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Pathways to Adulthood: Educational Opportunities, Motivation and Attainment in Times of Social Change

Schoon, Ingrid, Ed.; Silbereisen, Rainer K., Ed. – Trentham Books, 2017

Among the many life transitions that individuals must master throughout their lives, the transition to adulthood ranks very high in terms of importance, complexity and uniqueness. It involves the completion of education, and the assumption of new social roles and responsibilities, at a time when previous institutional structures that guided…

Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Social Change, Educational Attainment, Midlife Transitions

Conclusion: Recommendations for How Practitioners, Researchers, and Policymakers Can Promote Youth Purpose

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Mariano, Jenni Menon – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011

Initially drawing from, yet then expanding on the research discussed in this volume, this article discusses specific measures that practitioners, researchers, and policymakers can take to support purpose among youth. Strategies for educators include utilizing practical purpose teaching tools, such as purpose interviews, purpose-related…

Descriptors: Research Methodology, Change Strategies, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation

Positive Affect and Negative Affect as Modulators of Cognition and Motivation: The Rediscovery of Affect in Achievement Goal Theory

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Bjornebekk, Gunnar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008

A central hypothesis of classical motivation theory is that affect underlies motivation and its behavioural manifestations. However, this has been largely ignored in the past 30 years because social cognitivism has been the dominant theory. As a result, studies have concentrated on social cognitive processes when analysing those factors that…

Descriptors: Student Motivation, Educational Practices, Cognitive Processes, Identification (Psychology)

Special Issue: Racial and Ethnic Minority Students' Success in STEM Education

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Museus, Samuel D.; Palmer, Robert T.; Davis, Ryan J.; Maramba, Dina C. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2011

This monograph provides educational researchers, policymakers, and practitioners with an overview of existing knowledge regarding factors that influence success among racial and ethnic minority students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) circuit. To accomplish this task, the authors reviewed more than four hundred…

Descriptors: Race, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Research, STEM Education

Interplay between Personal Goals and Classroom Goal Structures in Predicting Student Outcomes: A Multilevel Analysis of Person-Context Interactions

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Lau, Shun; Nie, Youyan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008

This study examined cross-level interactions between personal goals and classroom goal structures, as well as their additive contributions to predicting math achievement, engagement, interest, effort withdrawal, and avoidance coping, using a sample of 3,943 Grade 5 students from 130 classrooms. Results of hierarchical linear modeling showed that…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Prediction, Outcomes of Education

The Condition of College and Career Readiness, 2011: Michigan

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ACT, Inc., 2011

Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report for the…