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Direct linkDutrisac, Shannah; Bearden, Anomi G.; Borgel, Jazmyn; Weddell, Rob; Jones, Mark; Oddie, Scott – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Achieving adequate physical activity is an important health goal that many elementary school students are not meeting during the school day. The physical activity leadership (PAL) Program was designed to provide individually tailored supports to improve the quantity and quality of physical activity in schools, as well as promote improvements in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Individualized Instruction, Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy
Yang, Yanfei; Yuan, Yuan; Tan, Hongqi; Wang, Yili; Li, Guangzheng – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Student engagement not only improves student achievement but also affects the dropout rate. Positive classroom interaction between teachers and students enhances student engagement. The interaction between teachers and students is bidirectional, and student engagement can also affect teachers' classroom teaching behavior. Both student engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Bryce, Crystal I.; Alexander, Brittany L.; Fraser, Ashley M.; Fabes, Richard A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Hope--a multidimensional positive motivational state--is particularly salient with adolescents in the school setting. Cognitive hope focuses on goal attainment cognitions whereas behavioral hope focuses on actions required for goal attainment. Studies rarely examine the contribution of each type of hope to adolescents' academic functioning and…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Adolescents, Well Being
Darensbourg, Alicia M.; Blake, Jamilia J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
The achievement gap between African American and European American youth is a pervasive problem in the United States. This study explored how achievement values and behavioral engagement affect the academic attainment of an academically at-risk sample of 167 African American youth in late elementary school. Results indicate that achievement values…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, African American Students, White Students
Jenkins, Lyndsay N.; Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
The current study examined the link between academic enablers and different types of reading achievement measures. Academic enablers are skills and behaviors that support, or enable, students to perform well academically, such as engagement, interpersonal skills, motivation, and study skills. The sample in this study consisted of 61 third-,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Outcomes of Education, Achievement Need
Marchand, Gwen C.; Furrer, Carrie J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
This study explored the relationships among formative curriculum-based measures of reading (CBM-R), student engagement as an extra-academic indicator of student motivation, and summative performance on a high-stakes reading assessment. A diverse sample of third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students and their teachers responded to questionnaires…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Reading Achievement
Estell, David B.; Perdue, Neil H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
School engagement has long been seen as an important component of school completion, and research shows that social support in the home and school promotes engagement. However, many researchers have argued that it is not a unitary construct but rather a multifaceted phenomenon, and the role of peer social support has not been as well studied as…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Parent Influence, Teacher Influence, Social Support Groups
Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick; Jenkins, Lyndsay N. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study examined the relationships among academic enablers (i.e., engagement, interpersonal skills, motivation, study skills) and academic achievement in children with and without high levels of parent-rated symptoms of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity (Symptoms of IIH Group). The study included 69 participants (29 [42%] in the IIH…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Academic Achievement, Hyperactivity, Learning Motivation
Perdue, Neil H.; Manzeske, David P.; Estell, David B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
School engagement is an important theoretical and practical cornerstone to the promotion of school completion. The current study explores the influences of childhood peer relationships in the third grade predicting school engagement at Grade 5. Participants are among the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Health, Peer Relationship, Friendship
