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Download full textLaine, Erkka; Veermans, Marjaana; Lahti, Aleksi; Veermans, Koen – Frontline Learning Research, 2017
A declining trend in adolescents' interest in science learning and attitudes towards science-related careers has been reported during recent years. There has been a call for more motivating learning environments that inspire students to develop interest towards science. This study examines students' interest development in STEM subjects in an…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Interests
Direct linkPeng, Shu-Ling; Cherng, Biing-Lin; Chen, Hsueh-Chih – Educational Psychology, 2013
Previous studies have indicated that situational factors can influence students' creativity. However, no studies have specifically examined the relationship between classroom goal structures and student creativity during real classroom activities. For this study, we recruited 232 seventh-grade students from Taipei City and randomly divided them…
Descriptors: Creativity, Junior High School Students, Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques
D'Amore, Ellen; Clayton, Erin – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this action research study was to restructure and implement an effective middle school advisory model. This was conducted at a Middle School in Painesville Township, Ohio consisting of approximately 800 students. In order to meet Adequate Yearly Progress and adapt to the changes of the 21st century, a way to help the school progress…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Federal Programs, Educational Indicators, Comparative Analysis
Springer, Matthew G.; Hamilton, Laura; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Ballou, Dale; Le, Vi-Nhuan; Pepper, Matthew; Lockwood, J. R.; Stecher, Brian M. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2010
In an effort to explore the impact of performance incentives in education, the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) partnered with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) to conduct the Project on Incentives in Teaching, or POINT. The study examines the effects on student outcomes of paying eligible teachers bonuses of up to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Teacher Behavior, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Blackwell, Lisa S.; Trzesniewski, Kali H.; Dweck, Carol Sorich – Child Development, 2007
Two studies explored the role of implicit theories of intelligence in adolescents' mathematics achievement. In Study 1 with 373 7th graders, the belief that intelligence is malleable (incremental theory) predicted an upward trajectory in grades over the two years of junior high school, while a belief that intelligence is fixed (entity theory)…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Intervention, Experimental Groups, Mathematics Achievement
Goudas, Marios; Dermitzaki, Irini; Leondari, Aggeliki; Danish, Steven – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of a life skills training program taught as part of physical education lessons. Seventy three, seventh grade students were assigned either in an experimental or in a wait-list control replication group and received an abbreviated version of GOAL, a school-based intervention designed…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Program Effectiveness, Grade 7
Swain, Kristine D. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
This pilot study investigated if goal setting with curriculum-based measurement (CBM) was effective in increasing student awareness of goal knowledge and if students could set realistic daily reading goals. Nineteen 6th and 7th grade students with learning disabilities participated in a goal setting treatment group or a control group. During the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Student Attitudes, Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade 6
