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Relationship of Classroom Goal Structures to Chinese Miao and Han Students' Goal Orientations and Mathematics Achievement
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Guo, Meng; Hu, Xiang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2022
This study examines the relationship between classroom goal structures, student goal orientations, and mathematics achievement in China and compare the pattern of relationship between Chinese Miao and Han students. Data on 532 Chinese students (including 211 Han and 321 Miao students) were analyzed using structural equation models. The results of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Ethnic Groups, Mathematics Achievement
A Situated Perspective on Self-Regulated Learning from a Person-by-Context Perspective
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Ben-Eliyahu, Adar – High Ability Studies, 2019
The situated nature of self-regulated learning (SRL) was investigated across two studies with gifted students. In Study 1, profile-centered analyses of academic cognitive-behavioral SRL revealed three groups of gifted undergraduate students (N=149): high regulated, regulated, and behaviorally dysregulated. In comparing gifted group profiles with…
Descriptors: Gifted, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Correlation
Longitudinal Associations and Mechanisms between Achievement Goals and Subjective Well-Being in School in Chinese Adolescents
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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
Training Practices of Self-Efficacy on Critical Thinking Skills and Literacy: Importance-Performance Matrix Analysis
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Lin, Shinyi; Hu, Hsiang-Chih; Chiu, Chou-Kang – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
This study, which is rooted in design thinking, explores how participants in both academia and industry settings vary in their perceived self-efficacy in critical thinking after using online training units with information and communication technologies (ICTs). Based on the quasi-experimental pre-post research design with stratified sampling, the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Critical Thinking, Information Technology, Pretests Posttests
The Role of Social-Academic Goals in Chinese Students' Self-Regulated Learning
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Wang, Jing; King, Ronnel B.; Rao, Nirmala – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2019
The role of mastery and performance goals in self-regulated learning (SRL) has received much attention. However, in collectivist and Confucian-heritage contexts, social-academic goals may also play an important, yet unexamined role in SRL. This study examined the association between social-academic goals and SRL. We tested a hierarchical model…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Structural Equation Models, Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation
School, Teacher, Peers, and Parents' Goals Emphases and Adolescents' Motivation to Learn Science in and out of School
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Vedder-Weiss, Dana; Fortus, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Achievement goal theory distinguishes between mastery goals (the goals of developing competence) and performance goals (the goals of demonstrating competence) [Ames [1992] "Journal of Educational Psychology" 84: 261-271]. In this study, we employed this theory aiming to better understand why adolescents' motivation to learn science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement, Goal Orientation, Theories