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Widlund, Anna; Tuominen, Heta; Korhonen, Johan – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Transitioning into adolescence while simultaneously facing greater academic demands as the level of education increases often entails both academic challenges and general declines in students' school-related well-being. Still, however, relatively little is known about the causal relationship between students' academic well-being (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Student Welfare, Learner Engagement, Burnout, Mathematics Achievement
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Susanna Toikka; Lasse Eronen; Päivi Atjonen; Sari Havu-Nuutinen – Cogent Education, 2024
This study examined the metacognitive knowledge of Finnish comprehensive school students and explored whether grade-based differences in metacognitive knowledge exist among 6th, 7th and 9th graders. Integrating qualitative (declarative, procedural, conditional) and contextual (person, task, strategy) frameworks, the research aims for a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Problem Solving, Instructional Program Divisions, Grade 6
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Virtanen, Tuomo; Pelkonen, Jenni; Kiuru, Noona – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This longitudinal study of 1,066 Finnish students examined bidirectional reciprocal relationships between changes in perceived supportive school climate and changes in self-reported truancy from the last year of primary school (Grade 6) to the last year of lower secondary school (Grade 9). The results of the random intercept cross-lagged panel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Truancy, Correlation
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Minna Kyttälä; Hanna-Maija Sinkkonen; Raisa Harju-Autti – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This study aims at investigating Finnish lower secondary grade students' (N = 469) emotional school well-being, social inclusion, and academic self-concept with regard to grade level, linguistic background, and needs for support. For collecting the data, a Finnish translation of the Perceptions of Inclusion Questionnaire for students was used. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Inclusion
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Ulmanen, Sanna; Soini, Tiina; Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhältö, Kirsi – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Effective social support from teachers, peers, and guardians is a key to promoting students' study wellbeing at school. However, little longitudinal research has examined the implications of distinctive combinations of social support for students' study wellbeing. To address this limitation, we measured multiple dimensions of school-related social…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Profiles, Well Being, Teacher Student Relationship
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Vuorinen, Kaisa; Hietajärvi, Lauri; Uusitalo, Lotta – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Previous research has shown that there is a link between usage of strengths and various positive outcomes, such as finding meaning and happiness in life. In our present study, we aimed to find out how usage of strengths is connected to general happiness with school-related factors as mediating variables. 418 Finnish students aged 10-16 filled a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Models
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Sommarström, Kaarina; Oikkonen, Elena; Pihkala, Timo – Education Sciences, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the utilization of the opportunities offered by teacher and school autonomy in entrepreneurship education with companies involved. The research question was: How do schools and teachers use their autonomy in the implementation of entrepreneurship education? This research question was complemented by two…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Professional Autonomy, Curriculum Implementation, National Curriculum
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Clem, Anna-Leena; Aunola, Kaisa; Hirvonen, Riika; Määttä, Sami; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Kiuru, Noona – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2018
This study investigated longitudinal associations between mathematics- and literacy-related causal attributions and self-concepts of ability among Finnish adolescents (N = 237). Questionnaires were administered to adolescents in Grades 7 and 9 to obtain information on their causal attributions and self-concepts of ability. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Attribution Theory, Longitudinal Studies
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Minttu Vänttinen; Leila Kääntä – Classroom Discourse, 2024
This study investigates the multimodal construction of blame attributions in peer interaction during digital tasks in English as a Foreign Language classrooms. Drawing on multimodal conversation analysis (CA), we examine how the force of blamings is manifested in and through the variety of resources used, and the role of digital devices in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4
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Lahtero, Tapio Juhani; Ahtiainen, Raisa Susanna; Lång, Niina – Educational Research and Reviews, 2019
This study looks at the views of Finnish comprehensive school principals on distributed leadership and presents discussion on the leadership training required by principals and looks at it in relation to the views of principals. In Finland the qualification requirements for principals are based on their experience as teachers, and studies in…
Descriptors: Principals, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership
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Zi, Yu – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2021
This study sets two main objectives to address this research gap in CLIL materials design: to identify and to evaluate teachers' approaches to text modification. The study focuses on four secondary teachers who teach non-language subjects to grades 7-9 in Finland, in English. The qualitative data consist of interviews and teaching materials…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Salmenkivi, Eero; Kasa, Tuija; Putkonen, Niina; Kallioniemi, Arto – Human Rights Education Review, 2022
In this article we examine the profiling of human rights and children's rights in religious education (RE) and its secular alternative in Finland. We use the term 'worldview education' to describe the combination of these subjects. We analyse what kinds of human rights and ethical issues are raised in Finnish worldview education. One specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Childrens Rights, Religious Education
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Koivuhovi, Satu; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina; Kalalahti, Mira – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Tracking pupils based on their abilities or other aptitudes is a common practice in many countries. In Finland, selective classes with a special emphasis have become popular. The societal and individual effects of tracking are a topic of ongoing educational discussion. Tracking has been seen to increase educational inequality, but still it has…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Track System (Education), Foreign Countries
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Honkasalo, Veronika – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
In Finland, Young people's sexuality education has not been examined from a multicultural perspective, with the exception of a few policy-oriented papers. This paper examines how cultural diversity is addressed in chapters on sexuality and sexuality education in Finnish health education textbooks. The analysis is based on material contained in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Sex Education, Cultural Differences
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Holopainen, Leena; Hakkarainen, Airi – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
This study explores the long-term effects of difficulties in reading and mathematical skills on educational achievement and successful graduation from secondary education as well as the role of special education in successful graduation. Study participants were all 16-year-old ninth graders from one Finnish city (N = 595; 302 females, 293 males)…
Descriptors: Special Education, Grade 9, Secondary School Students, High School Graduates
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