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Buric, Irena – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between test emotions and their proximal and distal antecedents in the math domain as proposed by the control-value theory of achievement emotions, using structural equation modeling. More specifically, it investigates the mediating role of cognitive appraisals of control and value in the…
Descriptors: Tests, Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Test Anxiety
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Buric, Irena; Soric, Izabela – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine the relationships amongst students' test emotions of hope and hopelessness, their antecedents of cognitive control and value appraisals and volitional strategies during learning, as well as their effects on academic achievement in the domain of mathematics, using the control-value theoretical framework. Sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Metacognition, Correlation
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Marusic, Mirko; Slisko, Josip – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
The Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (LCTSR) was used to gauge the relative effectiveness of three different methods of pedagogy, "Reading, Presenting, and Questioning" (RPQ), "Experimenting and Discussion" (ED), and "Traditional Methods" (TM), on increasing students' level of scientific thinking. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Science Instruction, Physics
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Vlahovic-Stetic, Vesna; Pavlin-Bernardic, Nina; Rajter, Miroslav – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2010
The aim of this study was to examine if there is a difference in the performance on non-linear problems regarding age, gender, and solving situation, and whether the multiple-choice answer format influences students' thinking. A total of 112 students, aged 15-16 and 18-19, were asked to solve problems for which solutions based on proportionality…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Geometric Concepts