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Saadet Aylin Yagan; Hanifi Parlar – SAGE Open, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between epistemological beliefs and learning approaches of university students. The mediator effect of gender was also tested. A theoretical model was created, and considering the literature personality types' effects on learning approaches were kept under control. A total of 244…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Epistemology, Beliefs
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Ada, Elif Nilay; Serin, Ali Haydar; Pehlivan, Zekai; Çepikkurt, Fatma; Ahmad, Hasan; Kazak, Zisan – SAGE Open, 2021
This study aimed to separately examine the mediator role of two different variables in the relationship between perceived motivational climate and personal-social responsibility in physical education lessons. A total of 406 students (M[subscript age] = 12.91, SD = 1.01), 217 girls (M[subscript age] = 12.88, SD = 1.03) and 189 boys (M[subscript…
Descriptors: Competence, Self Efficacy, Athletics, Physical Fitness
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Özcan, Bahadir; Kültür, Yusuf Ziya – SAGE Open, 2021
In school settings, sources of self-efficacy have the potential to directly and indirectly influence performance. The problem of this study is the direct relationship between sources of self-efficacy and achievement. In connection with this problem, the impact of sources of mathematics self-efficacy on high school senior students' mathematics test…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables
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Bolat, Yavuz; Korkmaz, Celalettin – SAGE Open, 2021
Organizational culture is crucial for all living institutional structures and has become a critical research topic. Although different variables have been investigated in the literature as predictors of organizational culture, to our knowledge, the role of social values and life skills as mediators hasn't been investigated before. This study,…
Descriptors: Social Values, Daily Living Skills, Communication Skills, Coping
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Esra Gür Tekin; Yunus Pinar – SAGE Open, 2023
This study investigated whether there are significant differences between reading achievements of 15-year-old students and starting age for preschool and socioeconomic factors according to the results from the PISA 2015 and 2018. The quantitative results show that there is a clear and statistically significant difference between reading test…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
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Cansiz, Mustafa; Cansiz, Nurcan – SAGE Open, 2019
Guided by Bandura's theoretical construct of self-efficacy, in this study, we attempted to model the relationship between preservice elementary teachers' sources of self-efficacy and their constructivist, and traditional beliefs related to teaching and learning by multiple linear regression analyses. Participants consist of 151 preservice…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Beliefs, Predictor Variables
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Mutlu, Gülçin; Yildirim, Ali – SAGE Open, 2019
This study attempted to investigate the ability of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom learning environment and student background characteristics to predict student persistence in EFL learning. The study also aimed to investigate whether the associations between learning environment characteristics and persistence varied by several…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries