Download or read book Students Perceptions of Academic Competition and Academic Cooperation in the Middle School written by Clarence Edward Golden and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Middle School Students Perceptions about Competition in Physical Education written by Sara Elizabeth Alkire and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Middle School Students Perceptions of an Academic Intervention Program written by Wilfridah Mbone Mucherah and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship of Academic Achievement to Student Perception of Competition in the Schools to Student Locus of Control Orientation and to Sex Differences in Eighth Grade Students written by Frances Louise Lowden and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of interest in Learning and Development written by K. Ann Renninger and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest is just emerging as a critical bridge between cognitive and affective issues in both learning and development. This developing "interest" in interest appears to be linked to an increasing concern for studying the individual in context, examining affective variables as opposed to purely structural features of text, analyzing the interrelationship of cognitive and social development, understanding practical applications of theories of motivation, and recognizing the importance of developmental psychology for the study of learning. This book addresses both how individual interest and interest inherent in stimuli (books, text, toys, etc.) across subjects affect cognitive performance. While the book's particular emphasis is on theory-driven research, each of the contributing authors offers a unique perspective on understanding interest and its effects on learning and development. As such, each has contributed a chapter in which particular questions in interest research are described and linked to a clearly stated theoretical perspective and recent findings. Relevant material from the broader literatures of psychology and education are analyzed in the context of these discussions. In addition, the introductory and concluding chapters build on the contributions to the volume by providing the basis of a coherent view of interest across genres such as stories and expository text, and domains as varied as play, reading, and mathematics.
Download or read book The Interrelationship of Middle School Students Perceptions of Teacher Relationships School Connectedness and Academic Achievement written by Amanda Boaz Batts and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developmental Dynamics of Students Perceptions of Classroom Practices Their Identity and Academic Engagement written by Krystal R. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the student body in the United States continues to become more diverse, it is critically important to understand the factors that influence African American and Latinx students' engagement, including what they bring to the classroom, and their perceptions of what is occurring in the classroom. During early adolescence, youth are making meaning and internalizing the proximal influences their classrooms have on their sense of self and subsequent academic outcomes. Among school variables, teaching quality accounts for some amount of variation in student achievement. This dissertation project explored whether there were gender differences among 205 middle school students' perceptions of classroom practices. The study also assessed whether differences in boys' and girls' perceptions of classroom practices had different influences on their self-systems (e.g., components of ethnic-racial identity and social efficacy with teacher), and classroom engagement. Study results suggest that boys and girls rate similar exposure to social-emotional classroom practices from their teachers, however invariance tests demonstrate these practices have different meanings for boys and girls. In addition, results indicate that exposure to social-emotional classroom practices is affirming for components of boys' ethnic-racial identity, such as their racial centrality, public regard, and private regard, which in turn predicted higher classroom engagement. Whereas for girls, classroom practices only affirmed their private regard which in turn predicted higher classroom engagement. Social efficacy with one's teacher did not mediate the association between classroom practices and classroom engagement as previously hypothesized for neither girls nor boys. This study also found that girls' grade level was an important covariate in the model, which implies there are important developmental considerations in the dynamic relationship between the classroom context and students' self-systems. Findings from this study suggest some important implications for policy and curricula development around teacher training and teaching practices that enhance academic and social outcomes for students of color. In particular, practices that encourage collaboration and sharing of ideas and knowledge among African and Latinx students are both developmentally, and culturally responsive for students' sense of self and engagement in class.
Download or read book Listening to Learners written by Georgia Lee Eshelman and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Middle School Educators Perceptions of Teacher Collaboration on Student and Teacher Learning written by Heidi Capetola and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine middle school educators' perceptions of the impact of teacher collaboration on student and teacher learning. This qualitative research study investigated the perceptions of middle school educators serving as language arts, reading, science, social studies, or mathematics teachers and principals and assistant principals. The study was conducted in 3 middle schools with a grade structure of 6-8 in southeastern Pennsylvania. Seven administrators and 64 teachers participated in the questionnaire portion of the study. Individual interviews with 15 participants (12 teachers and 3 administrators) provided additional insights on their perceptions. Results of the study indicated that middle school educators perceived collaboration as a vehicle for positively impacting the professional development of teachers and for increasing student learning. The research findings also suggested that many educators perceived specific benefits of teacher collaboration to be improvement of individual teaching skills based upon knowledge gained from colleagues, clearer goals for student learning, and increased reflection on the teaching and learning process. The findings also identified challenges to collaboration which include establishing trust, possessing a willingness to change, and openness to new ideas. The data also revealed areas of needed growth in collaborative practices which include ensuring teachers share student work and analyze data during collaborative time. Results also indicated that teachers are appreciative of the time given for collaboration with their colleagues, but often there is little administrative involvement and direction for how to use collaborative time.
Download or read book Psychology of Academic Cheating written by Eric M. Anderman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who cheats and why? How do they cheat? What are the consequences? What are the ways of stopping it before it starts? These questions and more are answered in this research based investigation into the nature and circumstances of Academic Cheating. Cheating has always been a problem in academic settings, and with advances in technology (camera cell phones, the internet) and more pressure than ever for students to test well and get into top rated schools, cheating has become epidemic. At the same time, it has been argued, the moral fiber of society as a whole has dampened to find cheating less villainous than it was once regarded. Who cheats? Why do they cheat? and Under what circumstances? Psychology of Academic Cheating looks at personality variables of those likely to cheat, but also the circumstances that make one more likely than not to try cheating. Research on the motivational aspects of cheating, and what research has shown to prevent cheating is discussed across different student populations, ages and settings. Summarizes 50 years of academic cheating trends in K-12 and postsecondary institutions Examines the methodology of academic cheating including the effect of new technologies Reviews and discusses existing theories and research about the motivation behind academic cheating
Download or read book Voices from Middle School written by Jesse Straus Gainer and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Middle School Students Perceptions of Teachers Expectations as They Relate to the Academic Performance of African American Males written by Daphne N. VanDorn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Promoting Motivation and Learning in Contexts written by Gregory Arief D. Liem and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body of literature has pointed to the benefits of educational interventions in facilitating improvement in school motivation and, by implication, learning and achievement. However, it is now recognized that most extant motivation and learning enhancing intervention programs are grounded in Western motivational and learning perspectives, such as attribution, expectancy-value, implicit theories of intelligence, self-determination, and self-regulated learning theories. Further, empirical evidence for the positive impacts of these interventions seems to have primarily emerged from North American settings. The cross-cultural transferability and translatability of such educational interventions, however, are often assumed rather than critically assessed and adapted before their implementation in other cultures. In this volume, the editors invited scholars to re-assess their intervention work from a sociocultural lens. Regardless of the different theoretical perspectives and strategies they adopt in their interventions, these scholars are in unison on the importance of taking into account sociodemographic backgrounds of the students and sociocultural contexts of the interventions to optimize the benefits of such interventions. Indeed, placing culture at the heart of designing, implementing, and evaluating educational interventions could be a key not only to strengthen the effectiveness and efficacy of educational interventions, but also to ensure that students of a wider and more diverse range of educational and cultural backgrounds reap the benefits from such interventions. This volume constitutes the foundation towards a deeper and more systematic understanding of culturally relevant and responsive educational interventions.
Download or read book Focus on the Wonder Years written by Jaana Juvonen and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors describe some of the challenges and offer ways to tackle them, such as reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; and helping parents understand how they can help their children learn at home.
Download or read book Cultural Foundations of Learning written by Jin Li and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes fundamental differences in learning beliefs between the Western mind model and the East Asian virtue model of learning.
Download or read book Perceptions of Middle School Students Proximal Academic Abilities written by Sharon Renee Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
