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Ilter, Ilhan – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2023
This study investigated the mediation role of school absenteeism in the relationships between different types of amotivation and academic performance. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the hypotheses of study. Participants were 311 eighth-grade middle school students who were absent from school for at least three days during…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Attendance, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Tanya J. Reyes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educational systems are to prepare students for future success in our ever-changing world. Administrators must realize that before a student is willing to learn, crucial needs must be met, especially in low-socioeconomic areas such as the Rio Grande Valley. Some basic needs consist of food and shelter, which are vital for survival. Other needs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Grade 6, Grade 7
Role of Mathematics Motivation in the Relationship between Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Achievement
Khalid S. Al Umairi – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
The current study intended to investigate the mediation role of mathematics motivation through the relationship between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement. The sample of the study consisted of 374 eighth-grade Omani students, 180 females and 194 males. PLS-SEM was used to investigate the direct effect between mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Student Motivation, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement
Pey-Yan Liou; Jaehong Jang; Eunjung Myoung – International Journal of STEM Education, 2024
Students' mathematics and science motivational beliefs are crucial determinants of their school academic achievement in math and science. The current study aimed to identify the group memberships of students' motivational beliefs in math and science, which are closely related. Furthermore, this study probed the predictive effects of individual…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Grade 8
Ulas Ustun – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
This study investigates how self-efficacy and motivation predict students' science literacy and career expectations above and beyond their socioeconomic status. A structural equation model built on self-determination theory and self-efficacy was examined using PISA 2015 data from Finland and Japan. The study sample is 5882 and 6647 15-year-old…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10
Triinu Kilp-Kabel; Kaja Mädamürk – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between math anxiety and math achievement, highlighting differences in motivation based on age, and the mediating effects of task persistence as well as aspects of the expectancy-value theory. The students in the study (grade five N = 335, grade eight N = 251) were from Estonian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 8, Elementary School Mathematics
Anne Coffey; Shane Lavery; Leigh Sinclair – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
The level of engagement of students in schooling has long been associated with the type of educational outcomes achieved. This relationship is very apparent during early adolescence. It is during this developmental period that young people navigate the transition between primary and secondary school and may disengage from schooling. The Imagined…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Learner Engagement, Intervention, Student Attitudes
Exploring the Relationship between Mathematics Performance and Learning Style among Grade 8 Students
Ocampo, Evelina N.; Mobo, Froilan; Cutillas, Anesito L. – Online Submission, 2023
This study explored the relationship between mathematics performance and learning styles among Grade 8 students in the Philippines. The study used a descriptive correlation research design to achieve its objectives, which included determining the profile of Grade 8 students, identifying their learning styles, and examining the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Cognitive Style, Student Characteristics
Fernando Núñez-Regueiro – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Self-determination theory (SDT) proposes to explain the relations between motivational states and human development. In education, a central tenet of the theory is that experiencing autonomous motivation in school activities (i.e., genuine pleasure and enjoyment) fosters optimal learning processes, whereas experiencing controlled motivation (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Student Motivation, College Students, Secondary School Students
Lilla Bónus; Erzsébet Antal; Erzsébet Korom – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
This research focuses on "BioScientist," a digital game-based, inquiry-based learning program embedded in the biology curriculum that develops inquiry skills in 8th-grade students. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate a combination of elements of digital game-based learning (DGBL) with inquiry-based learning (IBL) through…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Game Based Learning, Video Games, Inquiry
Al-Darei, Iman Said; Ahmed, Abdelrahman Mohamed – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2022
This study investigated the effect of different types of feedback in an e-learning environment in enhancing students' achievement and motivation in the Information Technology subject. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design. The sample consisted of 97 eighth-grade students enrolled in Sarah Umm Ishaq Basic Education School in the Al…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Feedback (Response)
Kaynak, Ümre; Kaynak, Semih; Sevgili Koçak, Seda – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2023
While it is well established that positive peer relationships lead to positive outcomes, little is known about the mediating role of school motivation on the association between perceived peer support and school achievement among middle grades students. Even less is known about the effect of gender on this mediation. The current study examined…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, Student Motivation
Kenneth D. Hale – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Throughout the United States, dual enrollment programs enable high school students to earn college credit by completing college classes while in high school. In 2015, the State of Ohio expanded grade-level eligibility to participate in the state's dual enrollment program, College Credit Plus, to seventh- and eighth-grade students. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Grade 8, College Readiness, Student Attitudes
Glona Lee-Poon; Sandra D. Simpkins – Developmental Psychology, 2024
The heterogeneity in the developmental trajectories of math motivational beliefs (i.e., expectancies for success and subjective task value beliefs) was examined among Asian and Latinx male and female students from Southern California across Grades 8 through 10 (n = 2,710; 50% female; 85% Latinx; 15% Asian; M[subscript age] = 13.77). By conducting…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Asian American Students
Fa Zhang; Yaoying Xu; Chin-Chih Chen – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Research shows that motivation is a critical precursor to students' science achievement. However, research on the topic yields ambiguous results in different cultural contexts. While the positive association between motivation and science achievement has been evidenced universally, the relatively predictive effect and strength of different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Science Achievement, Student Motivation