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Efficacy Beliefs and Interdependence When Being Assessed Working in a Group
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Forslund Frykedal, Karin; Chiriac, Eva Hammar; Rosander, Michael – Educational Studies, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate factors that can predict collective efficacy in student work groups year 5 and 8 at compulsory school and to see if there are gender and year differences for efficacy beliefs and aspects of interdependence. A total of 283 completed questionnaires were analysed. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Group Dynamics, Student Evaluation, Cooperative Learning
The Effects of Professional Development Activities on Principals' Perceived Instructional Leadership Practices: Multi-Country Data Analysis Using TALIS 2013
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Gumus, Emine; Bellibas, Mehmet Sukru – Educational Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which professional development predicts principals' instructional leadership in order to identify whether a relationship exists between the duration of principals' participation in distinct professional development activities and their perceived practice of instructional leadership while…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Instructional Leadership, Surveys, Academic Achievement
Aggression in Primary Schools: The Predictive Power of the School and Home Environment
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Kozina, Ana – Educational Studies, 2015
In this study, we analyse the predictive power of home and school environment-related factors for determining pupils' aggression. The multiple regression analyses are performed for fourth- and eighth-grade pupils based on the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 (N = 8394) and TIMSS 2011 (N = 9415) databases for Slovenia. At the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Elementary Schools, Predictive Validity, Educational Environment
School-Based Parental Involvement: A Comparative Assessment of Predictors of Satisfaction in South-East Europe
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Radu, Roxana – Educational Studies, 2013
Exploring a unique region concerning educational reforms in the past 20?years, the present study empirically investigates the attitudes towards parental involvement in school life in a comparative perspective of south-eastern European (SEE) countries for the 2008/2009 school year. Based on a multiple regression model for nine different countries,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Educational Change, Multiple Regression Analysis
Negative School Factors and Their Influence on Math and Science Achievement in TIMSS 2003
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Perse, Tina Vrsnik; Kozina, Ana; Leban, Tina Rutar – Educational Studies, 2011
The aim of the present study was to conduct an analysis of TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) 2003 database and to determine how negative school factors, such as aggression, are associated to the mathematical and science achievement of students. The analyses were conducted separately for national and international data.…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Evaluating Subject Attainment in Secondary Schools without a Prior Measure of Pupil Potential.
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Sharp, Stephen – Educational Studies, 1996
Summarizes an experiment that expanded the types of variables and approaches used in statistical analyses of subject attainment in secondary education. The experiment compared students' grades in a given subject with their expected grades based on performance in other subjects. Considers applications and limitations to this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Courses, Educational Administration, Educational Research