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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Using Multiple Calibration Indices in Order to Capture the Complex Picture of What Affects Students' Accuracy of Feeling of Confidence
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Boekaerts, Monique; Rozendaal, Jeroen S. – Learning and Instruction, 2010
The present study used multiple calibration indices to capture the complex picture of fifth graders' calibration of feeling of confidence in mathematics. Specifically, the effects of gender, type of mathematical problem, instruction method, and time of measurement (before and after problem solving) on calibration skills were investigated. Fourteen…
Descriptors: Program Design, Problem Solving, Grade 5, Mathematics Instruction
Helping Behaviour during Cooperative Learning and Learning Gains: The Role of the Teacher and of Pupils' Prior Knowledge and Ethnic Background
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Oortwijn, Michiel B.; Boekaerts, Monique; Vedder, Paul; Strijbos, Jan-Willem – Learning and Instruction, 2008
Is helping behaviour (i.e., solicited help and peer tutoring) during cooperative learning (CL) related to subsequent learning gains? And can teachers influence pupils' helping behaviour? One hundred and one 5th grade pupils from multiethnic schools, 10-12 years old, participated in the study. Forty-two pupils (31 immigrant pupils) worked in an…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Ethnicity, Racial Differences, Help Seeking
Exploring the Links between Students' Engagement in Cooperative Learning, Their Goal Preferences and Appraisals of Instructional Conditions in the Classroom
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Hijzen, Daphne; Boekaerts, Monique; Vedder, Paul – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Previous research suggested that social support, belongingness and mastery goals were related to the quality of cooperative learning (CL). In this in-depth study we explored how to differentiate between four effective CL teams and four ineffective CL teams, in terms of students' goals and perceptions of instructional conditions. Apart from the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Social Responsibility, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
Interest in Learning, Learning To Be Interested.
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Boekaerts, Monique; Boscolo, Pietro – Learning and Instruction, 2002
This introduction to the special issue shows how it brings together and integrates the most recent theoretical, empirical and practical developments in the field of interest and learning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Practices, Learning, Student Interests
Self-Regulated Learning: A New Concept Embraced by Researchers, Policy Makers, Educators, Teachers, and Students.
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Boekaerts, Monique – Learning and Instruction, 1997
A conceptual review of self-regulated learning (SRL) is offered, focusing on SRL as an activity that can be taught. Motivational self-regulation is considered as part of the SRL model, and an intervention aimed at putting the theories of SRL into practice is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Anger in Relation to School Learning.
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Boekaerts, Monique – Learning and Instruction, 1993
The conceptualization and measurement of student anger is discussed, and results from a study with 248 elementary school students are presented to demonstrate that specific ways of controlling and expressing anger can differentially affect school results. The predictive power of measures of anger and product terms are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Anger, Coping
Task Motivation and Mathematics Achievement in Actual Task Situations.
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Seegers, Gerard; Boekaerts, Monique – Learning and Instruction, 1993
This study assessed how specific cognitions and feelings, measured in actual learning, influence learning intention and achievement in mathematics for 80 male and 80 female Dutch eighth graders. Results support a hierarchical model of adaptable learning. Traitlike variables influence task appraisals, which determine willingness to invest effort…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries