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Brit Claiborne; Alexandra Videlock Barstow; Leslie Dietiker – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
The positive relationship between students' attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement is well documented. Yet there is a worsening problem of low appeal of mathematics especially at the secondary level. Therefore, in this paper we focus on three high school students who report a strong dislike of mathematics. By analyzing student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, Negative Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
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Lili Toh; Helen M. G. Watt – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
An explanation for the underrepresentation of women in mathematical fields is the communal goal congruity perspective; that women tend to value communal over agentic goals, perceived to not be afforded by mathematical careers. Less is known about how agentic and communal goals may interact to influence mathematical career trajectories. Analysing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Wright, Brian L. – Urban Education, 2021
This study explores a psychosocial concept coined by the author referred to as "Urban Critical Literacy" (UCL). UCL is an emergent four-step strategy employed by five African American young men as they navigated their cultural worlds of home and school in an urban setting. Critical literacy is the theoretical conceptual framework that…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Urban Areas, Critical Literacy
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El-Hassan, Karma; Ghalayini, Nadine – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
This study investigates the relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) and parental attachment, dysfunctional career thoughts, and career exploration in a sample of 170 Lebanese Grade 11 students drawn from 10 private schools that provide career guidance services. The following tools were used to assess the variables: Career…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Social Support Groups, Career Exploration
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Stiller, Klaus D. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2019
In three experiments, learners used computerized learning material, which consisted of static pictures and on-screen text relating to the physiology of vision in one of two formats. The formats differed in method of access to text. Accessing text by clicking on picture components was hypothesized to produce superior learning to linear access…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Visual Stimuli, Pictorial Stimuli
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Koç, Yakup; Yeniçeri, Samed – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
The aim of this study is to examine relationship between the physical education course sportspersonship behaviors and respect levels for high school students. The sample of study consists of randomly selected 505 high school students (215 female and 290 male) attending state schools in the province of Istanbul in 2016-2017 academic year.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Sportsmanship, Student Behavior, High School Students