed to promote motivation. However, research has shown that the effects depend on the quality of the activities, which usually is measured by assessing students' individual…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, School Attitudes, Goal Orientation
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Lee, Jihyun – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
This study investigates whether a common set of student attitudes and behavioral tendencies can account for academic achievement across different, especially high-performing, countries via analysis of the PISA 2009 international data set. The 13 countries examined are 5 of the top-performing Eastern countries/systems, namely Shanghai China, South…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
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Mutz, Rudiger; Daniel, Hans-Dieter – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: It is often claimed that psychology students' attitudes towards research methods and statistics affect course enrolment, persistence, achievement, and course climate. However, the inter-institutional variability has been widely neglected in the research on students' attitudes towards research methods and statistics, but it is important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychology, Research Methodology, Statistics