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Martin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
What is the relationship between academic buoyancy and academic adversity? For example, does the experience of academic adversity help build students' academic buoyancy in school--or, does academic buoyancy lead to decreases in subsequent academic adversity? This longitudinal study of 481 high school students (Years 7-12) investigated the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies
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White, Matthew Oliver – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2020
Academically engaging adolescents with learning difficulties continues to be a challenge for teachers and education authorities around the world. This paper reports on one part of a broader study to address the impasse present between research and practice in meeting the needs of adolescents with learning difficulties. Drawing on the mounting…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Positive Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
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Hardy, Ian; Lewis, Steven – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
This article provides insights into teachers' and school administrators' responses to the current "fetishisation" of school performance data in Australian schooling. Specifically, the research investigates the accountability practices that emerged in a Queensland metropolitan primary school in response to this broader focus upon…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Administrators, Educational Practices