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Oliveira Pereira, Fernando – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2019
The structure of mental activity and the consequent development of its components functionally affect the quality of the students' performance. The aim of this research was to know the difference between some structural details of the psychological levels of the functionality of the students with and without learning difficulties. It is a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Problems, Cognitive Structures, Academic Aptitude
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Barbieri, Giuseppina Gerarda; Barbieri, Rosa; Capone, Roberto – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
In this article, we will describe the embedded case study of the European project "E-Magic" carried out within the Erasmus+ project and which involved 12-16 years old students and teachers from three nations: "Acharnes Special Education Vocational School" in Athens (Greece), IIS "L. Da VinciNitti", a high school in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Games
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Vilia, Paulo; Candeias, Adelinda A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The importance of attitudes and other variables of the affective domain in education is acknowledged for a long time. In this study, we used an attitude questionnaire to survey 498 Portuguese 9th-grade students to determine the predictive ability of the attitudes towards the discipline of Physics-chemistry on school achievement. Possible gender…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Student Attitudes, Factor Structure, High School Students
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Paulino, Paula; Sá, Isabel; Lopes da Silva, Adelina – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2016
Introduction: The self-regulation of motivation (SRM) is conceptualized as a meta-motivational process that guides students' efforts and persistence when performing tasks. This process regulates students' behavior through strategies that are influenced by motivational beliefs. SRM allows students to motivate themselves and guides their behavior.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy, Metacognition
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Pinto, Marta; Caramelo, João; Coimbra, Susana; Terrasêca, Manuela; Agrusti, Gabriella – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Europe has stressed the importance of lifelong learning as a way for its citizens to enrol and to engage fully in day-today demands of work and citizenship life events. Support is more urgent for those who are at risk of social and educational exclusion. This paper presents an overview on the goals of the European project LIBE "Supporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Low Achievement, Competence
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Esteves, Helena; Ferreira, Paulo; Vasconcelos, Clara; Fernandes, Isabel – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
Recognizing the relevance that fieldwork and field trips have in the teaching of geosciences and related learning processes, this study presents two geological fieldwork studies that were established with Portuguese secondary school students. Both studies were focused on geoscience content knowledge, and attempted to increase environmental…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes
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Pereira de Eca, Maria Teresa Torres – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2005
This article describes some of the conclusions reached from an experiment using portfolios for art external assessment at the end of secondary education (age 17+) conducted in five Portuguese schools in 2001-2003. Several positive outcomes were found. Students found portfolios to be motivating and fostering constructive learning, dialogue and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Professional Development, Teacher Education