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OECD Publishing, 2024
This volume of PISA examines the readiness of students to engage with learning strategies, to be motivated to learn and to be confident in their abilities and in their capacity to improve their skills and knowledge. Countries like Korea have reduced mathematics anxiety, Portugal excels in critical thinking, and more low-performing students in…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Learning Strategies, Disadvantaged, Low Achievement
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Wu, Ejean; Yang, Shu Ching – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study examines the differential impact of tutor labeling vs. non-labeling approaches on the performance; motivation beliefs; and cognitive, social, and teaching presence of low-achieving students. Two interactive tutoring strategy patterns are investigated based on the taxonomical e-moderating model of Salmon. In addition, the tutees' online…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Intervention
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Rowell, Lonnie; Hong, Eunsook – Professional School Counseling, 2013
Motivation is an important foundation of academic development in students. This article discusses academic motivation; its various component concepts in areas such as beliefs, goals, and values; and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. It also presents major, widely studied theoretical perspectives of academic motivation and briefly illustrates…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Rozek, Christopher S.; Hyde, Janet S.; Svoboda, Ryan C.; Hulleman, Chris S.; Harackiewicz, Judith M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
A foundation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is critical for students' college and career advancement, but many U.S. students fail to take advanced mathematics and science classes in high school. Research has neglected the potential role of parents in enhancing students' motivation for pursuing STEM courses.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Parent Child Relationship
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Salleh, Amla; Abdullah, Syed Mohamad; Mahmud, Zuria; Ghavifekr, Simin; Ishak, Noriah – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2013
A study was carried out to test the effects of a 2-week structured intervention program on academically challenged students' career development. A quasi-experimental study was designed using pre-tests, post-tests, and a control group approach to examine the effects of the intervention program. Data were collected from both the experimental and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Quasiexperimental Design, Career Guidance
Garcia-Sanchez, Jesus-Nicasio; Fidalgo-Redondo, Raquel – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
We examined the differential effects of the social cognitive model of sequential skill acquisition (SCM intervention) and the self-regulated strategy development model (SRSD intervention) for writing. One hundred and twenty-one 5th- and 6th-grade Spanish students with learning disabilities (LD) and/or low achievement (LA) were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement
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Ackerman, Sara; Hughs, Leah; Wilder, Ronda – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention for increasing student academic and social responsibility. The targeted population consisted of kindergarten, 1st, and 5th grade students in a growing middle-class community in central Illinois. The problems of irresponsible academic and social behavior were documented through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment