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Clayton, Karen E.; Zusho, Akane – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: In recent years, there have been increasing calls to develop a more contextually based sociocultural perspective of achievement motivation. Aim: This mixed-methods study examined why Jamaican undergraduate students are motivated or unmotivated and how this relates to the extant literature on achievement motivation. Sample(s): This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Heuristics, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement
Diaz, Anjolii; Berger, Rebecca; Valiente, Carlos; Eisenberg, Nancy; VanSchyndel, Sarah K.; Tao, Chun; Spinrad, Tracy; Doane, Leah D.; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Silva, Kassondra M.; Southworth, Jody – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
Poor sleep is thought to interfere with children's learning and academic achievement (AA). However, existing research and theory indicate there are factors that may mitigate the academic risk associated with poor sleep. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of children's effortful control (EC) on the relation between sleep…
Descriptors: Sleep, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Young Children
Petty, Teresa M.; Good, Amy J.; Handler, Laura K. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
The purpose of this study is to report National Board Certified Teachers' (NBCTs) perceived impact on student learning. The guiding research question for this study, "How do teachers perceive the influence of the National Board Certification process on student learning in their own classrooms?" was explored. A total of 496 NBCTs…
Descriptors: National Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
Ada, Mary Juliana; Okoli, Georgina; Obeten, Okoi Okorn; Akeke, M. N. G. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This research is an evaluation of the impact of causes, consequences and effects of bullying in academic setting on student academic performance in tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. The research made use of purposive and random sampling techniques made up of 302 students. Questionnaire served as the data collection instrument.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Etiology, Student Behavior
Booth, Sara; Beckett, Jeff; Saunders, Cassandra – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to test the need in the Australian higher education (HE) sector for a national network for the peer review of assessment in response to the proposed HE standards framework and propose a sector-wide framework for calibrating and assuring achievement standards, both within and across disciplines, through the establishment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Higher Education, Needs Assessment
Suizzo, Marie-Anne; Jackson, Karen Moran; Pahlke, Erin; McClain, Shannon; Marroquin, Yesenia; Blondeau, Lauren A.; Hong, KyongJoo – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2016
In this mixed-methods study, we used an explanatory sequential design to investigate the processes through which parental involvement influences adolescents' achievement motivation. One hundred twenty low-income urban parents and their sixth-grade adolescents completed questionnaires, and a subsample of 11 mothers and 11 adolescents were…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research, Socialization, Parent Participation
Academic Progress Depending on the Skills and Qualities of Learning in Students of a Business School
de Jesús, Araiza Vázquez María; Claudia, Dörfer; Rosalinda, Castillo Corpus – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
This research was to establish the relationship between qualities of learning; learning skills and academic performance in undergraduate students. 310 undergraduates participated in this research of which 72% are female and 28% male. All responded Scale Learning Strategies of Roman and Gallego (1994) and Questionnaire Learning Styles of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Kakumbi, Zonic; Samuel, Elizabeth B.; Mulendema, Peter J. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this research was to investigate pupil background characteristics and academic performance in senior secondary schools in Kitwe district with a view of recommending on how to improve pupils' performance. The study was conducted in Kitwe district because in the past years pupils' performance in senior secondary schools has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics, Family Characteristics
Coryn, Chris L. S.; Schröter, Daniela C.; McCowen, Robert H. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014
A concurrent mixed methods design, giving equal priority to both quantitative and qualitative methods, was used to investigate some of the factors that influence academic achievement of Native Hawaiian students in public schools in the state of Hawai'i. School-level instructional strategies, curricula, policies, and other variables that…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Indigenous Populations, Hawaiians, Educational Methods
Tovar, Lynn Zagzebski – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this narrative inquiry qualitative study was to explore the formal (school-based) and informal (home-based) school involvement experiences of Hispanic immigrant parents with dominant Spanish language proficiency and to understand the personal, environmental, and social factors that influence the school involvement process of these…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Immigrants, Interviews, Questionnaires
Place, Tamara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research has shown that parental involvement is an important component of students' academic achievement, yet in rural areas, such involvement may be difficult to attain. The purpose of this collective case study was to investigate the perceptions of parents of young elementary students in a rural school district regarding their role in…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Rural Schools
Schwinger, Malte; Wirthwein, Linda; Lemmer, Gunnar; Steinmayr, Ricarda – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Self-handicapping represents a frequently used strategy for regulating the threat to self-esteem elicited by the fear of failing in academic achievement settings. Several studies have documented negative associations between self-handicapping and different educational outcomes, inter alia academic achievement. However, studies on the relation…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Self Esteem, Failure, Academic Achievement
Rikala, Jenni; Kankaanranta, Marja – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The aim of this case study was to explore the feasibility of the Quick Response (QR) codes and mobile devices in the context of Finnish basic education. The interest was especially to explore how mobile devices and QR codes can enhance and blend teaching and learning. The data were collected with a teacher interview and pupil surveys. The learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment
Eastabrooks, Donna – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this two-phase mixed methods research study was to examine the select noncognitive factors of academic integration, goal orientation and self-efficacy relative to the persistence of traditional and nontraditional students. First, eighty-three questionnaires were distributed to traditional and nontraditional students enrolled at a…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Goal Orientation, Self Efficacy, Nontraditional Students
Cowles, Lesley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The report card for the 2008-2009 school year for a northeastern US state indicated that 29% of students performed at or below basic levels on the literacy measure. Previous studies indicated that a cross-curricular instructional design that reinforced fundamental learning skill sets throughout content-area classes encouraged independent learners…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Literacy, Academic Achievement
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