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Yeung, Susanna S. S.; King, Ronnel B.; Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N.; Cai, Yuyang – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) and motivation are both important predictors of student achievement. However, most studies have investigated these factors separately, and very few have looked into the interplay between SES and motivation as determinants of student reading achievement. Aims: We intend to bridge this gap by examining a model…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Motivation, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Astiana, Melia; Malinda, Maya; Nurbasari, Anny; Margaretha, Meily – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Entrepreneurs play an important role in improving a country's economy, shown by the increase in young people involved in startup businesses, including students. The young generation needs motivation through a good education to support their intention. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the role of entrepreneurship education in increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Predictor Variables, Intention
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Kácovský, Petr; Snetinová, M.; Chvál, M.; Houfková, J.; Koupilová, Z. – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
In this study, we focused on students' intrinsic motivation towards practical work, more specifically the strength of predictors for intrinsic motivation. As a research tool, we used a modified Intrinsic Motivation Inventory supplemented by additional questions on attitudes towards physics. The respondents were more than 2000 Czech upper secondary…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Motivation, Physics, Science Instruction
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Owolabi Paul Adelana; Musa Adekunle Ayanwale; Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi – Cogent Education, 2024
This study addresses the challenge of teaching genetics effectively to high school students, a topic known to be particularly challenging. Leveraging the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, the research explores the perspectives, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of pre-service teachers regarding the integration of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Biology, Science Teachers, Intention
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Datu, Jesus Alfonso; Tang, Robert; Xiaoying, Wu – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Studies have consistently shown that character strengths predict well-being and positive psychological outcomes. However, there is sparse research on how these strengths relate to stigma towards individuals with special educational needs (SEN). This study addresses this gap through exploring the link of using humanity-oriented strengths (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Private Colleges, Students with Disabilities
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Durnali, Mehmet; Orakçi, Senol; Toraman, Çetin – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
About four million people living in Turkey or abroad with a Turkish passport enrolled in distance education schools to have the opportunity to complete their compulsory formal education in the spring of 2018-19. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine distance education students' acceptance of online learning systems, their attitudes…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Student Attitudes, Difficulty Level
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Krygsman, Amanda; Farrell, Ann H.; Brittain, Heather; Vaillancourt, Tracy – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
We examined the dynamic interplay of depression symptoms, mattering (i.e., self-evaluation of importance or significance to others), and anti-mattering across four years of development in young adulthood (age 20-23; N = 452) using a cross-lagged panel model (CLPM). Support for a transactional model between anti-mattering and depression symptoms…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Value Judgment, Young Adults
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Watson, Joshua C.; Prosek, Elizabeth A.; Giordano, Amanda L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
This study aimed to explore the effects of mattering, social media addiction, online activity, school connectedness, age, and gender on anxiety/depressive symptomatology among U.S. adolescents. A nationally representative Qualtrics panel sample consisting of 441 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 17.3; SD[subscript age] = 1.67) participated in this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Stress Variables, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Akcaoglu, Mete; Rosenberg, Joshua M.; Hodges, Charles B.; Hilpert, Jonathan C. – Computers in the Schools, 2021
Computer programming is becoming an essential skill for young students regardless of their education or career goals. Therefore, for students to develop and for educators and researchers to accurately measure self-efficacy in and value for programming is important. Although student motivation in subject matter can be measured using self-report…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Self Efficacy
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Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N.; Cai, Yuyang; King, Ronnel B. – School Psychology International, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether parents' utility value perceptions predicted their children's utility value perceptions, demonstrating social contagion effects. We also examined whether utility value would predict achievement. This is a cross-sectional study that utilized data from a subsample of adolescent students from…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Beliefs, Value Judgment, Predictor Variables
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Liou, Pey-Yan; Lin, Yao-Mei; Huang, Ssu-Ching; Chen, Sufen – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
This study investigated gender disparities in students' science motivational beliefs, conceptualized as self-concept and intrinsic value, from Grades 4 to 8 in 22 countries. The gender-specific relation between science motivational beliefs and achievement was also scrutinized. Data from the 2011 and 2015 national cohorts of the Trends in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Ngabiyanto; Nurkhin, Ahmad; Mukhibad, Hasan; Harsono – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this research is to provide empirical evidence of the influence of perceived usefulness, convenience, experience, gender, and age on the intention to use e-learning after the government's school closure policy due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Our sample is junior high school teachers in Indonesia and the data are…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Technology Integration, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Li, Xiaofei; Huebner, E. Scott; Tian, Lili – School Psychology, 2021
Based on expectancy-value theory, this longitudinal study was designed to test the relations between two achievement task values (i.e., attainment value and utility value) as well as their respective influences on academic achievement and depressive symptoms. This study incorporated a sample of 897 (M[subscript age] = 10.36 years, 55.8% male) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Psychology, Academic Achievement, Depression (Psychology)
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Jawad, Ali Hazim – International Journal of Language Testing, 2020
This study aims to explore the attitudes and practices of Iraqi EFL teachers regarding formative assessment (FA). A total of 102 teachers from primary school to university filled in the Arabic version of Teachers' Conceptions and Practices of Formative Assessment Questionnaire. The questionnaire was translated from English into Arabic first and…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teacher Behavior
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McGeown, Sarah P.; Warhurst, Amy – Educational Psychology, 2020
Gender stereotypes associate mathematics and sciences with boys, whereas reading and writing are typically associated with girls. This study investigated sex differences in primary school children's motivation (confidence and value) across four academic subjects (maths, science, reading and writing) and examined how their identification with…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sexual Identity, Elementary School Students, Self Esteem
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