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Kong, Leng Chee; Liu, Woon Chia – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
Using the self-determination theory (SDT), this study sought to understand motivational profiles and their links to psychological learning attributes. Participants were 90 secondary three (grade 9) students, aged 15 to 16 years old, from an elite all-girls school in Singapore. Hierarchical cluster analysis revealed three clusters of students with…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Academically Gifted
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Loh, Chin Ee; Sun, Baoqi; Majid, Shaheen – English in Education, 2020
Research on the gendered reading habits and preferences of boys and girls presents them as very different. This study focuses on the gendered reading habits and preferences of Singapore adolescent students (aged 12 to 17) to examine if such polarity exists in their reading habits. Drawing on survey data from 4830 adolescents in five secondary…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Habits, Adolescents, Preferences
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Poole, Millicent E.; Cooney, George H. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1987
Using an event-listing approach, this study examined the personal and societal future orientations of 15-year-old adolescents in Singapore and Sydney. Three aspects were examined: content, affect, and time span. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)