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50 Years of ERIC
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Goetz, Thomas; Nett, Ulrike E.; Martiny, Sarah E.; Hall, Nathan C.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Dettmers, Swantje; Trautwein, Ulrich – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
In the present study (N = 553; 8th and 11th grade students; 52% female) we investigated students' enjoyment, pride, anxiety, anger, and boredom while completing homework (homework emotions), and contrasted these emotions with those experienced during class (classroom emotions). Both homework emotions and classroom emotions were assessed separately…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Educational Practices, Grade 11
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Nett, Ulrike E.; Goetz, Thomas; Daniels, Lia M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The goal of this study was to explore different strategies for coping with boredom. A questionnaire was developed targeting two dimensions of coping, namely approach versus avoidance oriented coping and cognitive versus behavioral oriented coping. First, based on the responses of 976 students (51% female) from grades 5 to 10, the structure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coping, Factor Analysis, Grade 5
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Hall, Nathan C.; Perry, Raymond P.; Goetz, Thomas; Ruthig, Joelle C.; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Newall, Nancy E. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
Attributional retraining (AR) is a motivational intervention that consistently produces improved performance by encouraging controllable failure attributions. Research suggests that cognitively engaging AR methods are ideal for high-elaborating students, whereas affect-oriented techniques are better for low-elaborating students. College students'…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Retraining, Attribution Theory
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Goetz, Thomas; Preckel, Franzis; Pekrun, Reinhard; Hall, Nathan C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
This study examined test-related experiences of enjoyment, anger, anxiety, and boredom in a sample of 2059 German school students (50% female) from grade 6, and how they relate to students' abstract reasoning ability (ARA). Emotions were assessed immediately before, during, and after a mathematics achievement test. Analysis of variance showed that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Ability Grouping