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Thomson, Margareta Maria – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study focused on investigating the types of schooling beliefs (teaching and learning) expressed through metaphorical images by prospective teachers (PTs) from the United States. Participants (N = 215) rated 10 schooling metaphors illustrating the "student-school-teacher" relationships (i.e. "Passenger-Bus-Driver"; Student…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Figurative Language
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Ng, Chi-Hung Clarence – Educational Psychology, 2009
This study explored adult learners' goal profiles in relation to the completion of a compulsory academic essay. Based on learners' scores on items assessing mastery, performance-approach, and work-avoidance goals, cluster analyses produced three distinct categories of learners: performance-focused, work-avoidant, and multiple-goal learners. These…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Essays