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Bembenutty, Hefer – Online Submission, 2005
This study examined the predictive association between gender, ethnicity, and homework parental involvement, self-regulated learning processes, and motivational beliefs among 10th grade high school students. It was predicted that students' motivational beliefs and self-regulatory processes would be significant predictors of students' math academic…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Standardized Tests
Tuss, Paul – 1993
This study utilized the flow theory of intrinsic motivation to evaluate the subjective experience of 78 academically talented high school sophomores participating in an 8-day summer research apprenticeship program in materials and nuclear science. The program involved morning lectures on such topics as physics of electromagnetic radiation, energy…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Apprenticeships, Enrichment Activities, Field Trips
Uyeno, Russell; Zhang, Shuqiang; Chin-Chance, Selvin – Online Submission, 2006
Background: The Hawaii Department of Education (HDOE) launched its Hawaii State Assessment (HSA) in spring, 2002, within the context of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Act of 2001 and its mandates to close the "achievement gaps" between subgroups of students. Thus, it is important to investigate the extent to which student…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Poverty, Age Differences, Minority Group Children
Willms, Doug – 1982
This paper analyzes data from the "High School and Beyond" study on approximately 30,000 sophomores in 1,000 U.S. schools. The purpose is to explain the contradictory conclusions offered by two recent national studies on public and private schooling. The analysis examines differences between public and private school students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Educational Policy, Educational Status Comparison
Kupermintz, Haggai; And Others – 1994
This study demonstrates that the validity and usefulness of mathematics achievement tests can be improved by defining psychologically meaningful subscores that yield differential relations with student, teacher, and school variables. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) 8th- and 10th-grade math tests were subjected to full…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis
Forgasz, Helen J. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Findings from a survey administered to large numbers of grade 7-10 students are presented in this paper. The focus is on the students' attitudes towards the use of computers for the learning of mathematics. Background information was also gathered which allowed the students' responses to be analysed by a range of equity factors--gender, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8