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Boncquet, Michiel; Lavrijsen, Jeroen; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Verschueren, Karine; Soenens, Bart – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022
Although it has been hypothesized that gifted students are at risk for adopting a fixed mind-set, research revealed inconsistent results. We aimed to clarify this by differentiating between two operationalizations of giftedness (high cognitive ability and formal identification as gifted) and how these relate to students' beliefs about intelligence…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
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Sass, Wanda; Pauw, Jelle Boeve-de; Maeyer, Sven De; Petegem, Peter Van – Environmental Education Research, 2021
Action competence consists of the knowledge, willingness, and self-efficacy for contributing to a controversial issue such as sustainable development. As such, action competence in sustainable development (ACiSD) is a desired outcome of education for sustainable development (ESD). Still, the scarce instruments for measuring ACiSD that have been…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Sustainable Development, Early Adolescents
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Thomas, Valérie; Muls, Jaël; De Backer, Free; Lombaerts, Koen – Educational Studies, 2020
Parents play an important part in adolescents' life and significantly contribute to youngsters' academic success. However, parents' and students' perceptions regarding parental involvement may differ and how these perceptions are related to school achievement and wellbeing have been poorly researched. Therefore, self-report measures assessing…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation