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Guo, Xipei; Deng, Wenbo; Hu, Kaifu; Lei, Weina; Xiang, Shuoqi; Hu, Weiping – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
With the urgent goal of increasing student retention within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, STEM identity is highlighted as a powerful source of student persistence. Since chemistry is an important part of the STEM discipline, a growing body of research has focused on chemistry identity. However, we currently know…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Metacognition, Science Education, Self Concept
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Getie, Addisu Sewbihon – Cogent Education, 2020
This study aimed at investigating on factors affecting the attitudes of grade 10 students towards learning EFL in Debremarkos Comprehensive Secondary School in Debre Markos town, Ethiopia. The researcher randomly selected 103 sample students (10%) out of the total population (1030) for the study. In order to gather data, a questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Daschmann, Elena C.; Goetz, Thomas; Stupnisky, Robert H. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Background: Boredom has been found to be an important emotion for students' learning processes and achievement outcomes; however, the precursors of this emotion remain largely unexplored. Aim: In the current study, scales assessing the precursors to boredom in academic achievement settings were developed and tested. Sample: Participants were 1,380…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Validity, Learning Processes, Grade 5
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Neber, Heinz; He, Jing; Liu, Bang-Xiang; Schofield, Neville – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2008
The present study investigates whether Chinese high-school students are self-regulated learners. A social-cognitive model that distinguishes environmental, motivational, and cognitive components of this active approach to learning is described. This provides an appropriate framework for investigating this complex issue with eighth and tenth…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Physics