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Using the "Zone" to Help Reach Every Learner
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Silver, Debbie – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2011
Basically everything associated with maximizing student engagement, achievement, optimal learning environment, learning zone, and the like can be attributed to the work of Lev Vygotsky (1978). A Russian psychologist and social constructivist, Vygotsky (1896-1934) proposed a concept so fundamental to the theory of motivation that it undergirds…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Constructivism (Learning), Academic Achievement, Educational Environment
Academic Identification as a Mediator of the Relationship between Parental Socialization and Academic Achievement
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Strambler, Michael J.; Linke, Lance H.; Ward, Nadia L. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2013
This study examines whether academic identification, or one's psychological and emotional investment in academics, mediates the association between child-reported parental educational socialization and standardized achievement test scores among a predominantly ethnic minority sample of 367 urban middle school students. We predicted that academic…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Socialization, Academic Achievement, Males
Comparability of Educational Achievement and Learning Attitudes across Nations
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Taht, Karin; Must, Olev – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
We estimated the invariance of educational achievement (EA) and learning attitudes (LA) measures across nations. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was used to estimate the invariance of educational achievement and learning attitudes across 55 nations (Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] 2006 data, N = 354,203). The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Educational Attitudes
Unlikely Teachers: Redefining the Best and the Brightest
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Fehr, Mary Cain – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to explore the unique perspectives of a teacher candidate who did not have the life experiences typical of most individuals who choose to become teachers. Specifically, the author was interested in exploring information that future teachers, practicing teachers, and teacher educators can learn from this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Coping, Teaching Experience, Phenomenology
Reciprocal Relationships between Value Orientation and Motivational Interference during Studying and Leisure
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Hofer, Manfred; Schmid, Sebastian; Fries, Stefan; Kilian, Britta; Kuhnle, Claudia – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: Motivational interference is defined as the amount of impairment in a target activity due to the incentives of a non-chosen attractive alternative. The amount to which pupils experience motivational interference while studying or while performing a leisure activity in a school-leisure conflict situation is seen as depending on the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Path Analysis, Values
Dimensions of Psychological Capital in a U.S. Suburb and High School: Identities for Neoliberal Times
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Demerath, Peter; Lynch, Jill; Davidson, Mario – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2008
In this article, we describe the identities of U.S. suburban high school students as they attempt to ensure their "market relevance" in a neoliberal era. The data are drawn from a four-year ethnographic study of the construction of educational advantage conducted by a diverse five-person research team. These identities were characterized by strong…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Racial Differences, Self Advocacy, Equal Education