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Direct linkMoliner, Lidon; Alegre, Francisco – Educational Psychology, 2022
In this study reciprocal peer tutoring was implemented in middle school mathematics classes for a six-month period. The effects of this methodology on students' mathematics achievements, mathematics anxiety levels, attitudes towards mathematics, and mathematics self-concepts were examined. Study participants included 768 students in grades 7-9…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement
Huang, Zhen; Wei, Xiangdong; Lu, Runhao; Shi, Jiannong – Educational Psychology, 2022
An increasing amount of research has indicated that the effectiveness of growth mindset (GM) intervention is sensitive to population characteristics. However, few studies have investigated whether GM interventions can be leveraged to promote academic performance among non-westerners such as Chinese students. Attuning to the Chinese background, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4
Parr, Alyssa; Amemiya, Jamie; Wang, Ming-Te – Educational Psychology, 2019
Emotions are central to how students experience mathematics, yet we know little about how specific instructional practices relate to students' emotions in mathematics learning. We examined how dialogic instruction, a socially dynamic form of instruction, was associated with four learning emotions in mathematics: enjoyment, pride, anger, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Psychological Patterns, Middle School Mathematics
Yang, Fuyi; Tu, Menglu – Educational Psychology, 2020
The present investigation linked grade, gender, and maths achievement to homework management strategies using data from 305 Chinese students in grades 7, 8, and 9. These strategies included arranging the environment, managing time, handling distraction, monitoring motivation, and controlling potentially interfering emotion. A three-way MANOVA…
Descriptors: Self Management, Homework, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Senlin – Educational Psychology, 2017
This study examined the effect of cognitive demand on situational interest and performance using running tasks in physical education. Adolescents (N = 179) participated in a field study involving three different levels of cognitive demand. Running performances and situational interest were measured four times with a testing interval of seven days.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Physical Activities, Physical Education
Marengo, Davide; Jungert, Tomas; Iotti, Nathalie O.; Settanni, Michele; Thornberg, Robert; Longobardi, Claudio – Educational Psychology, 2018
This study investigated the links between students' behavioral problems, student--teacher conflict, and students' involvement in bully, victim, and bully/victim roles in adolescence. The role of student-teacher conflict as moderator of the association between students' behavioral problems and their involvement in each bullying role was examined.…
Descriptors: Conflict, Teacher Student Relationship, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Stroet, Kim; Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; Minnaert, Alexander – Educational Psychology, 2016
Over the past decades, many schools have adapted towards social constructivism with the aim of enhancing students' motivation. There are a variety of perspectives in educational theory, with social constructivist views standing in contrast to traditional views. Hence, we compared students' motivation (levels and developments) in social…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Early Adolescents, Student Motivation
Petersen, Jennifer Lee; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Educational Psychology, 2017
Although many studies have documented developmental change in mathematics motivation, little is known about how these trends predict math performance. A sample of 288 participants from the United States reported their perceived math ability, math utility value and math interest in 5th, 7th and 9th grades. Latent growth curve models estimated…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
Dotterer, Aryn M.; Wehrspann, Elizabeth – Educational Psychology, 2016
The present study examined the extent to which parent involvement in education was directly and indirectly (via school engagement) related to academic outcomes in an effort to more fully understand the school experiences of urban adolescents. Participants (80% racial/ethnic minority; n = 108) were in grades 6, 7 or 8. In the Fall and subsequent…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship, Adolescents, Urban Youth
Bernacki, Matthew; Nokes-Malach, Timothy; Richey, J. Elizabeth; Belenky, Daniel M. – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the hypothesis that prompting students to self-assess their interest and understanding of science concepts and activities would increase their motivation in science classes. Students were randomly assigned to an experimental condition that wrote self-assessments of their competence and interest in science lessons or a…
Descriptors: Diaries, Student Motivation, Intervention, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
You, Sukkyung; Lim, Sun Ah; No, Unkyung; Dang, Myley – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study examined the relation of parental involvement with Korean adolescent academic achievement and self-efficacy, and the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in this relationship. We investigated the effects of parental involvement in both overall and domain-specific self-efficacy and academic achievement across three academic subjects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Adolescents, Academic Achievement
Raufelder, Diana; Sahabandu, Diomira; Martínez, Guadalupe Sánchez; Escobar, Victoria – Educational Psychology, 2015
It is well known that teachers frequently observe a decline in the scholastic motivation of many adolescent students, which in turn is often associated with a decline in students' individual school self-concept. In contrast, less is known about the association between students' individual school self-concept and school engagement, or the related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
