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Jiangping Chen; Chin-Hsi Lin; Gaowei Chen; Huafang Fu – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study explored the latent profiles of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies (cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational regulation) endorsed by Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) readers in a high-stakes testing environment, and also their associations with individual factors (gender, grade, reading proficiency, and motivational…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Gurantz, Oded; Hurwitz, Michael; Smith, Jonathan – Education Next, 2017
Helping raise the Hispanic college graduation rate is an urgent goal, given the persistently high rate of poverty among Hispanic families, growth of the Hispanic population to account for one in five college-age Americans, and mounting concerns about racial and economic inequality. The question is, how? One potential strategy involves helping high…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Graduation, College Graduates, Academic Persistence
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Gündüz, Nevin; Keskin, Muzaffer Toprak; Erdugan, Fuat – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The aim of this research is to investigate Investigation of Participation Motivations in Exercises of Students Participating in Archery in Extra Curricular Activities. While the study's universe consists of all 11th graders studying at High school, the sample includes 32 of the 11th grade students who participated in arrow shooting activities in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, Student Participation, Athletics
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Brown, Sarah Lee – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
The researcher interviewed two groups of eleventh grade students, in a rural Appalachian setting, who tended to score low on the state mandated high stakes/low stakes test to discover their efforts on the test, specifically in reading, and to obtain their opinions concerning the effects of a specific incentive or consequence. Before the eleventh…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, State Programs
Lutzke, Steven Ronald – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed-methods study investigated relationships among gender, academic motivation and achievement in a mid-sized Wisconsin high school. A questionnaire was developed that focused on perceived ability, achievement motives and achievement goals. Interviews with teachers focused on relationships among academic motivation and gender achievement.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Correlation, Gender Differences, Student Motivation
Neal, Kimberly L. – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this applied dissertation was to examine the effects of constructivist pedagogy when addressing the issues associated with below proficiency scores in basic skills in mathematics on the state exit exam. Scores of thirty-four 11th and 12th grade students who did not perform at the state-mandated levels of proficiency in basic skills…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Exit Examinations