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Vasalampi, Kati; Muotka, Joona; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Aunola, Kaisa; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Student engagement denotes active participation in academic work through commitment and involvement in learning tasks (Appleton et al., 2006, "Journal of School Psychology," 44, 427). This study looks at questions such as whether engagement experiences in one lesson have an effect on the next lesson. In the present study,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Lesson Plans, Secondary School Students
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Parpala, Anna; Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari; Komulainen, Erkki; Entwistle, Noel – Learning Environments Research, 2013
The study examined the use of the modified Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (ETLQ) in the Finnish context by focusing on its factor structures and comparing them with those for British data. A total of 2,509 Finnish and 2,710 British students completed the questionnaire. The comparison of the factor structures were conducted…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Factor Structure
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Morony, Suzanne; Kleitman, Sabina; Lee, Yim Ping; Stankov, Lazar – International Journal of Educational Research, 2013
This study investigates the structure and cross-cultural (in)variance of mathematical self-beliefs in relation to mathematics achievement in two world regions: Confucian Asia (Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Europe (Denmark, The Netherlands, Finland, Serbia and Latvia). This is done both pan-culturally and at a multigroup-level,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Accuracy, Self Efficacy
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Bundick, Matthew J.; Tirri, Kirsi – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
With the growing interest in the development of purpose in youth, one important role that requires attention is the school teacher. The current article explores student perceptions of the role teachers can play in fostering purpose in their students in the mid- and late adolescent years, and the teacher competencies that facilitate purpose…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Resources, Teacher Competencies, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Metsapelto, Riitta-Leena; Pulkkinen, Lea; Tolvanen, Asko – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
The present study investigated the role of a school-based intervention program, called the Integrated School Day, in the socioemotional development of Finnish children during their first years of school. The 3-year program involved the restructuring of the school day by adding in extracurricular activities, which were organized on school premises,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Extracurricular Activities, Intervention, Depression (Psychology)