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King, Ronnel B.; Ganotice, Fraide A.; Watkins, David A. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
We examined how achievement (mastery and performance) and social goals (affiliation, approval, concern, and status) influenced various learning outcomes in two collectivist cultures. Filipino (n = 355) and Hong Kong Chinese (n = 697) secondary students answered the relevant questionnaires. Regression analyses using mastery, performance, and social…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Metacognition, Predictor Variables, Asians
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Au, Raymond C. P.; Watkins, David A.; Hattie, John A. C. – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aim of the present study is to explore a causal model of academic achievement and learning-related personal variables by testing the nature of relationships between learned hopelessness, its risk factors and hopelessness deficits as proposed in major theories in this area. The model investigates affective-motivational characteristics of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Causal Models, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
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Kember, David; And Others – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Presents a quantitative study of the development of a theoretical model of drop-outs from distance education courses. Data collected by the Distance Education Student Progress (DESP) questionnaire from 1,060 students in Hong Kong investigated how students were able to integrate demands of their academic course with those of families, employers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Correlation, Distance Education