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Moseley, Christine; Utley, Juliana – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an earth systems science course (integrated mathematics and science content) on preservice elementary teachers' mathematics and science teaching efficacy. Paired t-tests revealed that the personal mathematics and science teaching efficacy and science teaching outcome expectancy significantly…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Preservice Teacher Education, Earth Science, Mathematics
Yamamoto, Yoko; Holloway, Susan D.; Suzuki, Sawako – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
Studies conducted in the US consistently demonstrate that parenting self-efficacy and construction of the parent role are critical elements associated with parents' involvement in their children's elementary school education. Less is known about the dynamics of parent involvement during the preschool period, or in nations outside the US. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Participation, Preschool Children
Long, Joyce F.; Monoi, Shinichi; Harper, Brian; Knoblauch, Dee; Murphy, P. Karen – Urban Education, 2007
Although researchers report that motivational variables, such as interest and self-efficacy, positively relate to forms of achievement (e.g., standardized test scores, grades, number of problems solved correctly), other studies indicate that motivation's contribution to achievement is not consistent. Fewer studies, however, have examined these…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Self Efficacy, Gender Differences, Grade Point Average
Dennis, Michael L.; Foss, Mark A.; Scott, Christy K. – Evaluation Review, 2007
Using data from 1,162 people entering treatment and followed up (greater than 94%) for 8 years, this article examines the relationship between the duration of abstinence (1 month to 5 or more years) and other aspects of recovery (e.g., health, mental health, coping responses, legal involvement, vocational involvement, housing, peers, social and…
Descriptors: Coping, Religious Factors, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse
McLeod, Kevin; Huinker, Deann – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
There has been much debate in recent years as to the amount and type of mathematical knowledge that teachers need to acquire. One set of recommendations is provided by the Mathematical Education of Teachers (MET) report, produced jointly by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. This paper reports on efforts…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Teachers
Villasenor, Victor – 1994
This book contains memoirs about growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants in rural California, as well as stories that the author's parents told him about their childhoods and village life in Mexico. In a preface and introductory stories, the immigrant explains how his family culture sustained him during bad experiences in school, and describes…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Autobiographies, Early Experience, Family History
Russell, Gary F.; Shoare, Linda – 1994
This study presents results of research on the impact of Interactive Perceptual Psychology (IPP) on teachers. IPP is the psychology showing human behavior as the sum of internal energy derived from thinking, feeling, and acting. This energy comes from the interaction among 10 receptors found within each human being: (1) "man's" will; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Psychological Studies, Self Concept
Ginns, Ian S.; Watters, James J. – 1996
The main objective of this study was to explore the experiences of two novice elementary school teachers for factors related to self-efficacy and motivation to teach science. The experiences were analyzed for evidence of: (1) successful performance, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal as contributors to the development…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Williams, Janice E.; Coombs, William T. – 1996
The reliability of A. Bandura's Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Self-Efficacy (MSPSE) was studied using the Cronbach alpha measure of internal consistency. The divergent validity of the MSPSE was also examined using subscale correlations, and the construct validity of the measure was studied through application of principal axes factor…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Peterson, Shari L.; delMas, Robert C. – 1996
A path analytic study examined the effects of career decision-making self-efficacy on the retention of underprepared adults in postsecondary education. The initial sample consisted of 418 underprepared students enrolled in the developmental education unit of a large midwestern urban university who had been subjects of a 1991 study and who…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Career Choice, Decision Making
Butler, Deborah L. – 1997
This paper describes research evaluating one intervention model designed to promote self-regulated learning by postsecondary students with learning disabilities, the Strategic Content Learning (SCL) approach. SCL aims to teach students to engage recursively in the full set of activities central to self-regulation by providing calibrated…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Siu, Sau-Fong – 1996
This literature review assesses the state-of-the-art in research on Asian American students in public schools who are at risk of academic failure. Risk factors examined are language background, ability, history of schooling, timing and reasons for coming to the United States, emotional trauma and vulnerability, ethnic group affiliation, identity,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Educational Background
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1996
A training needs assessment instrument was developed by a school district (Lubbock, Texas) with 59 campuses that each plan and provide site-based staff development. The instrument was designed to obtain information regarding self-perceptions of educators' efficiency level in various professional teaching competencies/skills, and their…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Models
Evans, Karen S. – 1991
A study investigated how the introduction of a computer writing tool that provides metacognitive guidance to students interacting with it--the Writing Partner2 (WP2)--influenced the classroom environment, and explored both effects "with" and effects "of" working with such a computer tool. Data was gathered from an eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Grade 8
Lumsden, Linda S. – OSSC Report, 1995
A multitude of factors affect the attitudes and behaviors that students bring to the learning situation. This document discusses some motivation-related terms and concepts. It then examines several factors that affect students' basic beliefs about and attitudes toward learning. The first section differentiates between the following terms: ability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation