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Jones, Lee Kenneth; Hite, Rebecca L. – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2020
To ensure a robust pipeline of computer scientists worldwide, male and female students must perceive computer science (CS) as a viable field of study and career. Using expectancy-value theory (EVT) as an interpretive framework, this paper reports on a descriptive case study conducted within a CS course in a private, international high school in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Computer Science Education, Enrollment
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April, Daniel; Bouchamma, Yamina – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2017
In the province of Québec, Canada, school principals are obligated by law to ensure pedagogical supervision. This law, the Public Education Act (Government of Québec, 2017), also advocates a contractual Results-Based Management approach (RBM). We examined how the practices and perceptions of these supervisors influence the implementation of this…
Descriptors: Influences, Teacher Supervision, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles
Boker, John R.; Games, Paul A. – 1980
Problem-solving performance and goal-setting behavior were investigated in 156 undergraduates who, on Mehrabian's Achievement Scales, demonstrated either the motive to approach success or the motive to avoid failure. Different expectations of success or failure were induced by fictitious preperformance information. The degree of success or failure…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Aspiration, Difficulty Level, Expectation