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How the Learning Context Affects Adolescents' Goal Orientation, Effort, and Learning Strategies
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Schweder, Sabine; Raufelder, Diana; Kulakow, Stefan; Wulff, Tino – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Research has shown that there are positive associations between students' goals and learning behavior. However, less is known about these associations for adolescent students in competency-based learning compared to adolescent students in teacher-directed learning. The current study was conceptualized with the aim of getting more in-depth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies
How the Home Environment Shapes Students' Perceptions of Their Abilities: The Relation between Chemistry Capital at Home and Students' Chemistry Self-Concept
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Rüschenpöhler, Lilith; Markic, Silvija – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Participation in science is unevenly distributed among secondary school students, depending on gender, social class, and ethnicity. In the present study, the influence of the home environment on students' chemistry self-concept is investigated as a factor for explaining participation in science. For this, the sociological lens of chemistry capital…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Influence, Secondary School Students, Scientific Attitudes
Reducing Homonegativity among German Adolescents: Results of a 6-Week Follow-Up Study
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Zmyj, Norbert; Wehlig, Raphaela – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2019
Bullying against lesbian and gay adolescents continues to be a problem in Western societies. Interventions to reduce homonegative attitudes could help to address bullying. We evaluated the effectiveness of a workshop against homonegativity in adolescents (N = 214) aged between 14 and 16 years in a pretest, posttest, follow-up design with a control…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Bullying, Adolescents, Followup Studies
Science vs. Sports: Motivation and Self-Concepts of Participants in Different School Competitions
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Höffler, Tim Niclas; Bonin, Victoria; Parchmann, Ilka – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Competitions are discussed as a measure to foster students' interest, especially for highly gifted and talented students. In the current study, participants of a cognitive school competition in science were compared to non-participants of the same age group (14-15) who either did not participate in any competition or who participated in a…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Self Concept, Competition, Athletics
Written Feedback in Mathematics: Mediated by Students' Perception, Moderated by Goal Orientation
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Rakoczy, Katrin; Harks, Birgit; Klieme, Eckhard; Blum, Werner; Hochweber, Jan – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Although feedback is a popular topic in educational research, the question of how and on what conditions feedback in mathematics affects learning seldom has been addressed. In this study, we investigated: (1) whether process-oriented feedback in mathematics leads to greater interest and higher achievement development compared to social-comparative…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
Extracurricular Participation and the Development of School Attachment and Learning Goal Orientation: The Impact of School Quality
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Fischer, Natalie; Theis, Désirée – Developmental Psychology, 2014
School motivation and attachment typically decline after the transition to middle school. According to the stage-environment fit approach, extracurricular activities are supposed to promote motivation. However, research has shown that the effects depend on the quality of the activities, which usually is measured by assessing students' individual…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, School Attitudes, Goal Orientation