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Anguiano-Carrasco, Cristina; McVey, Jill; Burrus, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2022
Social and emotional skills, such as Sustaining Effort and Maintaining Composure, are related to many positive outcomes, including academic performance and life satisfaction, and are often taught through social and emotional learning (SEL) programs. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between these skills and ACT® test…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Emotional Learning, Scores, College Entrance Examinations
Culclasure, Brooke Taylor; Daoust, Carolyn J.; Cote, Sally Morris; Zoll, Susan – Journal of Montessori Research, 2019
Montessori education has a long history, but its recent growth in American public schools has led to increased interest in research efforts, particularly in exploring the potential of the Montessori experience to moderate the effects of poverty and in gathering data to evaluate public investment in Montessori schools. To assist research efforts,…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Guidelines, Outcomes of Education, Educational History
Jarvenoja, Hanna; Volet, Simone; Jarvela, Sanna – Educational Psychology, 2013
Self-regulated learning (SRL) research has conventionally relied on measures, which treat SRL as an aptitude. To study self-regulation and motivation in learning contexts as an ongoing adaptive process, situation-specific methods are needed in addition to static measures. This article presents an "Adaptive Instrument for Regulation of Emotions"…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Metacognition, Measures (Individuals)
Tulis, Maria; Steuer, Gabriele; Dresel, Markus – Frontline Learning Research, 2016
Errors bear the potential to improve knowledge acquisition, provided that learners are able to deal with them in an adaptive and reflexive manner. However, learners experience a host of different--often impeding or maladaptive--emotional and motivational states in the face of academic errors. Research has made few attempts to develop a theory that…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Metacognition, Learning Processes, Learning Motivation
Moeller, Aleidine J.; Yu, Fei – Dimension, 2015
This article explores the theoretical foundation of the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, developed by the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), describes why and how to use these progress indicators in language education and reveals the value and impact on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Control, Learning Processes
Rubin, Ron – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2012
School disengagement is linked to a lack of opportunities for students to fulfill their needs for independence and self-determination. Young people have little say about what, when, where, and how they will learn, the criteria used to assess their success, and the content of school and classroom rules. Traditional behavior management discourages…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Educational Opportunities, Discipline, Self Determination
Meltzer, Lynn – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2013
Success in our 21st century schools is linked with students' mastery of a wide range of academic and technological skills that rely heavily on executive function processes. This article describes a theoretical paradigm for understanding, assessing, and teaching that emphasizes the central importance of six executive function processes: goal…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Metacognition, Learning Disabilities, Intervention
Protheroe, Nancy – Principal, 2010
Among teachers' most daunting challenges is the task of ensuring all students are engaged in and motivated by learning. Obviously, skilled teachers look to instructional strategies such as differentiation and hands-on learning as ways to increase student engagement. But what about reluctant learners, students who have the potential to do well but…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
Renshaw, Tyler L.; Kuriakose, Sarah – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
During the past 2 decades, pivotal response treatment (PRT) has emerged as an evidence-based methodology for intervening with the behavioral, communicative, social, and academic impairments of children with autism. Unlike other highly structured behavioral interventions for autism, PRT emphasizes principles over procedures and focuses on enhancing…
Descriptors: Autism, School Psychologists, Learning Motivation, Intervention
Eisenberg, Nancy; Sadovsky, Adrienne; Spinrad, Tracy L. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
Research suggests that the development of emotional regulation in early childhood is interrelated with emotional understanding and language skills. Heuristic models are proposed on how these factors influence children's emerging academic motivation and skills. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Language Skills, Peer Relationship, Emotional Development
Prayaga, Lakshmi; Rasmussen, Karen L. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Computer games are no longer just for entertainment; they have also become a useful instructional strategy for acquiring knowledge. When games are used for purposes other than strict entertainment they become serious games. The goal of serious games is to enable the player to learn a task, master a strategy or develop a skill. Serious games can be…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods
Warton, Pamela M. – 1993
This study investigated children's practices and ideas or perceptions about self-regulation for two particular aspects of schoolwork: completing homework and learning for a class test. Subjects were 86 Anglo children (ages 7, 9, and 11) who were interviewed about their practices and ideas concerning homework completion and test preparation.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Peng, Samuel S. – 1993
This paper explores the question of how and what a school can do to foster student discipline and effort. Personal experiences and observations are offered about the approaches and strategies used in schools and by parents in Taiwan, China to foster students' positive attitudes toward learning and school. This document focuses on the approaches…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Discipline, Educational Research

Trawick, LaVergne; Corno, Lyn – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
Research suggests urban community college students have ineffective study approaches and habits. A program teaching how to regulate behavior, cognition, and affect can be an important resource. One such program helps students monitor and control external and internal aspects of the learning environment, task and setting, others in the task…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Educational Environment, Higher Education