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Kärbla, Triinu; Männamaa, Mairi; Uibu, Krista – Educational Psychology, 2020
Text comprehension comprises processes that work interactively to create a situation model of a text. Three hundred and one students from 12 Estonian schools were assessed to examine the relations between vocabulary and different text comprehension levels and to detect students' individual profiles in these skills. Both variable- and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Finno Ugric Languages, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension
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Mika Paananen; Tuija Aro; Tuire Koponen; Helena Viholainen; Asko Tolvanen; Pilvi Peura; Mikko Aro – Educational Psychology, 2023
Self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) among elementary school children is of interest because pupils' self-regulation capacities and SRE influence in managing learning situations. This study investigated variations in the four sources of SRE and how these variations were related to SRE, reading skills and arithmetic skills. The participants were 1284…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Mastery Learning, Elementary School Students, Metacognition
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Koenka, Alison C.; Linnenbrink-Garcia, Lisa; Moshontz, Hannah; Atkinson, Kayla M.; Sanchez, Carmen E.; Cooper, Harris – Educational Psychology, 2021
This research synthesis examined the impact of grades, comments, and no performance feedback on academic motivation and achievement in elementary and secondary school. Four meta-analyses were conducted, with two each exploring the impact of (a) grades versus no performance feedback and (b) grades versus comments on academic motivation and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Student Motivation
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Yan, Zi; Brown, Gavin T. L.; Lee, John Chi-Kin; Qiu, Xue-Lan – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study explores factors that predict students' self-assessment intentions and practices using a framework based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). A total of 1425 Hong Kong students (Primary 4 to Secondary 3) participated in this study. Students' intentions and practices pertaining to self-assessment and the predictors of their…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Behavior Theories, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Resing, Wilma C. M.; Touw, Kirsten W. J.; Veerbeek, Jochanan; Elliott, Julian G. – Educational Psychology, 2017
This study investigated potential differences in inductive behavioural and verbal strategy-use between children (aged 6-8 years) from indigenous and non-indigenous backgrounds. This was effected by the use of an electronic device that could present a series of tasks, offer scaffolded assistance and record children's responses. Children from…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Verbal Communication, Comparative Analysis
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Babayigit, Selma; Stainthorp, Rhona – Educational Psychology, 2014
This study had three main aims. First, we examined to what extent listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammatical skills and verbal short-term memory (VSTM) assessed prior to formal reading instruction explained individual differences in early reading comprehension levels. Second, we examined to what extent the three common component skills,…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Short Term Memory