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Students' Achievement Goals in Relation to Academic Motivation, Competence Expectancy, and Classroom Environment Perceptions
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Sungur, Semra; Senler, Burcu – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2010
The present study aimed at investigating elementary students' academic motivation (intrinsic motivation, external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, and amotivation), achievement goals (mastery approach goals, mastery avoidance goals, performance approach goals, performance avoidance goals), competence expectancies, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Classroom Environment, Goal Orientation
The Contribution of Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Use to Students' Science Achievement
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Akyol, Gulsum; Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2010
This study examined the differences in the level of 7th-grade Turkish students' cognitive and metacognitive strategy use (rehearsal, elaboration, organization, critical thinking, and metacognitive self-regulation) in science and investigated the contribution of cognitive and metacognitive strategy use to students' science achievement. The present…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning, Cognitive Processes
An Analysis of Turkish High School Students' Metacognition and Motivation
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Sungur, Semra; Senler, Burcu – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
The present study aimed at investigating Turkish high school students' metacognition and its relation to achievement goals (mastery approach goals, mastery avoidance goals, performance approach goals, performance avoidance goals), perceived competence, and perceived classroom environment (challenge and threat). Metacognition was examined in terms…
Descriptors: High Schools, Troubleshooting, Academic Achievement, Metacognition
Turkish High School Students' Biology Achievement in Relation to Academic Self-Regulation
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Yumusak, Necmettin; Sungur, Semra; Cakiroglu, Jale – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This study aimed at investigating the contribution of motivational beliefs, cognitive, and metacognitive strategy use to Turkish high school students' achievement in biology. In order to investigate the specified purpose of the study, 519 tenth-grade students were administered the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich, Smith,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Biology, Multiple Regression Analysis, Goal Orientation
Contribution of Motivational Beliefs and Metacognition to Students' Performance under Consequential and Nonconsequential Test Conditions
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Sungur, Semra – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
In this study, the contribution of motivational beliefs and metacognition to students' performance under consequential and nonconsequential test conditions was investigated. Fifty-eight college students participated in the study. A modified version of the Approaches to Learning Instrument, the Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Metacognitive Awareness…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation