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Longitudinal Relations among Expectancy, Mastery-Approach, Effort, and Achievement
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Jianzhong Xu – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
This study aims to explore longitudinal associations among homework expectancy, mastery-approach, homework effort, and mathematics achievement involving middle school students over one school year. Results indicated that there was support for a positive reciprocal influence of mastery-approach and effort; greater initial mastery-approach resulted…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Learning Processes, Mastery Learning, Expectation
The Impact of Blocked Practice versus Mixed Practice and the Strategy of Overlearning on Student Performance in Calculus
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Nicholas Gorgievski; Thomas DeFranco – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2024
In most mathematics textbooks, each lesson is followed by a set of homework problems in one of two ways -- blocked practice and mixed practice. Additionally, most mathematics textbooks rely on a common learning strategy called overlearning, that is, mastering a skill and continuing to practice this same skill. This study investigated the effects…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Scores
Mastery-Based Testing in Calculus with a Final Exam Component
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Halperin, Alexander – PRIMUS, 2020
I describe the motivation, structure, implementation, and student feedback of my mastery-based testing (MBT) system with a significant final exam component in Calculus I and II since 2016. Grades for each written assignment, quiz, and exam question were assigned on a Mastery/Progressing/Needs Improvement (M/P/NI) scale. Homework and quizzes could…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Testing, Mathematics Tests, Calculus
Homework Goal Orientation, Interest, and Achievement: Testing Models of Reciprocal Effects
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Xu, Jianzhong – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
Whereas it is often a challenge to keep students motivated and interested in academic tasks, it is more of a challenge to have students stay motivated and interested in academic tasks outside school during nonschool hours--homework. Prior research, however, has largely overlooked the reasons or purposes students have for doing homework and their…
Descriptors: Homework, Goal Orientation, Student Interests, Mathematics Achievement
Homework Goal Orientation Scale: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences across Gender and Grade Level
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Sun, Meilu; Du, Jianxia; Xu, Jianzhong; Liu, Fangtong – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
The current study validated the Homework Goal Orientation Scale (HGOS) for secondary school students. Results revealed that HGOS consisted of two distinct but related subscales: mastery-approach and performance-approach. Given satisfactory measurement invariance, the latent mean differences were then examined across gender (males vs. females) and…
Descriptors: Homework, Goal Orientation, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students
Flipped Instruction: An Investigation into the Effect of Learning Environment on Student Self-Efficacy, Learning Style, and Academic Achievement in an Algebra I Classroom
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Wiginton, Barry Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study utilized an explanatory mixed-methods research design to investigate the effect of learning environment on student mathematics achievement, and mathematics self-efficacy, and student learning style in a ninth grade Algebra I classroom. The study also explored the lived experiences of the teachers and students in the three different…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Mixed Methods Research, Homework