NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Motivational Climate and Students' Emotional Experiences and Effort in Physical Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Liukkonen, Jarmo; Barkoukis, Vassilis; Watt, Anthony; Jaakkola, Timo – Journal of Educational Research, 2010
The aim of the study was to examine the impact of a self-determined motivational climate including support of autonomy, relatedness, task involvement, and ego-involving climate on students' affective responses and effort in physical education. The sample involved 338 sixth-grade students (11-12 years old) who completed a questionnaire battery…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Path Analysis
Elementary School Pupils' Evaluations of the Malleability of Their Academic Abilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kasanen, Kati; Raty, Hannu; Eklund, Anna-Leena – Educational Research, 2009
Purpose: This study set out to investigate pupils' evaluations of their academic abilities in different school subjects and their ratings of their potential for improving their performance in those school subjects. Sample: Twenty-eight pupils from the third grade (approximately age nine) and 30 pupils from the sixth grade (approximately age 12) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 3
Man and Nature: Cognitive and Emotional Elements in the Views of Twelve-Year-Old Schoolchildren.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Aho, Leena – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Studied viewpoints of 12-year-old Finnish students concerning the relation between man and nature and their own relation toward the natural world. Examined the cognitive level of thought processes, emotional considerations, and experiences shown in pupils' opinions. Found social, socio-economical, ecological, and ethical considerations had greater…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making Skills, Ecology, Elementary Education
Outcome and Attributional Disagreements between Students and Their Teachers.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Juvonen, Jaana – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
The outcome interpretations, attributions for the outcome, expectancies of future test outcomes, and perceptions concerning instrumental actions of four Finnish elementary school teachers and their 84 sixth-grade students were compared after a math exam. Disagreements between teachers and students on these points reflect biases on the part of…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Improving Reading through Thinking Aloud.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Silven, Maarit; Vauras, Marja – Learning and Instruction, 1992
Effects of training in thinking aloud on the development of reading skills were examined for 64 sixth graders in 2 Finnish towns. Trainees adopted five of seven text processing strategies they were taught and were most responsive when the trainer modeled thinking aloud and guided students in the activity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Deviance, Perceived Responsibility, and Negative Peer Reactions.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Juvonen, Jaana – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Three studies examined preadolescents for the relation between perceived deviance and negative peer reactions. In the first study, perceived deviance was related to social rejection. In the second and third studies, children's perceptions of responsibility for deviance predicted interpersonal affect and the degree to which the deviant person was…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries