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Megalakaki, Olga – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
The objective of this work was to highlight the conceptions of force held by students aged 10-17 years old, in situations where animate and inanimate objects interact. In the proposed experimental situations, we varied parameters such as the motion and position of an object and the agent's effort. We asked questions about both inanimate and…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Concept Formation, Preadolescents
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Govaerts, Sophie; Gregoire, Jacques – International Journal of Testing, 2008
This article describes the development and two studies on the construct validity of the Academic Emotions Scale (AES). The AES is a French self-report questionnaire assessing six emotions in the context of school learning: enjoyment, hope, pride, anxiety, shame and frustration. Its construct validity was studied through exploratory and…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Claes, Michel; Lacourse, Eric; Ercolani, Anna-Paula; Pierro, Antonio; Leone, Luigi; Presaghi, Fabio – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
The objective of this study was to investigate the links between maternal and paternal bonding, parental practices, orientation toward peers, and the prevalence of drug use and antisocial behavior during late adolescence. A model was tested using structural equation modeling in order to verify the robustness of the investigated links across 3…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Drug Use, Child Rearing