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Lam, Arena C.; Ruzek, Erik A.; Schenke, Katerina; Conley, AnneMarie M.; Karabenick, Stuart A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Student reports are a common approach to characterizing how students experience their classrooms. We used a recently developed method--multilevel confirmatory factor analysis--to determine whether commonly employed measures of achievement goal structure constructs (mastery and performance) typically verified at the student level can be verified at…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation, Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students
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Hornstra, Lisette; Majoor, Marieke; Peetsma, Thea – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Background: The multiple goal perspective posits that certain combinations of achievement goals are more favourable than others in terms of educational outcomes. Aims: This study aimed to examine longitudinally whether students' achievement goal profiles and transitions between profiles are associated with developments in self-reported and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Longitudinal Studies, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Tan, Cheng Yong – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2018
The present study examined indirect effects of principal leadership on the mathematics achievement of 254,475 15-year-old students from 10,313 schools in 32 OECD economies. Results showed that the students could be divided into three categories ("Disadvantaged," "Average," and "Privileged") differing in levels of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Disadvantaged, Advantaged, Socioeconomic Status
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Plass, Jan L.; O'Keefe, Paul A.; Homer, Bruce D.; Case, Jennifer; Hayward, Elizabeth O.; Stein, Murphy; Perlin, Ken – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
The present research examined how mode of play in an educational mathematics video game impacts learning, performance, and motivation. The game was designed for the practice and automation of arithmetic skills to increase fluency and was adapted to allow for individual, competitive, or collaborative game play. Participants (N = 58) from urban…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Mathematics, Competition, Video Games