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Leenknecht, Martijn J. M.; Snijders, Ingrid; Wijnia, Lisette; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Loyens, Sofie M. M. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
Student-teacher relationships in higher education take place in two embedded social contexts: the in-class environment and the educational institute in which the in-class environment is situated. The interplay between the two contexts and their association with students' motivation was studied in the current study. In a broad sample (N=597),…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, College Students, Student Motivation, Classroom Environment
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Kickert, Rob; Meeuwisse, Marieke; Stegers-Jager, Karen M.; Koppenol-Gonzalez, Gabriela V.; Arends, Lidia R.; Prinzie, Peter – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
Despite the frequently reported association of characteristics of assessment policies with academic performance, the mechanisms through which these policies affect performance are largely unknown. Therefore, the current research investigated performance, motivation and self-regulation for two groups of students following the same statistics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Foreign Countries, Psychology
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de Bruin, Anique B. H.; Kok, Ellen M.; Lobbestael, Jill; de Grip, Andries – Metacognition and Learning, 2017
Being overconfident when estimating scores for an upcoming exam is a widespread phenomenon in higher education and presents threats to self-regulated learning and academic performance. The present study sought to investigate how overconfidence and poor monitoring accuracy vary over the length of a college course, and how an intervention consisting…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, College Students, Progress Monitoring, Intervention
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Dijkhuis, Renee R.; Ziermans, Tim B.; Van Rijn, Sophie; Staal, Wouter G.; Swaab, Hanna – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Background: Autism is generally associated with poor functional outcome but little is known about predictors of quality of life, especially during early adulthood. This study was conducted to assess subjective quality of life during early adulthood in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and its relation with self-regulating abilities.…
Descriptors: Autism, Quality of Life, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Executive Function
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Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2007
The present studies were conducted to investigate students' conceptions of distinct constructivist assumptions. To that end, a questionnaire was developed containing statements about four constructivist assumptions: The importance of knowledge construction, cooperative learning, self-regulation, and the use of authentic problems together with…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Models, Factor Structure, Learning Motivation