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Hsien-Sheng Hsiao; Jhen-Han Chen; Tze-ling Chang; Po-Hsun Li; Guang-Han Chung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
The integration of education and robotics has emerged as a crucial development in the technological landscape. This study focuses on the use of a robot teaching assistant to enhance the learning efficiency of 8th-grade students in hands-on STEM activities centered around the theme of "Smart City." It explores the impact of educational…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, STEM Education, Knowledge Level, Learning Motivation
Xin Wei; Susu Zhang; Jihong Zhang; Jennifer Yu – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
For autistic students receiving special education services, little is known about their relative strengths, weaknesses, and enjoyment across different math content areas; their overall math interest and persistence are also not well-studied. Using the 2017 eighth-grade National Assessment of Education Progress data, this study finds, relative to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Reaction Time, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Grade 8
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Jiang, Tao; Chen, Ji-gen; Wu, Yin-yin – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
This research explores whether classroom life (CL), textbooks (TE), and learning initiative (LI) are mediators between instruction (P) and science performance, as well as whether these mechanisms are moderated by gender. 484 eighth grade students completed the questionnaire with four subscales of P, LI, TE, and CL. For the needs of triangulation…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Learning Motivation, Gender Differences
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Kühl, Tim; Wohninsland, Patrizia – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
When used in a sensible way, Interactive Whiteboards (IWB) are supposed to motivate and engage students in learning in the classroom. Thereby, they might also stimulate students who are usually more restrained, such as more anxious students. However, the body of research on the impact of IWB lessons is rather small. The present study investigated…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interactive Video, Bulletin Boards, Vocabulary Development
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Yasin, Zohra; Anwar, Herson; Luneto, Buhari – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
The use of multimedia in Arabic learning has high urgency in improving students' learning motivation. Meanwhile, learning motivation is essentially needed by students in achieving success the learning process. Therefore, this research aims to prove the level of students' learning motivation by using multimedia in Arabic learning and without using…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Printed Materials, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kirilmazkaya, Gamze; Usta, Melike – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of 'Pressure', which is taught by supporting scientific stories, on the academic achievement, attitude and motivation of 8th grade students. In this study, which aims to investigate the effects of scientific stories on student achievement, motivation and attitudes in science education, a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Story Telling
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Xu, Jianzhong – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
Whereas it is often a challenge to keep students motivated and interested in academic tasks, it is more of a challenge to have students stay motivated and interested in academic tasks outside school during nonschool hours--homework. Prior research, however, has largely overlooked the reasons or purposes students have for doing homework and their…
Descriptors: Homework, Goal Orientation, Student Interests, Mathematics Achievement
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Ker, Hsiang-Wei; Lee, Ying-Haur; Ho, Shu-Meei – Science Education, 2023
Science achievements of individuals play a crucial role when students aim to pursue highly demanded occupations and advanced academic degrees. Enhancing science attainment is crucial in improving the effectiveness of science education. This study investigates the impact of home educational resources, students' attitudes toward learning,…
Descriptors: Students, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Learning
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Lihong Ma; Leifeng Xiao; Jian Liu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
With the widening urban-rural gap caused by urbanisation, the equity of urban-rural education has become a research hotspot. This study explored the differences in motivational beliefs about English learning among Chinese urban and rural students and the impact of motivational beliefs on their English performance. A total of 6326 urban and 2600…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Susilawati; Aznam, Nurfina; Paidi – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
It should be noted that learning outcomes are not students' only achievement; attitude is also the main output in learning. This research explores students' attitudes toward science learning based on gender and the grade level of schools in Aceh, Indonesia. The participants are 1,023 students from the sixth grade of primary schools and the eighth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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XIA, Qi; Chiu, Thomas K. F. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) education is still in the exploratory stage for K-12 schools. There is a serious lack of studies that informed schools teachers about AI curriculum design. Accordingly, this paper presented an AI curriculum and examined whether the curriculum improves students' perceived AI knowledge, attitudes, and motivation towards…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
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Green, Cathrin D.; Thornton, Keely; Fredrick, Joseph W.; Wiggs, Kelsey K.; Smith, Zoe R.; Langberg, Joshua M.; Becker, Stephen P. – School Mental Health, 2023
A growing body of research demonstrates that school climate is associated with adolescent mental health. Much of the extant literature have focused on identifying risk factors for adverse mental health outcomes, whereas much less work has been done examining factors that are important to foster adolescents' strengths and thereby increase the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Educational Environment, Prediction, Psychological Patterns
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Bostan, Cristina Maria; Stanciu, Tudor; Andronic, Razvan-Lucian – SAGE Open, 2021
Concordant with classical theoretical guidelines (i.e., social facilitation, social constructivism theory, and the Pygmalion effect) we tested the need for competition and perception of being valued by teachers to be better motivated for learning in school. We extend knowledge by testing these associations mediated by the social economic status…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Grade 8, Correlation, Adolescents
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Schneider, Sascha; Nebel, Steve; Meyer, Selina; Rey, Günter Daniel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
According to self-determination theory, both provision of choice and reduced task difficulty facilitate learners' motivation via an increase in 2 basic psychological needs. This study examines the moderating role of the autonomy-changing effect of "choice" on the competence-altering effect of differences in "perceived task…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Multimedia Materials, Learning Motivation, Multimedia Instruction
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Maltar Okun, Tanja; Rijavec, Majda; Caleta, Marko – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2022
The students' attitudes towards school subjects may influence their behaviour and various educational outcomes. The research aimed to test students' attitudes towards the subjects of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, and to examine the associations between those attitudes and students' learning strategies and grades achieved. The study included 245…
Descriptors: Correlation, Learning Strategies, Scientific Attitudes, Biology
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