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Direct linkFréchette-Simard, Catherine; Plante, Isabelle; Duchesne, Stéphane; Chaffee, Kathryn E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study aimed to examine the evolution of test anxiety during the transition to secondary school, a challenging period that includes a set of contextual factors that could potentially increase students' test anxiety. In addition, to further understand the contribution of different individual factors that might increase the susceptibility to…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Predictor Variables, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Larose, Simon – Educational Psychology, 2022
This study examined the cross-lagged relationships between students' autonomous motivations (intrinsic motivation and identified regulations) and approach goals (mastery and performance) in school. The sample included 449 students (52% girls) in Grades 7 and 8 (secondary 1 and 2). Results showed that intrinsic motivation (IM) positively predicted…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personal Autonomy, Student Motivation, Grade 7
Download full textIrvine, Jeff – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2019
One of the primary goals of teacher education is to aid preservice candidates in formulating a personal philosophy of teaching that is research-based. Teacher candidates should recognize that their philosophy of teaching and learning must be grounded in research-affirmed theory, certain dimensions of which (e.g., motivation) are critical to…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Theories, Models, Preservice Teachers
Hoferichter, Frances; Raufelder, Diana; Eid, Michael; Bukowski, William M. – School Psychology International, 2014
This cross-national study investigates the perception of the impact of students' relationships towards teachers and peers on scholastic motivation in a total sample of 1477 seventh and eighth grade German (N?=?1088) and Canadian (N?=?389) secondary school students. By applying Multigroup Confirmatory Latent Class Analysis in Mplus we confirmed…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Class Size, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
Burger, John M.; Nadirova, Anna; Keefer, Kateryna V. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
The Student Orientation to School Questionnaire (SOS-Q) is a multidimensional student-centered assessment tool for measuring psychosocial facilitators of student engagement. The SOS-Q is based in research on the self-system models of motivation and direct student input on perceived supports and barriers for high school completion. The current…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Academic Persistence
Cross, Thomas S. – 1983
A study investigated students' reactions to the addition of nontraditional games (played in and traditional to another country) to the physical education curriculum. Seventh grade students in Australia were introduced to game development, skills, and present status of two sports, 'Midget' Hockey, a modified version of Canadian ice hockey, and…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Roth, Wolff-Michael; Lee, Stuart – 2001
A central fallacy of traditional science education is its focus on laboratory science as the touchstone against which science teaching and learning should be compared. This approach teaches students to see the world with the eyes of science rather than to build their own view of the world; it favors students becoming conformist rather than…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
