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Bell, Debra A.; Kaplan, Avi; Thurman, S. Kenneth – Journal of School Choice, 2016
Working within a self-determination theory (SDT) framework, this study used cluster analysis to examine the naturally occurring types of homeschool-learning environments parents (N = 457) have created. Measures of support for student autonomy, mastery goal structure, and use of conditional regard were adapted for a homeschool context and used as…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Levy-Tossman, Inbal; Kaplan, Avi; Assor, Avi – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
This study investigated the relations between early adolescents' academic motivational orientations and an aspect of quality of friendship: intimacy. Two-hundred and three Jewish-Israeli seventh grade students responded to surveys asking them about their academic achievement goals and about characteristics of their friendships. Variable-centered…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Adolescents, Multivariate Analysis, Intimacy