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Direct linkWouters, Sofie; Colpin, Hilde; Van Damme, Jan; Verschueren, Karine – Educational Psychology, 2015
The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) model predicts students' academic self-concept to be negatively predicted by the achievement level of their reference group, controlling for individual achievement. Despite an abundance of empirical evidence supporting the BFLPE, there have been relatively few studies searching for possible moderators.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Males, Grade 6
Phan, Huy Phuong; Ngu, Bing – Educational Psychology, 2014
The study of social cognitive theory has involved a number of inquiries, notably one of which concerns the formation and development of self-efficacy beliefs. Social cognitive theory indicates that we form our self-efficacy beliefs from four major sources of information: enactive performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Social Theories, Self Efficacy, Elementary School Students
Upadyaya, Katja; Eccles, Jacquelynne – Educational Psychology, 2015
This study investigated to what extent primary school teachers' perceptions of their students' ability and effort predict developmental changes in children's self-concepts of ability in math and reading after controlling for students' academic performance and general intelligence. Three cohorts (N?=?849) of elementary school children and their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Reading Ability
Chatzistamatiou, Mariza; Dermitzaki, Irini; Efklides, Anastasia; Leondari, Angeliki – Educational Psychology, 2015
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between elementary students' reported use of self-regulatory strategies in mathematics and their motivational and affective determinants. Participants of the study were 344 fifth- and sixth-grade Greek students. Students were asked to complete self-reported measures regarding the strategies…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Self Control, Correlation, Elementary School Students
Hornstra, Lisette; van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea; Volman, Monique – Educational Psychology, 2015
Although previous research has shown the potential of innovative learning for enhancing motivation and learning outcomes, further understanding is needed on which aspects of IL are most effective and whether these are equally motivating for different types of students. The present study investigated how developments in students' motivation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Student Motivation
Jansen in de Wal, Joost; Hornstra, Lisette; Prins, Frans J.; Peetsma, Thea; van der Veen, Ineke – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study's aim was to examine the prevalence, development and domain specificity of fifth- and sixth-grade elementary school students' achievement goal profiles. Achievement goals were measured for language and mathematics among 722 pupils at three points in time. These data were analysed through latent profile analysis and latent transition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Law, Yin-Kum – Educational Psychology, 2014
The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two types of cooperative learning groups used in reciprocal teaching (RT) classes (i.e. high-structured vs. low-structured groups) for enhancing students' reading comprehension. The participants were 235 Hong Kong Chinese Grade 6 students in nine classes. Reading comprehension tests and…
Descriptors: Role, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning
Yang, An; Li, Xiang; Salmivalli, Christina – Educational Psychology, 2016
Although knowledge on the psychosocial (mal)adjustment of bully-victims, children who bully others and are victimised by others, has been increasing, the findings have been principally gained utilising a single method to identify bully-victims. The present study examined the psychosocial adjustment of bully-victims (as compared with pure bullies…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Behavior Problems, Psychological Patterns
Liu, Chunhui; Xin, Ziqiang; Lin, Chongde; Thompson, Clarissa A. – Educational Psychology, 2013
Researchers debate whether one represents the magnitude of a fraction according to its real numerical value or just the discrete numerosity of its numerator or denominator. The present study examined three effects based on the notion that people possess a mental number line to explore how children represent fractions when they compare fractions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Arithmetic, Grade 6
Chen, Weiyun – Educational Psychology, 2014
This study examined the relationship between psychological needs satisfaction, motivational regulations in physical education and physical activity intention among elementary school students. A total of 291 elementary school students in grades 3-6 voluntarily completed the three measures. This study indicated that satisfaction of three basic…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Needs, Physical Education, Physical Activities
Stavrinides, Panayiotis; Georgiou, Stelios; Theofanous, Vaso – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aim of this study was to test the direction of effect in the relationship between bullying and empathy. The participants were 205 sixth-grade students, randomly selected from urban and rural schools in Cyprus. A six-month, two-time-point longitudinal design was used in which the participants completed the bullying subscale of the Revised…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Bullying, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Yin, Hongbiao; Lee, John C. K.; Zhang, Zhonghua – Educational Psychology, 2009
This study examines Hong Kong students' motivational beliefs, strategy use and their relations with two relational factors in classrooms--student learning community and teacher support and involvement. A total of 2206 Grade Four to Grade Nine students responded to a questionnaire that comprised three instruments, including two scales measuring…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Cerezo, Fuensanta; Ato, Manuel – Educational Psychology, 2005
Most researchers into bullying agree on its social implications and on some inner aspects of the aggressive situations. Methods of identifying bullying among peers used to be very costly in time and effort. In order to simplify the task, the Bull-S questionnaire has been elaborated. After its confirmation as a usable instrument in Spanish schools,…
Descriptors: Students, Questionnaires, Bullying, Foreign Countries
