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Anderman, Eric M.; Koenka, Alison C.; Anderman, Lynley H.; Won, Sungjun – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Despite prior studies documenting learning difficulties among internationally adopted youth (IAY), none has explored academic motivation within this population. The current study addressed this gap by examining expectancies for success and task values in math and science among internationally adopted, domestically adopted, and nonadopted…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adolescents, Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement
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George, Meredith L.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of middle school pupils' acculturation on their readings of and expectations for physical education. Participants were 94 pupils attending one public middle school. Data were collected using five qualitative techniques. They were analysed by employing analytic induction and constant…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Acculturation, Physical Education, Student Attitudes
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Zhou, Aibao; Ma, Xiaofeng; Hajime, Aoyagi – Frontiers of Education in China, 2007
This study investigates 727 parents from China, Japan, and Korea by a self-devised scale and compares the differences in their expectation of early childhood education in cross-cultural backgrounds. The result shows that parents from the three countries have a positive attitude toward their children's development. The main effect of nations on…
Descriptors: Expectation, Early Childhood Education, Children, Interaction