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Alamettälä, Tuulikki; Sormunen, Eero – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-term development of online research skills among lower secondary school students and how various factors such as teaching interventions and students' self-efficacy, attitudes, information and communication technology (ICT) activity and gender are associated with development.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Research Skills, Online Searching, Intervention
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Ikävalko, Minna; Sointu, Erkko; Lambert, Matthew C.; Viljaranta, Jaana – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
Students' self-perceptions are a foundation for educational and psychosocial development. In order to investigate self-perceptions, we need to recognise the preconceptions (e.g. doubts and confidence) students hold about themselves. In this study, we examined 10-16-year-old students' (N=599) self-perceptions from the viewpoints of the sources of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Management, Age Differences, Elementary School Students
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Laine, Erkka; Veermans, Marjaana; Lahti, Aleksi; Veermans, Koen – Frontline Learning Research, 2017
A declining trend in adolescents' interest in science learning and attitudes towards science-related careers has been reported during recent years. There has been a call for more motivating learning environments that inspire students to develop interest towards science. This study examines students' interest development in STEM subjects in an…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Interests
Merenluoto, Kaarina – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
This pilot study determined some typical cognitive-motivational profiles of Finnish lower secondary students dealing with fractions and decimal numbers. Forty seven students from grades 7-9 participated in a number concept test, where also the motivational aspects, such as self-efficacy, certainty and tolerance were measured. Four distinctively…
Descriptors: Profiles, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students