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Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Voulgaridou, Ioanna – Educational Psychology, 2018
The present study investigated the links between self-motivational beliefs, perceived scholastic competence, self-esteem and learning strategies among 134 Greek junior high school students in the subject of Greek language, through self-report. A model was tested with motivational constructs as mediators between perceived scholastic competence and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Goal Orientation, Self Esteem, Learning Strategies
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Papadopoulou, Iris; Kantaridou, Zoe; Platsidou, Maria; Gavriilidou, Zoe – Language Learning Journal, 2018
The Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) [Oxford, R.L. 1990. Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know. Boston: Heinle and Heinle] has been a widely used instrument for self-assessing the frequency of language learning strategy use across cultures and levels of education for some 30 years. Despite the fact that its…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Mitits, Lydia; Alexiou, Thoma?; Milton, James – Language Learning Journal, 2018
Language learning strategies are not confined to the classroom but can be extended to cover the whole context of learning. Where learners are part of a minority language group within a much larger national language environment, this context can include the language used for everyday life in the home. It might be thought that enhanced exposure…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Language Usage
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Mitits, Lydia; Gavriilidou, Zoe – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This study compares language learning strategy (LLS) use between Greek L2 and English FL and a possible variation in the frequency and type of LLSs employed in the two languages in order to depict the strategic profiles of the multilingual learners aged 12-15 (n = 307). It also observes the effect of gender in relation to a second vs. foreign…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Multilingualism, Learning Strategies
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Dermitzaki, Irini; Stavroussi, Panayiota; Vavougios, Denis; Kotsis, Konstantinos T. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013
The present study aimed at adapting in the Greek language the Students' Motivation Towards Science Learning (SMTSL) questionnaire developed by Tuan, Chin, and Shieh ("INT J SCI EDUC" 27(6): 639-654, 2005a) into a different cultural context, a different age group, that is, in university students and with a focus on physics learning. Three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Greek, Cultural Differences
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Psaltou-Joycey, Angeliki – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008
This paper discusses culture-specific learning strategies of 177 students learning Greek as a second/foreign language in an academic setting. The study reports on descriptive statistics of the data collected through implementation of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and processed in order to determine frequency of learners'…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Strategies, Cultural Differences, Instructional Materials