Self-determination theory has emerged as one of the most important theoretical frameworks to explain motivation in the context of physical education within school systems. The authors propose a new circular, longitudinal, feedback model to complement Vallerand's (1997) hierarchical model. To test this new approach, Epstein's TARGET strategies…

Shanghai is dubbed as a role model for science and mathematics education as its fifteen-year-olds have been outperforming all in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) since 2009. Shanghai's achievements are attributed to its interest in adopting innovative international trends in education and equally effectively implementing…

Attention on P-20 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has increased tremendously in recent years. Many efforts are underway to promote STEM major and career selection across the nation; specifically, in engineering and computer science. The authors' purpose was to examine an underlying profile combinations of latent…

This study contributes to the development of a positive framework for effective public schools in 2 ways. First, it advances the construct self-regulatory climate as consisting of 3 generative school norms--collective faculty trust in students, collective student trust in teachers, and student-perceived academic emphasis. The authors argue these…

The author aimed to explore primary pupils' perceptions of learning and to what extent they perceive learning is important to them. Fifty-five primary school pupils in Istanbul and Canakkale (Turkey) were interviewed. To analyze the data, A. Strauss and J. Corbin's (1998) grounded theory methodology was followed. NVivo 7 (QSR, Australia) a…

The author attempted to explore potential antecedents of achievement goals and relations of teacher and parental autonomy support versus psychological control to Taiwanese adolescents' perfectionistic tendencies. A total of 512 eighth-grade students completed self-reported questionnaires assessing variables of interest. Results indicated that…

Increased activity during the teaching of spelling words resulted in hyperactive children having greater difficulty than the normal children in distinguishing relevant tasks from the extraneous stimulation. (Ed.)

High- and low-mental-ability secondary school students randomly divided into three supervision treatment groups (no supervision, supervision without verbal exchange from the teacher, and supervision with verbal exchange) showed no performance variations but evidenced better attitudes with the third supervision treatment. (MJB)

Analysis of performance levels revealed no significant difference between a control group (which consistently received beans as an incentive to achievement) and an experimental group (which first received bubblegum and then beans), suggesting that the results reflect the group's academic ability rather than their preference for bubblegum over…

Viewing a videotaped model giving responses to a creativity test did have an effect on sixth graders' creativity performance in this study, but the effect varied with sex, race, creativity traits measured, and test used. (MJB)

Study asks whether laboratory findings, that isolation of an item facilitates its recall, extend to formal educational settings. (Authors)

Significant differences in retention test scores were not found to be associated with the presence versus the absence of confirmation during program administration. (Authors)

In a study involving the reading of bar graphs it was found that students in the control group (who did not receive generalization cues) did significantly better than those in the experimental group. (Ed.)

The potential effect of goal setting to improve the spelling performance of elementary school students was examined. While results tended to support the hypothesis that the setting of specific and difficult goals improved performance more than simply asking students to do their best, differences in group means were not significant. (Author/CB)

The study examined the effects of emphasizing the competitive environment in a testing situation through the use of rewards and game techniques. Neither rewards nor games had an effect on test performance. (Author/MF)