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Streck, Hannah; Kessels, Ursula – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
According to attributional theory, when the application of effort leads to success we praise the achievement. Effort and ability, however, are seen as compensatory and thus, paradoxically, being praised can lead to attributions of low ability. Our study investigates whether praise, not for academic performance, but for social classroom behavior,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Students, Student Behavior
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Ikonen, Kirsi; Leinonen, Risto; Hirvonen, Pekka E.; Asikainen, Mervi A. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
In this study, Finnish ninth graders' and their school guidance counselors' views concerning ninth graders' perceptions of gender-appropriateness of occupations were examined. Special interest was placed on evaluating if ninth graders bring out any gender stereotypical perceptions regarding science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Student Attitudes, Sex Stereotypes
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Yoon, Junghyun – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
Drawing on cross-cultural qualitative research in comprehensive (primary and middle) schools in Finland and Korea, this article explores students' peer relationships as well as tensions and negotiations that occur between student agency and school control. Based on school observations and interviews with students and teachers, this article…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Schools
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Ispa-Landa, Simone – Sociology of Education, 2013
Relational theories of gender conceptualize masculinity and femininity as mutually constitutive. Using a relational approach, I analyzed ethnographic and interview data from male and female black adolescents in Grades 8 through 10 enrolled in ''Diversify,'' an urban-to-suburban racial integration program ("n" = 38).…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, African American Students, Racial Factors, Urban Schools
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Aasebo, Turid Skarre – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
In this ethnographic study conducted in two classrooms in Norway, grade nine (14-year-olds) in lower secondary school and the first year (16-year-olds) of upper secondary school, attention is drawn to how classroom culture is constituted through relationships between students. Through processes of power, dominance, hegemony and marginalisation,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Grade 9