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Prediction of VO[subscript 2]max in Children and Adolescents Using Exercise Testing and Physical Activity Questionnaire Data
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Black, Nate E.; Vehrs, Pat R.; Fellingham, Gilbert W.; George, James D.; Hager, Ron – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a treadmill walk-jog-run exercise test previously validated in adults and physical activity questionnaire data to estimate maximum oxygen consumption (VO[subscript 2]max) in boys (n = 62) and girls (n = 66) aged 12 to 17 years old. Methods: Data were collected from Physical Activity…
Descriptors: Prediction, Health Related Fitness, Children, Adolescents
Understanding Interest and Self-Efficacy in the Reading and Writing of Students with Persisting Specific Learning Disabilities during Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
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Abbott, Robert; Mickail, Terry; Richards, Todd; Renninger, K. Ann; Hidi, Suzanne E.; Beers, Scott; Berninger, Virginia – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2017
Three methodological approaches were applied to understand the role of interest and self-efficacy in reading and/or writing in students without and with persisting specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in literacy. For each approach students in grades 4 to 9 completed a survey in which they rated 10 reading items and 10 writing items on a Scale 1…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Adolescents, Factor Analysis
Teacher and Peer Support for Young Adolescents' Motivation, Engagement, and School Belonging
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Kiefer, Sarah M.; Alley, Kathleen M.; Ellerbrock, Cheryl R. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2015
The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed methods study was to investigate teacher and peer support for young adolescents' academic motivation, classroom engagement, and school belonging within one large, urban, ethnically diverse middle school. In the initial quantitative phase, associations among aspects of teacher support (autonomy,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Interpersonal Relationship, Middle School Students
Learning a Third Language: What Learner Strategies Do Bilingual Students Bring?
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Grenfell, Michael; Harris, Vee – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This article seeks to develop the research agenda of multilingualism and multicompetence by bringing together three research fields and their related methodologies: bilingualism, third language acquisition and language learner strategies. After a brief introduction to each area, it describes a study to explore whether bilingual adolescent students…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Bilingual Students, Multilingualism, Adolescents