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Mumbardó-Adam, Cristina; Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan; Giné Giné, Climent – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Self-determination, as a person dispositional characteristic, is indeed influenced by situational characteristics that shape actions across contexts. Research has also reported differences in self-determination as a function of personal factors, but there is a need to integrate this knowledge in a general model aiming to analyse the impact of…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Self Determination, Adolescents, Structural Equation Models
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Zhou, Jianhua; Huebner, E. Scott; Tian, Lili – School Mental Health, 2020
Based on the interplay between achievement goals theory and social comparison theory, our study focused on how achievement goals relate to subjective well-being in the school context in Chinese adolescents. Specifically, we addressed a theoretical model that specified that academic social comparisons and self-esteem would serve as mediators in the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Well Being, Goal Orientation, Self Esteem
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Magen-Nagar, Noga; Steinberger, Pnina – Learning Environments Research, 2017
An innovative learning environment is the current outcome of the constructivist approach, the essence of which is co-construction of knowledge in an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) environment. We examined how Israeli students perceived 10 characteristics of their classroom learning environment--student cohesiveness, teacher…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Students
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Chang, Young Eun – Infant and Child Development, 2017
The relationships between early maternal social support, maternal psychological well-being, the home learning environment, and children's language skills at age 3 in Korean families were examined. We hypothesized that maternal social support would predict children's language development through its effect on maternal psychological well-being and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Support Groups, Correlation, Well Being
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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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Sivo, Stephen; Karl, Shannon; Fox, Jesse; Taub, Gordon; Robinson, Edward – School Psychology Forum, 2017
The primary objective of this cross-cultural investigation is to compare patterns in student responses to an empirically scrutinized character education measure administered to students in four school districts in Florida with students in a school in Kenya. In this way, the generalizability of findings for scale scores could be compared across…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Values Education, Foreign Countries, School Districts
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Wang, Chih-Chung; Lin, How-Ming; Liang, Tsang-lang – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The purpose of this study is to compare the relationship between job satisfaction and job involvement of teachers with urban-rural discrepancy, as well as to include it into moderator for investigation according to organizational climate theory. Therefore, this case study involves teachers from cities (N=354) and countries (N=446), and requested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes
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Hsu, Ming-Chieh; Chiang, Chenwei; Liang, Chaoyun – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2014
The purpose of the present study was twofold: (1) to examine the mediator effects of imagination between learning environment and academic performance, and (2) to compare differences between the environment--imagination--performance structural models of science and engineering majors. A survey was administered at eight universities across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Imagination, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement
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Luketic, Christine D.; Dolan, Erin L. – Learning Environments Research, 2013
Science laboratory learning has been lauded for decades for its role in fostering positive student attitudes about science and developing students' interest in science and ability to use equipment. An expanding body of research has demonstrated the significant influence of laboratory environment on student learning. Further research has…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Curriculum Development, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y. P. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Comparisons of large samples of course and teaching evaluation questionnaire data show consistent disciplinary differences. The current study examined the disciplinary differences in a theoretical model positing the impact of the perceived nature of teaching and learning environment on the development of generic capabilities by testing of (1)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
Geske, Andrejs; Ozola, Antra – Online Submission, 2009
The results of IEA (The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) PIRLS 2006 (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) has showed that Latvia has the 6th largest gender gap in reading literacy scores and that is an indication of a serious problem of education in this country. The purpose of the paper is to…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Gender Differences, Context Effect, Educational Environment
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Chen, Shin-Feng; Lin, Chien-Yu; Wang, Jing-Ru; Lin, Sheau-Wen; Kao, Huey-Lien – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This study aimed to examine whether the relationships among family resources, school climate, learning participation, science attitude, and science achievement are different between primary school students and junior high school students within one educational system. The subjects included 4,181 Grade 4 students and 5,074 Grade 8 students who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Science Achievement, School Activities, Context Effect
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Brown, Sherri L.; Ronau, Robert R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
While participating in single- and mixed-gender science and mathematics classes, ninth-grade urban high school students' (n = 118) academic self-concept, self-efficacy, and school climate perceptions were examined. Their perceptions were measured quantitatively from the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics (modified for Science) Attitude and the Patterns…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Measures (Individuals)
McIntosh, Eric James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Despite increased access to higher education for previously underrepresented ethnic groups, the graduation rates of African Americans and Latinos in higher education pale in comparison to their Caucasian and Asian peers (Aud, Fox, & KewalRamani, 2010). In contrast, Asians are graduating at rates higher than Caucasians; however, the literature…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Asian American Students
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Meeuwisse, Marieke; Severiens, Sabine E.; Born, Marise Ph. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper was to investigate a model for describing the relationships between the extent to which learning environments are activating and students' interaction with teachers and peers, sense of belonging, and study success. It was tested whether this model holds true for both ethnic minority students and ethnic majority students.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Interaction, Minority Groups
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