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Understanding the Role of Personal Best (PB) Goal Setting in Students' Declining Engagement: A Latent Growth Model
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Burns, Emma C.; Martin, Andrew J.; Collie, Rebecca J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
There is a well-documented developmental decline in engagement among adolescents throughout secondary school. Given this pattern of engagement poses problems for both student well-being and their academic outcomes, it is important to examine potential strategies to address this decline. As a growth-oriented strategy, personal best (PB) goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Adolescents
Academic Buoyancy in High School: A Cross-Lagged Multilevel Modeling Approach Exploring Reciprocal Effects with Perceived School Support, Motivation, and Engagement
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Bostwick, Keiko C. P.; Martin, Andrew J.; Collie, Rebecca J.; Burns, Emma C.; Hare, Nicole; Cox, Samuel; Flesken, Anaïd; McCarthy, Ian – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The present longitudinal study examined the reciprocal relationships among students' academic buoyancy, their perceptions of school support (learning support, teacher relational support, school belonging, and classroom management), and their motivation and engagement (perseverance, perceived competence, valuing of school) across 1 year of school.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Resilience (Psychology), Social Support Groups, Student Motivation
Growth Goal Setting in High School: A Large-Scale Study of Perceived Instructional Support, Personal Background Attributes, and Engagement Outcomes
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Martin, Andrew J.; Burns, Emma C.; Collie, Rebecca J.; Bostwick, Keiko C. P.; Flesken, Anaïd; McCarthy, Ian – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The present investigation examined the role of teachers' instructional support (student reports of relevance, organization and clarity, feedback-feedforward) in predicting students' growth goal setting and, in turn, the roles of instructional support and growth goal setting in predicting students' academic engagement (perseverance, aspirations,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Goal Orientation, Socioeconomic Status, Feedback (Response)
Load Reduction Instruction in Science and Students' Science Engagement and Science Achievement
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Martin, Andrew J.; Ginns, Paul; Burns, Emma C.; Kennett, Roger; Pearson, Joel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Among a sample of 2,071 Australian high school students nested within 188 science classrooms, the present study explored the role of science teachers' "load reduction instruction" (LRI; instruction that seeks to reduce cognitive load by appropriately balancing explicit instruction with guided autonomy) in student- and classroom-level…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Learning Processes, Learner Engagement, High School Students
Conducting Research in a Medical Science Museum: Lessons Learned from Collaboration between Researchers and Museum Educators
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Durksen, Tracy L.; Martin, Andrew J.; Burns, Emma C.; Ginns, Paul; Williamson, Derek; Kiss, Julia – Journal of Museum Education, 2017
Museums promote co-learning through the construction of a social community, one that involves personal, physical, and sociocultural contexts. As researchers and museum educators, we report some of our contextual reflections and recommendations that emerged from our collaborative learning experience of conducting research in a medical science…
Descriptors: Museums, Medicine, Science Education, Partnerships in Education
Growth Goals and Growth Mindset from a Methodological-Synergistic Perspective: Lessons Learned from a Quantitative Correlational Research Program
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Martin, Andrew J.; Collie, Rebecca J.; Durksen, Tracy L.; Burns, Emma C.; Bostwick, Keiko C. P.; Tarbetsky, Ana L. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2019
This review explores predictors and consequences of students' growth goals and growth mindset in school with particular emphasis on how correlational statistical methods can be applied to illuminate key issues and implications. Study 1 used cross-sectional data and employed structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the role of growth…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Student Educational Objectives, Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis