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Pui-sze Yeung; Kevin Kien-hoa Chung; David Wai-ock Chan; Elaine Sau-wai Chan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
The relationship among three writing motivation and affective constructs (writing self-efficacy, perceived value of writing, and writing apprehension) and writing performance was examined among 273 Chinese fourth graders. The structural equation modelling results showed that the direct path from writing apprehension to writing performance was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Writing (Composition)
Merve Orta; Baris Çetin – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2023
The aim of this study is to explore the correlation between the intrinsic motivation of fourth-grade primary school students in mathematics and their academic performance in mathematics while considering the factor of their favorite subject. The goal is to determine whether there is a difference in intrinsic motivation and achievement in terms of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Mathematics Education, Academic Achievement
Serkan Otacioglu – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Individuals need motivation in their work, this motivation makes individuals more efficient. Considering that music education is a long way, individuals become more successful with certain discipline and motivation, and the pleasure in the work done increases. This study was conducted to examine the musical motivation levels of prospective music…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Motivation, Music Teachers
Rachael A. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Gifted students' often go unchallenged in the classroom, and this lack of tailored instruction can lead to decreased motivation, which, in turn, influences underachievement, which is a significant concern since these children, theoretically, should be our highest achievers. This 4-week (i.e., eight instructional days) semi-randomized,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving
Rémi Dorgnier; Marie Mazerolle; François Maquestiaux; Laurence Picard – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
Recent studies in psychology emphasize the pivotal roles of adopting a growth mindset to enhance students' motivation and employing effective memory strategies to improve memory performance. This study evaluated the impact of a metacognitive intervention that combined the promotion of a growth mindset with the teaching of efficient learning…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Memory, Learning Strategies
Steven Borst – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examines the effects of self-efficacy, students' effort and access to educational resources, and teachers' development on the achievement of elementary school students in mathematics. Using the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) restricted data set, this study determined if and how these three aspects individually…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Educational Resources, Faculty Development, Elementary School Students
Yu-Cin Jian; Leo Yuk Ting Cheung – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Eye-movement technology has been often used to examine reading processes, but research has seldom examined the relationship between the reading process and comprehension performance, and whether the relationships are similar or different across grades. To investigate this, we conducted a 3-year longitudinal study starting at grade 4, with 175…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Barry Bai; Xuan Zang; Wenjuan Guo – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
Although the benefits of collaborative learning across disciplines are well-established, its effectiveness hinges on the quality of execution. Motivational beliefs and emotions are crucial in students' engagement and achievement. Yet, a notable gap exists in examining these variables among students with varying proficiency levels in the context of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Yurumezoglu, Kemal; Oztas Cin, Merve; Demir, Semra; Bacakoglu, Gözde – Gifted Child Today, 2023
The activity described here was designed to center on the observation of circadian rhythms in plants through the example of growing beans. The aim was to develop students' skills of systematic observation of various variables in the long-term. Our study took place at a Science and Arts Center with 17 gifted students in the third and fourth grades…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
Feng Li; Liang Cheng; Xi Wang; Xiaona He; Yiyu Wang – SAGE Open, 2023
This study compares the effects of Spherical Video-Based Virtual Reality (SVVR) and Conventional Video (CV) on students' writing achievement and motivation. A quasi-experimental method was used in a primary school's Chinese Descriptive Article Writing courses. Twenty-eight fourth-grade students were randomly divided into two groups. In the SVVR…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Computer Simulation, Influence of Technology, Student Motivation
Sarah Karamarkovich; Hye Rin Lee; Teomara Rutherford – Elementary School Journal, 2024
Motivation is known to fluctuate, often declining, over time. Research on how motivation changes across school years is ubiquitous, yet little research examines changes in motivation within one school year. In this study, we model how third- through fifth-grade students' mathematics motivation (i.e., expectancies and values) changes over two years…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 3
Catarina L. Araújo; António J. Osório; Ana Paula L. Martins – Educational Media International, 2024
Students' perceptions can influence their performance in writing. In the Portuguese context, the number of studies on this subject is still small and has not provided a clear overview of typical perceptions, for example, of students by year of schooling. Even more significant is the gap in international and national research on the relationships…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Educational Technology
Nurhan Aktas – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2025
This 9-week mixed-methods study aimed to examine the effect of online reciprocal teaching on fourth grade primary school students' (N = 30) reading comprehension skills and reading motivation. As data collection tools, the "Reading Comprehension Test" was used to determine students' reading comprehension levels, while the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
The Effect of Outdoor Learning Method on Elementary Students' Motivation and Achievement in Geometry
Pambudi, Didik Sugeng – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
Mastering mathematics in elementary school is essential for students because it provides the foundation to learn the subject at the secondary school and university levels. This study aimed to examine the effect of implementing the Outdoor Learning in Mathematics (OLM) method to increase elementary students' motivation and learning achievements in…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement
Ng, Clarence; Graham, Steve; Liu, Xinghua; Lau, Kit-Ling; Tang, Kit-Yi – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Motives for writing is a new research area in the field of writing motivation. Recent studies have identified important motives for students' writing. Adding to this nascent foundation, the current study examined relationships between writing motives, writing self-efficacy and time spent on writing using a sample of grade 4 Chinese students in…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Self Efficacy, Time on Task, Foreign Countries