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Pey-Yan Liou; Jaehong Jang; Eunjung Myoung – International Journal of STEM Education, 2024
Students' mathematics and science motivational beliefs are crucial determinants of their school academic achievement in math and science. The current study aimed to identify the group memberships of students' motivational beliefs in math and science, which are closely related. Furthermore, this study probed the predictive effects of individual…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Grade 8
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Sheehan, Helen; Riddle, Stewart – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
This paper examines the utility of Campbell's narrative construction of 'the hero's journey' as a conceptual apparatus to understand how international students from Confucian heritage cultures navigate their experiences in Western schooling systems like Australia. The hero's journey framework was used to investigate the commonalities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Secondary Education, Confucianism, Foreign Countries
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Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N.; Cai, Yuyang; King, Ronnel B. – School Psychology International, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether parents' utility value perceptions predicted their children's utility value perceptions, demonstrating social contagion effects. We also examined whether utility value would predict achievement. This is a cross-sectional study that utilized data from a subsample of adolescent students from…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Beliefs, Value Judgment, Predictor Variables
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You, Ji Won – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Persistence is an important indicator of academic success in higher education. Academic stress, which influences individuals' learning motivation and behaviors, is inevitable in college life; however, individuals handle it differently based on their expectancy and value beliefs. In this study, academic stress, academic self-efficacy, and task…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Stress Variables, Self Efficacy, Beliefs
Bong, Mimi – 2002
Contextual perceptions, motivational beliefs, and achievements of 389 female high school students in Seoul, Korea were examined longitudinally during an academic year. Contextual perceptions and motivational beliefs were assessed within the contexts of general school learning and specific school subjects. Overall, personal motivation beliefs were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Beliefs, Females