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Koul, Ravinder; Lerdpornkulrat, Thanita; Poondej, Chanut – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2016
There has been considerable research interest into the relationship between the parenting styles of Asians, and student motivation and achievement. The investigation presented in this paper contributes to the literature in this area by examining the influence of perceived parenting style on goal orientations and career aspirations of a sample of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Occupational Aspiration, Sex Role, Parenting Styles
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Lerdpornkulrat, Thanita; Koul, Ravinder; Sujivorakul, Chuchai – Australian Journal of Education, 2012
This study investigated the influence of entity beliefs, gender stereotypes and motivational goals on participants' self-efficacy in biology and physics and their career aspirations. Participants (n = 2638, males 46% and females 54%) were students enrolled in Years 10-12 of the academic science-maths stream in Thailand. Entity beliefs were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, High School Students, Sex Stereotypes
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Koul, Ravinder; Roy, Laura; Lerdpornkulrat, Thanita – Learning Environments Research, 2012
Researchers have reported persuasive evidence that students' perceptions of their classroom learning environment account for significant variance in cognitive and affective outcomes (e.g. intrinsic motivation, self-concept, liking for particular subjects and students' intention to drop out). The study reported in this paper investigated the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
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Koul, Ravinder; Lerdpornkulrat, Thanita; Chantara, Soontornpathai – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
A student's motivational orientation is considered to be a predictor of a range of related education decisions, from attending classes to choosing a particular course or a profession. This survey study conducted with student volunteers (males = 519; females = 904) enrolled in secondary school science-math academic stream in Thailand investigated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Career Choice, Academic Achievement
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Koul, Ravinder; Clariana, Roy B.; Kongsuwan, Sak; Suji-Vorakul, Chuchai – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
This study was conducted with Thai students enrolled in undergraduate programs for industrial and technical education. Volunteer participants responded to surveys designed to elicit their personal goal orientations and their preferences regarding the thinking style of a competent professional, that is, a manager or supervisor. Participants (N =…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Technical Education, Epistemology, Goal Orientation
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Koul, Ravinder; Roy, Laura; Kaewkuekool, Sittichai; Ploisawaschai, Suthee – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This investigation examines Thai college students' motivational goals for learning the English language. Thai student volunteers (N = 1387) from two types of educational institutions participated in this survey study which combined measures of goal orientations based on two different goal constructs and motivation models. Results of two-step…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Multivariate Analysis, Student Volunteers