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Lee, Jeesoo; Lee, Hyun Ji; Bong, Mimi – Theory Into Practice, 2022
Self-efficacy is easily the most important construct for engagement and success in achievement contexts. In this article, we aim to promote a better understanding of theory-driven practices that foster students' self-efficacy beliefs in math, especially the practices that change young learners' mindset and gender stereotypes in math. We briefly…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Sex Stereotypes
Robinson, Dwan; Suhr, Julie; Buelow, Melissa; Beasley, Catrina – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
The goal of the present study was to examine factors associated with academic self-handicapping in Black students attending a predominantly white university. Factors examined included sociodemographic factors (gender, first-generation college student status); psychological factors (family support, perceived discrimination, Black identity); and…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Self Control, African American Students, College Students
Hatchimonji, Danielle R.; Vaid, Esha; Linsky, Arielle C. V.; Nayman, Sam J.; Yuan, May; MacDonnell, Marisa; Elias, Maurice J. – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2022
In the current study, we sought to understand relations among the key intervention targets of social-emotional and character development (SECD) interventions: character virtues, Positive Purpose, and social-emotional learning (SEL). Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (n = 1011, ages 11 to 16, M = 12.94, SD = 1.00) from five urban middle…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Values Education, Intervention, Moral Development
Brackney, Dana; Daughtridge, Emily; Jensen, Margaret; Childers, Sarah; Tocci, Nicholas; Wilson, Taylor; Meucci, Marco – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: Physical activity (PA) is associated with positive health outcomes. However, children's access to physical activities they enjoy may be limited. Purpose: To evaluate second-grader's PA against the U.S. DHHS goals to see if a before-school, play-based dance program contributed to these goals. Operational feasibility was evaluated using…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Dance
Bardach, Lisa; Graf, Daniel; Yanagida, Takuya; Kollmayer, Marlene; Spiel, Christiane; Lüftenegger, Marko – Journal of School Violence, 2020
This study investigated the gender-specific effects of social achievement goals -- i.e., social development goals, social demonstration approach goals, and social demonstration avoid goals -- on bullying perpetration in a sample of 788 adolescents (53.3% girls), taking into account the mediating role of sense of belonging and non-inclusive group…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Gender Differences, Peer Acceptance
Hier, Bridget O.; Eckert, Tanya L.; Viney, Elizabeth A. – School Psychology Review, 2019
This study examined whether 2 evidence-based intervention strategies resulted in maintenance and generalization of writing fluency gains. In this study, 115 third-grade students were randomly assigned to a performance feedback intervention condition, a goal setting intervention condition, or a control condition. Neither intervention strategy…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing (Composition), Elementary School Students, Grade 3
de Smedt, Fien; Graham, Steve; Van Keer, Hilde – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The authors investigated the impact of explicit instruction and peer-assisted writing on students' writing motivation and self-efficacy for writing. Eleven teachers and their 206 fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in a 2 (explicit instruction vs. writing opportunities without explicit instruction) × 2 (peer-assisted writing vs. writing…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Direct Instruction, Self Efficacy, Grade 5
Sevil, Javier; Abós, Ángel; Aibar, Alberto; Julián, José Antonio; García-González, Luis – European Physical Education Review, 2016
Grounded in Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory, the objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an intervention programme on a series of motivational variables in a corporal expression teaching unit. An analysis was also conducted in terms of whether the impact of the intervention would be effective in boys and…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Gender Differences, Intervention, Experimental Groups
Rosenzweig, Emily Q.; Wigfield, Allan – Educational Psychologist, 2016
One way to increase students' participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is to target their motivation. Researchers have conducted a growing number of interventions addressing students' motivation in STEM; however, this body of work has not been adequately reviewed. We systematically reviewed experimental and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Intervention, Adolescents, Student Motivation
Effects of Goal-Setting Skills on Students'academic Performance in English Language in Enugu Nigeria
Abe, Iyabo Idowu; Ilogu, Guy Chibuzoh; Madueke, Ify Louisa – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
The study investigated the effectiveness of goal-setting skills among Senior Secondary II students' academic performance in English language in Enugu Metropolis, Enugu state, Nigeria. Quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test control group design was adopted for the study. The initial sample was 147 participants (male and female) Senior Secondary…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Quasiexperimental Design
Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Popeijus, Herman E.; Leppink, Jimmie; Schmidt, Henk G.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Even though peer process feedback is an often used tool to enhance the effectiveness of collaborative learning environments like PBL, the conditions under which it is best facilitated still need to be investigated. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of individual versus shared reflection and goal setting on students' individual…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Problem Based Learning
Aber, J. Lawrence; Morris, Pamela; Wolf, Sharon; Berg, Juliette – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This article examines the impacts of Opportunity New York City-Family Rewards, the first holistic conditional cash transfer (CCT) program evaluated in the United States, on parental financial investments in children, and high school students' academic time use, motivations and self-beliefs, and achievement outcomes. Family Rewards, launched by the…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Rewards, Family Programs, High School Students
Ellis, Bruce J.; Del Giudice, Marco; Dishion, Thomas J.; Figueredo, Aurelio Jose; Gray, Peter; Griskevicius, Vladas; Hawley, Patricia H.; Jacobs, W. Jake; James, Jenee; Volk, Anthony A.; Wilson, David Sloan – Developmental Psychology, 2012
This article proposes an evolutionary model of risky behavior in adolescence and contrasts it with the prevailing developmental psychopathology model. The evolutionary model contends that understanding the evolutionary functions of adolescence is critical to explaining why adolescents engage in risky behavior and that successful intervention…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Social Status, Evolution
Bellmore, Amy; Ma, Ting-Lan; You, Ji-in; Hughes, Maria – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Given the passivity of many adolescents upon witnessing peer victimization, the goal of this study was to evaluate the features of school-based peer victimization events that promote helping. A sample of 470 early adolescents (52% girls; 71% White, 9% Black, 6% Latino, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian, 8% Multiethnic, and 3% Other) reported likelihood…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Early Adolescents
Schwinger, Malte; Wirthwein, Linda; Lemmer, Gunnar; Steinmayr, Ricarda – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Self-handicapping represents a frequently used strategy for regulating the threat to self-esteem elicited by the fear of failing in academic achievement settings. Several studies have documented negative associations between self-handicapping and different educational outcomes, inter alia academic achievement. However, studies on the relation…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Self Esteem, Failure, Academic Achievement
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