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Direct linkFroiland, John Mark; Mayor, Päivi; Herlevi, Marjaana – School Psychology International, 2015
Numerous studies indicate that intrinsic motivation predicts academic achievement. However, relatively few have examined various subtypes of intrinsic motivation that predict overall achievement, such as motivation for exercise and physical activity. Based upon the 16 basic desires theory of personality, the current study examined the motives of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High School Students, Physical Activities, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedNicholls, John N.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Explores age differences (6 to 22 years of age) in conceptions about the nature of the skills required by verbal and nonverbal (abstract) intelligence tests. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedWigfield, Allan; Meece, Judith L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
Confirmatory factor analysis of data from a portion of a long-term study provided evidence for two components of math anxiety for 298 male and 266 female 6th through 12th graders. The components related to negative affective reactions and cognitive aspects. Age and gender differences were significant. (TJH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students
Nuttall, Ronald L.; Nuttall, Ena Vazquez – 1978
This study focuses on the effects of family size and spacing on intellectual, social, and personality development of children. The sample consisted of 533 suburban, middle class, large family (five or more) and small two child family children. The children, 233 boys and 300 girls, were teenagers attending either junior or senior high school.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Birth Order
