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What Makes Students Engaged in Learning? A Time-Use Study of within- and between-Individual Predictors of Emotional Engagement in Low-Performing High Schools
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Park, Sira; Holloway, Susan D.; Arendtsz, Amanda; Bempechat, Janine; Li, Jin – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Adolescents' emotional engagement plays a critical role in promoting their academic performance as well as overall psychological wellbeing. As a part of a 3-year longitudinal study, this study drew upon self-determination theory to examine three psychological predictors of emotional engagement within specific learning contexts. Ninety-four, low…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Learner Engagement
Mexican-American Students' Perceptions of Teachers' Expectations: Do Perceptions Differ Depending on Student Achievement Levels?
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Bae, Soung; Holloway, Susan D.; Li, Jin; Bempechat, Janine – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
This exploratory study examines the learning beliefs of high and low achieving, low-income Mexican-American students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 ninth grade students. The qualitative analysis shows that students' perceptions of their teachers' expectations of a "good" student or a "not so good" student did not differ along…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Mexican Americans