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Brown, Carol – Psychology of Education Review, 2018
Based on Eccles' expectancy-value model of achievement motivation this study used questionnaires to explore the relationships between expectations, task values and A-level achievement in 930 students from 12 Oxfordshire schools. Understanding the relationship between these variables is important given the significance of these qualifications for…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries
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Guo, Jiesi; Parker, Philip D.; Marsh, Herbert W.; Morin, Alexandre J. S. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Drawing on the expectancy-value model, the present study explored individual and gender differences in university entry and selection of educational pathway (e.g., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] course selection). In particular, we examined the multiplicative effects of expectancy and task values on educational outcomes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Expectation, Academic Achievement
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Marks, Gary N. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to identify school effects on student performance for tertiary entrance in Australia, taking into account student-level predictors using longitudinal data from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study. It finds that aspects of schooling, such as positive attitudes to school and disciplinary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors