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Yanaoka, Kaichi; Saito, Satoru – Child Development, 2021
This study examined whether executive functions impact how flexibly children represent task context in performing repeated sequential actions. Japanese children in Experiments 1 (N = 52; 3-6 years) and 2 (N = 50, 4-6 years) performed sequential actions repeatedly; one group received reminders. Experiment 1 indicated that reminders promote flexible…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Sequential Learning, Children, Foreign Countries
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Guterman, Oz – International Review of Education, 2021
The examination of academic achievements is common in educational research literature, with most studies referring to grades (marks) as measures of success. In addition, outside the realm of research, a student's grades are usually the main criteria for admission to education programmes, nomination for honours (passing above ordinary level), award…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Definitions, Student Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Doan, Kurt B. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2021
In this chapter, the author examines the extent to which community colleges invite students to share their sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, and the barriers to collecting such data. The author also underscores the important role that higher education professionals, particularly those in institutional research, can play in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, LGBTQ People, Two Year College Students
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Hornberger, Robert S. – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2021
Missouri State University (MSU) began developing a strategic enrollment management (SEM) plan at the beginning of the fall 2019 semester and completed this initiative in December 2020. The impetus of the plan was a changing landscape in enrollment and recognition of the need to respond with intentionality. The university approached the plan by…
Descriptors: State Universities, Enrollment Management, Strategic Planning, Administrative Organization
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Miller, Michael T. – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2021
New faculty orientation programs can serve as an important introduction to an academic community. They can create expectations, provide exposure to technical assistance, and welcome faculty members to new communities. The current study explored new faculty orientation programs, cataloging their activities to identify the most common practices in…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Orientation, College Faculty, Research Universities
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Portey, Amy – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2021
School administrators can take specific actions in the areas of goal setting, professional development, performance feedback, and collective teacher efficacy, which will increase teacher motivation. Positive relationships among staff, and between staff and administration, can be a product of a leader's actions in regards to these areas. This safe…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Teacher Motivation, Goal Orientation, Faculty Development
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Mariano, Jenni Menon; Damiani, Taylor; Boyer, Margaret – Youth & Society, 2021
In theory, purpose has implications for fostering good character, yet almost no research considers this proposition. This study examined character strengths in interviews with eight adolescent and young adult purpose exemplars and with informants who know them well. Most mentioned, general, typical, and variant strength occurrences were compared…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Adolescent Development, Personality Traits
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Wang, Qi – Child Development Perspectives, 2021
The development of autobiographical memory is a culturally constructive process in which children learn to remember and share their personal experiences in culture-specific ways. In this article, I present a theoretical model that situates children's independent recall and joint reminiscing with parents in the cultural context. Built on…
Descriptors: Memory, Experience, Children, Cultural Influences
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Eubanks, David – Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning, 2021
Limitations of assessment reporting are analyzed in order to reorient practice toward improving the equity of student success. Reporting practice is contextualized by scholarship within assessment and accreditation organizations, and the implicit assumptions driving current practice are examined. Two novel findings are presented: an assessment of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Success, Equal Education, Goal Orientation
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Marley, Scott C.; Wilcox, M. Jeanne – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study examines family and peer academic social supports as correlates of academic motivation and first-semester GPA. Design/methodology/approach: Using a correlational design, 468 first-semester college students completed an online survey. Demographic characteristics, high school GPA and first-semester GPA were gathered from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Peer Relationship, College Freshmen, Student Motivation
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Jørgensen Olsen, Thomas Mangor; Mehus, Ingar – Education Sciences, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between differential achievement goals and self-regulated learning, as well as motivational mechanisms' consequences for performance in physical education. This was done by using the 2 × 2 achievement goals framework, and the cyclical model for self-regulated learning. The participants (N =…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Physical Education, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies
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Hutner, Todd L.; Sampson, Victor; Baze, Christina L.; Chu, Lawrence; Crawford, Richard H. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Calls for engineering integration in pre-collegiate science courses are being made across the globe. The success of such efforts depends heavily on science teachers changing their instructional practices to include engineering. We conjecture when a science teacher chooses to make instructional change, including a change to integrate engineering…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Engineering
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Mohammadi, Mohadeseh; Borujeni, Mehdi Rafei; Movahedi, Ahmadreza; Salehi, Hamid – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of easy goals versus difficult goals on acquisition and retention of basketball free throws in children with intellectual disability. Twenty-one children with intellectual disability were randomly assigned to an easy goals or difficult goals group. The participants were required to…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Difficulty Level, Skill Development, Athletics
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Xu, Jianzhong – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
The aim of our investigation is to identify teacher motivation profiles towards information technology, according to achievement goal and expectancy-value theories. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was applied to examine if homogenous latent profiles exist within a sample of 866 teachers in China. Four distinct profiles of teachers were identified:…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Goal Orientation
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Aykin, Alparslan Gazi; Kasik, Ahmet – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
Political behaviors have an important place in human life in terms of providing benefits. For this reason, while political behaviors are revealed in achieving the desired goals, the importance of political skill increases. In the organizational field, especially the political skill levels of the managers are seen as an important factor in the…
Descriptors: Political Influences, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Goal Orientation
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