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High Self-Control Predicts More Positive Emotions, Better Engagement, and Higher Achievement in School
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King, Ronnel B.; Gaerlan, Marianne Jennifer M. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2014
The control-value theory of academic emotions has emerged as a useful framework for studying the antecedents and consequences of different emotions in school. This framework focuses on the role of control-related and value-related appraisals as proximal antecedents of emotions. In this study, we take an individual differences approach to examine…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Individual Differences, Self Control, Student Behavior
Peer-Mentoring of Students in Rural and Low-Socioeconomic Status Schools: Increasing Aspirations for Higher Education
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Curtis, David D.; Drummond, Aaron; Halsey, John; Lawson, Michael J. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Students from rural and low socioeconomic backgrounds do not pursue university education at the same rate as those from metropolitan areas or from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. This has been a long-standing issue for government. This study explores the aspirations and intentions for university education among low socioeconomic status (SES) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Peer Relationship, Rural Schools
Organizational Orientations in an Instructional Setting
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Tibbles, David; Richmond, Virginia P.; McCroskey, James C.; Weber, Keith – Communication Education, 2008
Research on organizational orientations has determined that workers can be categorized into three groups on the basis of their trait orientations toward working in organizations: "upward mobiles," "indifferents," and "ambivalents." Because workers' organizational orientation is predictive of their success, we reasoned that students' orientation…
Descriptors: Correlation, Organizational Theories, College Students, College Environment
Reading and Writing Tasks on Different University Degree Courses: What Do the Students Say They Do?
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Mateos, Mar; Villalon, Ruth; de Dios, Maria Jose; Martin, Elena – Studies in Higher Education, 2007
The aim of the study was to examine reading and writing tasks as learning tools in higher education in Spain. The participants were 171 undergraduates from three different university degree courses. The data were gathered through a questionnaire that explored the kind of tasks carried out by the students, their perception of different aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Task Analysis, Reading Processes, Writing Processes