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Teacher Support, Motivation, Learning Strategy Use, and Achievement: A Multilevel Mediation Model
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Yildirim, Selda – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine the role of motivational beliefs in mediating the relationship among perceived teacher support, learning strategy use, and student achievement. The author analyzed the Programme for International Student Assessment mathematics scores and questionnaire responses of 4,855 15-year-old students in Turkey via…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
Teaching and Learning with Humor: Experiment and Replication.
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Ziv, Avner – Journal of Experimental Education, 1988
Two experiments concerning the effects of humor on learning in higher education are presented. The first experiment involved 161 Israeli college students; the second involved 132 Israeli college students. Groups taught with the aid of humor performed significantly better on examinations than did those taught without humor. (TJH)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humor
Metacognitive Monitoring Accuracy and Student Performance in the Postsecondary Classroom
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Nietfeld, John L.; Cao, Li; Osborne, Jason W. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2005
The literature on metacognition suggests that having students practice metacognitive monitoring consistently should lead to significant improvement over time. In this study, students practiced metacognitive monitoring through the course of a full semester. The authors then examined changes in monitoring accuracy, judgment bias, and their…
Descriptors: Test Items, Grade Point Average, Metacognition, Learning Strategies