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Classroom Goal Structures and Communication Style: The Role of Teacher Immediacy and Relevance-Making in Students' Perceptions of the Classroom
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Iaconelli, Ryan; Anderman, Eric M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
We examined the relationships between teachers' communication styles and students' perceptions of the classroom goal structure. Within the context of high school health classes focused on teaching about HIV/STD/pregnancy prevention, we surveyed 456 students about their teachers' immediacy behaviors, efforts to make course content relevant, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Goal Orientation, Classroom Communication, Teacher Role
Longitudinal Relations of Classroom Goal Structures to Students' Motivation and Learning Outcomes in Health Education
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Won, Sungjun; Anderman, Eric M.; Zimmerman, Rick S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Little attention has been paid to goal structures in health education, despite their well-established roles in motivation and learning. The primary goal of this study was to examine the longitudinal relations of classroom goal structures to high school students' (N = 636) motivation and learning outcomes in health education. We incorporated two…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Outcomes of Education
The Relation between Academic Motivation and Cheating
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Anderman, Eric M.; Koenka, Alison C. – Theory Into Practice, 2017
Academic cheating occurs frequently in schools. Cheating is a deliberative act, in that students make a conscious decision to engage in academic dishonesty. Students' achievement goals, which are malleable, often guide the ways that students make such decisions. Educators can incorporate various instructional practices and support academic…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cheating, Student Behavior, Goal Orientation
The Multiple Choices of Sex Education
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Hamilton, Rashea; Sanders, Megan; Anderman, Eric M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Sex education in middle and high school health classes is critically important because it frequently comprises the primary mechanism for conveying information about sexual health to adolescents. Deliver evidence-based information on HIV and pregnancy prevention practices and they will be less likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors, the theory…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Sexuality, Sex Education, Health Education
Impulsivity and Academic Cheating
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Anderman, Eric M.; Cupp, Pamela K.; Lane, Derek – Journal of Experimental Education, 2009
The authors examined the relations between academic cheating and impulsivity in a large sample of adolescents enrolled in high school health education classes. Results indicated that impulsivity predicts academic cheating for students who report extensive involvement in cheating. However, students who engage in extensive cheating are less likely…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Health Education, Cheating, Ethics
Changes in Self-Reported Academic Cheating across the Transition from Middle School to High School
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Anderman, Eric M.; Midgley, Carol – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004
Changes in early adolescents' self-reported cheating behaviors in mathematics before and after the transition from middle school to high school are examined. Students were surveyed in school regarding their cheating behaviors in math, and the motivational goal structures perceived in their math classrooms. Surveys were completed twice during the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cheating, Student Behavior, Grade 8