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Longitudinal Relations between Perceived Autonomy Support and Basic Need Satisfaction in Two Student Cohorts
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Diseth, Åge; Breidablik, Hans Johan; Meland, Eivind – Educational Psychology, 2018
The relation between autonomy support and basic need satisfaction was investigated by applying a longitudinal design at a time interval of two years, and by comparing two different grade level cohorts of students. Participants comprised 1.225 Norwegian students divided by two subsamples (6th and 8th grade level/8th and 10th grade level). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Secondary School Students, Cohort Analysis
Emotional Development among Early School-Age Children: Gender Differences in the Role of Problem Behaviours
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Maguire, Lisa K.; Niens, Ulrike; McCann, Mark; Connolly, Paul – Educational Psychology, 2016
There has been an increasing focus on social and emotional development in educational programmes in early childhood as both variables are believed to influence behavioural outcomes in the classroom. However, relationships between social and emotional development and behaviour in early childhood have rarely been explored. This article sets out to…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Emotional Development
Does Self-Determination Predict the School Engagement of Four Different Motivation Types in Adolescence?
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Raufelder, Diana; Regner, Nicola; Drury, Kate; Eid, Michael – Educational Psychology, 2016
In order to enhance our understanding of inter-individual differences in scholastic motivation, this study examined if self-determination predicts the school engagement of four different motivation types (MT) in a large sample of adolescent students (N = 1088) from Brandenburg, Germany: (1) peer-dependent MT, (2) teacher-dependent MT, (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
Maintaining the Transfer of In-Service Teachers' Training in the Workplace
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Cheng, Eddie W. L. – Educational Psychology, 2016
Professional training and development is a major component of updating teachers' pedagogical knowledge and skills. However, transferring such knowledge and skill may not always be successful. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the present study has developed a model specifying the factors affecting transfer maintenance intention and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
The Mediating Role of Social Relationships in the Association of Adolescents' Individual School Self-Concept and Their School Engagement, Belonging and Helplessness in School
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Raufelder, Diana; Sahabandu, Diomira; Martínez, Guadalupe Sánchez; Escobar, Victoria – Educational Psychology, 2015
It is well known that teachers frequently observe a decline in the scholastic motivation of many adolescent students, which in turn is often associated with a decline in students' individual school self-concept. In contrast, less is known about the association between students' individual school self-concept and school engagement, or the related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
The Development of Young Pupils' Self-Representation and Mathematical Performance in Relation to Processing Efficiency and Working Memory
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Panaoura, Areti – Educational Psychology, 2006
The present study outlines a specific three-level hierarchy of the cognitive system, in particular the relationship between cognitive and metacognitive processes in mathematics. The emphasis is on the impact of processing efficiency and working memory ability on the development of self-representation and mathematical performance. We developed and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition, Testing