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Cromley, Jennifer G.; Perez, Tony; Kaplan, Avi – Grantee Submission, 2016
Student cognition and motivation, as well as institutional policies, determine student course grades and retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. Regarding cognition, study skills relate to course grades, and grades relate to retention in STEM. Several aspects of motivation are related to both grades and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Science Achievement, Academic Persistence
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Katz, Idit; Kaplan, Avi; Gueta, Gila – Journal of Experimental Education, 2010
Self-determination theory provided the theoretical framework for a cross-sectional investigation of elementary and junior high school students' autonomous motivation for homework. More specifically, the study focused on the role of teachers' support of students' psychological needs in students' motivation for homework in the two school systems.…
Descriptors: Homework, Psychological Needs, Student Motivation, Junior High School Students
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Levy-Tossman, Inbal; Kaplan, Avi; Assor, Avi – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
This study investigated the relations between early adolescents' academic motivational orientations and an aspect of quality of friendship: intimacy. Two-hundred and three Jewish-Israeli seventh grade students responded to surveys asking them about their academic achievement goals and about characteristics of their friendships. Variable-centered…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Adolescents, Multivariate Analysis, Intimacy