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Butler, Ruth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Two studies were designed to extend Butler's (2007) model and measure of achievement goals for teaching, to recognize that teaching is an interpersonal endeavor, not just personal endeavor. In Study 1, results from 530 teachers in Israel confirmed the predicted 5-factor model comprising relational goals, whereby teachers aspire to create close and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Zepke, Nick; Leach, Linda – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Since the 1980s an extensive research literature has investigated how to improve student success in higher education focusing on student outcomes such as retention, completion and employability. A parallel research programme has focused on how students engage with their studies and what they, institutions and educators can do to enhance their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizenship, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship
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King, Donna – Studies in Science Education, 2012
Context-based chemistry education aims to improve student interest and motivation in chemistry by connecting canonical chemistry concepts with real-world contexts. Implementation of context-based chemistry programmes began 20 years ago in an attempt to make the learning of chemistry meaningful for students. This paper reviews such programmes…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Problem Based Learning, Learning Motivation, Chemistry
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Agranovich, Shoshana; Assaraf, Orit Ben-Zvi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
This study examines attitudes to school science classes amongst primary school children, based on the assumption that these will influence their attitudes and choices later in life. 1298 primary school students in grades 4-6 were given a Likert-type questionnaire and asked to provide verbal explanations for their agreement/disagreement with each…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science
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Katz, Idit; Buzukashvili, Tamara; Feingold, Liat – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This article presents 2 studies aimed at validating a measure of stress experienced by children and parents around the issue of homework, applying Benson's program of validation (Benson, 1998). Study 1 provides external validity of the measure by supporting hypothesized relations between stress around homework and students' and parents' positive…
Descriptors: Homework, Learning Disabilities, Construct Validity, Stress Variables
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Vedder-Weiss, Dana; Fortus, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Achievement goal theory distinguishes between mastery goals (the goals of developing competence) and performance goals (the goals of demonstrating competence) [Ames [1992] "Journal of Educational Psychology" 84: 261-271]. In this study, we employed this theory aiming to better understand why adolescents' motivation to learn science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement, Goal Orientation, Theories
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Katz, Yaacov J.; Yablon, Yaacov B. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to examine the efficiency of SMS based cell-phone vocabulary learning as compared to email vocabulary delivery and snail mail vocabulary delivery at the university level. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 241 first year university students studied English vocabulary in their mandatory English foundation…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Student Attitudes, Vocabulary, Learning Strategies
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Mulat, Tiruwork; Arcavi, Abraham – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
Many studies have reported on the economical, social, and educational difficulties encountered by Ethiopian Jews since their immigration to Israel. Furthermore, the overall academic underachievement and poor representation of students of Ethiopian origin (SEO) in the advanced mathematics and science classes were highlighted and described. Yet,…
Descriptors: Jews, Student Attitudes, Underachievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Eisikovits, Rivka A. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Little attention has been paid to teacher attitudes toward high-achieving culturally diverse student groups. This in-depth study focuses on the experience of Israeli teachers who tell the story of a decade and a half of educational work with their highly motivated, academically successful immigrant students from the Former Soviet Union. The paper…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Immigrants, High Achievement, Student Diversity
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Sharabi, Adi; Margalit, Malka – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This study evaluated a multidimensional model of loneliness as related to risk and protective factors among adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). The authors aimed to identify factors that mediated loneliness among 716 adolescents in Grades 10 through 12 who were studying in high schools or in Youth Education Centers for at-risk…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Interpersonal Communication, Structural Equation Models, Learning Disabilities
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Roth, Guy; Assor, Avi; Niemiec, Christopher P.; Deci, Edward L.; Ryan, Richard M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
The authors conducted 2 studies of 9th-grade Israeli adolescents (169 in Study 1, 156 in Study 2) to compare the parenting practices of conditional positive regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support using data from multiple reporters. Two socialization domains were studied: emotion control and academics. Results were consistent…
Descriptors: Socialization, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Student Motivation
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Fanta-Vagenshtein, Yarden – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2011
Language proficiency is a crucial factor for immigrants to integrate successfully in the new society in all aspects of life, especially in the labor market. As a result, there is great importance in acquiring the new language as quickly and effectively as possible. Several factors affect second language acquisition, including motivation, age,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Vedder-Weiss, Dana; Fortus, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
There is a growing awareness that science education should center not just on knowledge acquisition but developing the foundation for lifelong learning. However, for intentional learning of science to occur in school, out of school, and after school, there needs to be a motivation to learn science. Prior research had shown that students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
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Ghilay, Yaron; Ghilay, Ruth – Management in Education, 2010
This study attempts to examine six-year high school effectiveness as perceived subjectively by different stakeholders in three different schools. It examines the attitudes of principals, teachers, students and parents towards specific characteristics of the effective six-year high school: (1) collaboration between students and teachers; (2)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Parent Participation, School Effectiveness, Cooperation
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Shulman, Shmuel; Kalnitzki, Esther; Shahar, Golan – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
A one-year follow-up study examined the role of developmental challenges, personality (dependency, self-criticism, and personal efficacy), and support systems in adaptation among Israeli emerging adults (N = 236) participating in a preparatory academic program. Participants were assessed during their enrollment in the preparatory academic program…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Criticism, Young Adults, Family Relationship
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