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Vivien Wong; Jae Yup Jung – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2024
The purpose of the study was to investigate how knowledge of giftedness impacts self-concept of gifted adolescents. Guided by Sirgy's (1997) Self Congruity Theory and Shavelson et al.'s (1976) multidimensional hierarchical self-concept model, data collection was undertaken using semi-structured interviews with 11 Australian gifted adolescents and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Self Concept, Adolescents, Parents
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Manarin, Karen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
Why read? What is the point of reading in higher education if students can succeed in their classes without reading? Using Wigfield and Eccles' Expectancy-Value theory of motivation as a framework, I explore why different instructors think their students should be reading and whether students share these motivations. Instructors and students…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Higher Education, Educational Benefits, Learner Engagement
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Simons, Raluca M.; Hahn, Austin M.; Simons, Jeffrey S.; Gaster, Sam – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: This study examined negative control (ie, perceived lack of control over life outcomes) and need for control as predictors of alcohol-problem recognition, evaluations (good/bad), and expectancies (likely/unlikely) among college students. The study also explored the interaction between the need for control and alcohol consumption in…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Sohr-Preston, Sara; Boswell, Stefanie S. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Academic entitlement (AE) is a common source of frustration for college personnel. This investigation examined predictors (self-concept, academic dishonesty, locus of control, and family functioning) of AE in male and female college students. Academic dishonesty and the interaction between locus of control and family functioning significantly…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Self Concept
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Mechler, Heather – Journal of College and Character, 2013
In this article, the author explores the existing research on the characteristics of Millennials within historical, social, and economic contexts. While many researchers have made claims about Millennials, they fail to consider how parenting styles, economic factors, historical events, and shifts in educational priorities may have created the…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Young Adults, Adolescents, Individual Characteristics
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Museus, Samuel D.; Harper, Shaun R.; Nichols, Andrew H. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background: Educational attainment is associated with a plethora of positive economic and social implications for individuals, institutions, and the broader society. One factor that has been identified as an important predictor of students' educational attainment is their educational expectations. Thus, understanding how educational expectations…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Expectation, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration
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Bodovski, Katerina – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
This study makes two contributions to the literature. First, it bridges the sociological discussion of social class habitus with psychological notions of adolescents' educational expectations, locus of control, and self-concepts. Second, it empirically examines the relationships between early employed parental practices and expectations and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Attitudes, Expectation, Parent Influence
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Gizir, Cem Ali; Aydin, Gul – Professional School Counseling, 2009
This article examines the potential individual characteristics and environmental protective factors that promote academic resilience among impoverished eighth-grade students in Turkey. Study results revealed that home high expectations, school caring relationships and high expectations, and peer caring relationships were the prominent external…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Student Characteristics, Poverty, Academic Aspiration
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Rogers, H.; Saklofski, D. H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Compared to 45 normally achieving students, 45 learning disabled six- to 12-year-olds had lower self-concepts, more external locus of control orientations, and lower performance expectations. Children new to the resource room had higher expectations for future success than Ss with experience in the resource room. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expectation, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control
Chapman, James W.; Boersma, Frederic J. – 1979
Affective development was investigated in 81 learning disabled (LD) and 81 normal achieving (control) children in grades 3-6. The Students' Perception of Ability Scale and the Projected Academic Performance Scale were used to assess academic self-concept and future achievement expectations. Academic locus of control was tapped by the Intellectual…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Expectation, Learning Disabilities
Nowicki, Stephen; Walker, Charlotte – 1973
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relation of generalized and specific expectancies to actual academic performance. Thirty-five female and twenty-eight male fifth and sixth graders completed the Nowicki-Strickland locus of control scales and Rotter Level of Aspiration Board procedures. Results indicated that those, who perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Elementary School Students, Expectation
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Cooper, Harris M.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Cultural Differences, Expectation
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Bogie, Cheryl E.; Buckhalt, Joseph A. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1987
Sixty-four 10- to 12-year-olds (N=64), identified as gifted, average, or educable mentally retarded (EMR), were administered tasks in which failure/success were manipulated. Assessment indicated that gifted students credited success to low task difficulty, had initially high expectations which lowered following failure, and persisted more with…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attribution Theory, Expectation, Gifted
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Motowidlo, Stephan J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
Presented is evidence bearing on the construct validity of the Estimate of Self-Competence (ESC) Scale, which was designed to measure generalized expectancy of task success. The results of correlational analyses of relationships between the ESC, expectancies of successful performance, and other measures are reported. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Correlation, Expectation, Higher Education
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Thomas, Adele – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Learned helplessness is a state of passivity and loss of persistence resulting from individuals' perceptions, over a period of time, that they cannot control outcomes of events nor can their efforts lead to attainment of goals. Research studies are reviewed and implications for the study of learning disabilities are evaluated. (MH)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Educational Research, Expectation, Failure
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