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The Possible Contribution of Procrastination and Perception of Self-Efficacy to Academic Achievement
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Shaked, Lea; Altarac, Haia – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
While procrastination is a widely recognised phenomenon, current research sometimes contends that it is not by definition negative or that absence of procrastination is necessarily positive. Accordingly, a characterological distinction has been made between passive procrastinators and active procrastinators; the latter resembling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Management, Correlation, Self Efficacy
Exploring Academic Procrastination: Perceptions, Self-Regulation, and Consequences
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Shaked, Lea; Altarac, Haia – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2022
This qualitative study examines academic procrastination among Israeli Master of Education students writing their theses. The majority of the the participants (80% of the 145) reported behaving differently on this task than on other assignments. One of the primary factors influencing procrastination derives from the complexity of the assignment.…
Descriptors: Time Management, Student Attitudes, Self Control, Foreign Countries
Expanding School Resources and Increasing Time on Task: Effects of a Policy Experiment in Israel on Student Academic Achievement and Behavior. NBER Working Paper No. 18369
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Lavy, Victor – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
In this paper, I examine how student academic achievements and behavior were affected by a school finance policy experiment undertaken in elementary schools in Israel. Begun in 2004, the funding formula changed from a budget set per class to a budget set per student, with more weight given to students from lower socioeconomic and lower educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time on Task, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Affective Teaching: A Method to Enhance Classroom Management
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Shechtman, Zipora; Leichtentritt, Judy – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
The purpose of the study was to enhance classroom management in special education classrooms. "Affective teaching" was compared with "cognitive teaching" in 52 classrooms in Israel. Data was collected based on observations of three 90 minute lessons, equally divided into the two types of instruction. Results of MANOVA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Special Education
Observations in School Computer Rooms. Publication No. 111.
Davis, Dan; And Others – 1986
A study of the behavior of children working on mathematics drill and practice on one of four Israeli computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems--Mashov, Semel, Tapuach 1 and 3, or Toam 2--was carried out via observations in a sample of 21 computer rooms throughout Israel, and in a computer room operated by research staff. These observations…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers