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Yang Qu; Varun Devakonda; Zeyi Shi; Beiming Yang; Qian Wang – Grantee Submission, 2022
Adolescence is often portrayed in a negative light in Western culture, with teens being viewed as rebellious and irresponsible. Yet, there is substantial cultural and individual variability in views of teens. The empirical research to date is limited in that it mainly examines whether teen stereotypes are influential at the individual level. Teen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Stereotypes, Student Adjustment
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Lei Xu; Massimiliano Tani; Yu Zhu – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
We investigate the effects of 'lecture-based' (LBT)--i.e. individual work and rote learning--vs. 'discussion-based' (DBT)--i.e. participative and focused on student-centred learning--teaching styles on the test scores and socio-economic inequality of middle-school students randomly assigned to classes using data from the China Education Panel…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Equal Education, Classroom Environment, Lecture Method
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Pan, Yangu; Liang, Shuang; Shek, Daniel T. L.; Zhou, Di; Lin, Xueqin – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Although school climate plays an important role in the development of adolescent prosocial behaviors and problem behaviors, little is known about the mechanisms underlying school climate's impact on such behaviors, particularly in Chinese adolescents. This study used a multi-informant approach to investigate the mediating role of social-emotional…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Prosocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
Sun, Jiqing – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
The transition between arithmetic and algebraic thinking is challenging for students. One notable difficulty for students is understanding algebraic symbols--pronumerals. Researchers are exploring pedagogical approaches in seeking to address this issue. The current paper is contributing to this body of literature by illustrating how an online card…
Descriptors: Algebra, Game Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Classroom Environment
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Qin, Xingna; Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia; Steglich, Christian; Zhang, Yunyun; Ren, Ping; Veenstra, René – Child Development, 2023
This study examined whether having vulnerable friends helps or hurts victimized and depressed (i.e., vulnerable) adolescents and whether this depends on classroom supportive norms. Students (n = 1461, 46.7% girls, 93.4% Han nationality) were surveyed four times from seventh and eighth grade (M[subscript age] = 13 years) in 2015 and 2016 in Central…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 8, At Risk Students
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Shi, Hui-fen; Fan, Cui-ying; Chu, Xiao-wei; Zhang, Xue-chen; Wu, Ling-ling – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Although substantive research has shown that a positive perceived school climate is an essential protective factor for cyberbullying among adolescents, little research revealed the mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study examined whether normative beliefs about aggression mediate the association between a positive perceived school…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Junior High School Students
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Sun, Mengting; Meng, Shuxin – Youth & Society, 2023
In tracing two Chinese rural middle school classes for 3 years, this study found the positive impact of adopting the algorithm-based mobile short video platform Douyin on rural adolescents' intrinsic motivation. The application's broad adoption has reshaped the social processes supporting adolescent users' intrinsic motivation and spontaneous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Student Motivation
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Sun, Dan; Ouyang, Fan; Li, Yan; Chen, Hongyu – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Pair programming is a collaborative learning mode to foster novice learners' computer programming. Previous empirical research has reported contrasting conclusions about the effect of pair programming on student learning. To further understand students' pair programming, this study uses a mixed method to analyze three contrasting pairs'…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Programming, Computer Science Education, Junior High School Students
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Jin, Dou; Bi, Yanling; Yan, Miao – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Recent research has shown that internal factors are important predictors of adaptation, but little research has studied the relationship between a sense of coherence and school adaptation. The present study examined the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. A total of 1,072 middle students completed self-report…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes, Parenting Styles
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Kim, Samuel; Spadafora, Natalie; Craig, Wendy; Volk, Anthony A.; Zhang, Li – School Mental Health, 2021
Bullying is a peer relational problem that can inflict psychological harm onto both those who are victimized and those who witness it occur. Fostering a positive classroom environment is an important protective factor in preventing bullying. Authoritative classroom climates may protect victimized and bystander youth from negative mental health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Discipline, Classroom Environment
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Zhou, Jianhua; Huebner, E. Scott; Tian, Lili – School Mental Health, 2020
Based on the interplay between achievement goals theory and social comparison theory, our study focused on how achievement goals relate to subjective well-being in the school context in Chinese adolescents. Specifically, we addressed a theoretical model that specified that academic social comparisons and self-esteem would serve as mediators in the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Well Being, Goal Orientation, Self Esteem
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Yang, Fuyi; Tu, Menglu – Educational Psychology, 2020
The present investigation linked grade, gender, and maths achievement to homework management strategies using data from 305 Chinese students in grades 7, 8, and 9. These strategies included arranging the environment, managing time, handling distraction, monitoring motivation, and controlling potentially interfering emotion. A three-way MANOVA…
Descriptors: Self Management, Homework, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
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Yang, Xinrong – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
This paper reports the findings of a study investigating junior secondary school students' perceptions of mathematics classroom learning environments in China. An adapted 'What Is Happening In this Classroom?' questionnaire was administered to a sample of 2324 junior secondary school students from 72 classrooms in six provinces. Data were analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Junior High School Students
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Liu, Ruth X. – Youth & Society, 2016
This study assesses the effects of attachment to paternal grandparents on Chinese adolescent adjustment in the domains of school bonding, peer associations, and self-views, and whether such effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Drawing on survey responses of 2,117 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attachment Behavior, Grandparents, Adolescents
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Yang, Xinrong – Learning Environments Research, 2015
This paper reports findings from a survey of how rural junior secondary school students in the western part of China perceive their mathematics classroom learning environments and associations of learning environment with their attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement. Using adaptations of the widely-used What Is Happening In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Junior High School Students, Student Attitudes
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