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Engin Kutluay; Feride Karaca – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
An exploratory sequential mixed-method study is designed to develop and test a comprehensive model explaining the relationships between factors associated with smartphone addiction and high school students' academic achievement. Involving two main phases of qualitative and quantitative, focus group discussions with high school students and…
Descriptors: Models, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Addictive Behavior
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Sayed Masood Haidari; Ayhan Koçoglu; Sedat Kanadli – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2023
This meta-analysis examined whether motivation mediated the relationship between self-efficacy, locus of control, and academic achievement. Thirty-seven studies providing correlation estimates for 40 different samples were included in the analysis. The data from these studies were fitted to three models using a two-stage structural equation…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Dawn L. Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation presents a qualitative case study investigating the influence of cognitive coaching on elementary international teachers within a southeastern school district. Guided by four research questions, the study delved into the experiences and perceptions of international teachers participating in cognitive coaching sessions, aiming to…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Elementary School Teachers, Influences, International Education
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Rachel McMillian; Jaminque L. Adams; Tracye Johnson – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2024
While there are many studies which examine the symbiotic relationship between schools and prisons, there are very few studies which center the voices and unique perspectives of Black women educators who teach, collaborate with, and learn alongside incarcerated youth and adults. Therefore, this article focuses on our storied lives as three Black…
Descriptors: Females, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Correctional Education
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Zoupidis, Anastasios; Tselfes, Vasilis; Kariotoglou, Petros – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
In this study we investigated pre-service early childhood teachers' (referred to as student teachers) beliefs that might influence their intention to use inquiry-based learning methods that have been taught on an inquiry-based science course. During this course, the student teachers (N = 17) participated in a number of classroom experiments…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Beliefs, Intention
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Archer, Louise; Francis, Becky; Henderson, Morag; Holmegaard, Henriette; Macleod, Emily; Moote, Julie; Watson, Emma – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
Scant sociological attention has been given to the role of luck within social mobility/reproduction. This paper helps address this conceptual gap, drawing on insights from over 200 longitudinal interviews conducted with 20 working-class young people and 22 of their parents over an 11-year period, from age 10-21. We explore the potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Young Adults, Working Class
Laura Beth Norman – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The profession of teaching is filled with various challenges, and teachers have been tested for centuries. The challenges in teaching have created an interesting phenomenon known as teacher turnover. However, in recognizing these issues, researchers have validated the importance of improving teacher retention. The aim of this research study was to…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, School Culture
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Denzler, Stefan; Wolter, Stefan C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Using data from a survey of all high-school graduates in a Swiss canton, we analyze the relationship between students' political orientation and their choice of a university major. Analyzing this question in the context of the Swiss higher education system adds to the existing literature because unlike students in other countries, Swiss students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Political Attitudes, Political Affiliation
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Wong, Siew Chin; Mohd Rasdi, Roziah – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of individually related variables and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career among professionals in Malaysian Electrical & Electronics (E & E) industry. Design/methodology/approach: Research data were gathered from a sample of 306 of professional employees in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Career Development, Professional Personnel
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Bakar, Ab Rahim; Mohamed, Shamsiah; Suhid, Asmawati; Hamzah, Ramlah – International Education Studies, 2014
This study explored student teachers views of factors influencing them to choose teaching as a career. A total of 600 student teachers completed a questionnaire. They were asked to rate the importance of 25 factors in influencing their choice of teaching as a career. Using Factor Analysis, we categorized the 25 factors into three main factors…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Questionnaires, Teaching (Occupation), Occupational Aspiration
Reid, Lisa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The positive relationship between self-regulation and student achievement has been repeatedly supported through research. Key considerations that have resulted from prior research include instructor feedback and explicit expectations, student perception of their control of their progress, accurate self-calibration, reflection, goal-setting, age,…
Descriptors: Self Control, Grade 6, Science Instruction, Science Achievement
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Gianakos, Irene – Journal of Career Development, 2013
Although styles of self-reliance theoretically arise from early attachments, other research suggests the influence of attachment operates indirectly through internalized but modifiable beliefs about the self and others. The present study examined the relative contribution of parental attachment, social support perceptions, control beliefs, and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Influences, Self Concept, Parent Child Relationship
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Bulut, Cagri; Eren, Hakan; Halac, Duygu Seckin – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
The term "innovation" has sometimes been used as a synonym for technological innovation until the concept of "social innovation" attracted academic attention. Since then, these two types of innovation have been investigated individually. It can be claimed that, despite the great importance of social innovation studies,…
Descriptors: Innovation, Technological Advancement, Social Change, Influences
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Wickline, Virginia B.; Nowicki, Stephen, Jr.; Kincheloe, Amy Ransom; Osborn, Albert F. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2011
Locus of control (LOC) is related to many aspects of human behavior, yet relatively little is known about what factors in early childhood may dispose a child to develop an internal or external LOC orientation. Data from a British epidemiological, longitudinal, cohort study of 12,463 children and their mothers were used to identify, from a wide…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Children, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers
Comeaux, Russell Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore spiritual development differences between online and on-campus students. For this study, spiritual maturation was measured by the locus of authority and view of self and others, primarily as measured by the God Image Scales. The assumption was that development is marked by a shift in locus of…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Mixed Methods Research, College Students, Self Concept
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