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Junsang Park; Heejae Lee; Joonsuk Kim; Anne Q. Zhou – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: The development of learning attitudes during middle school transition and adaptation is critical, as shown by Self-Determination Theory (SDT). However, the development of adolescents' learning attitudes throughout middle school and the impact of parenting styles on this development remains largely unexplored. Objective: This research…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Self Determination
Renick, Jennifer; Reich, Stephanie M. – Middle School Journal, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic caused schools to shift to virtual or hybrid instruction, thrusting young adolescents into a very different educational environment. Stage-environment fit theory outlines ways in which educational contexts may, or may not, meet the developmental needs of young adolescents. Yet little is known about how virtual environments…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Needs
Quinlan, Audrey M. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This book takes a developmental perspective at the use of scoring rubrics to assess student work. Citing developmental characteristics of each age, the author presents examples and adaptations of assessment rubrics on a variety of subjects for teachers from kindergarten through adult/college. After a presentation of foundation information on…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Student Evaluation, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Geary, David C.; Hoard, Mary K.; Nugent, Lara; Ünal, Zehra E.; Greene, Nathaniel R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
There are consistent correlations between mathematics achievement, attitudes, and anxiety, but the longitudinal relations among these constructs are not well understood nor are sex differences in these relations. To address this gap, mathematics achievement, attitudes, and anxiety were longitudinally assessed for 342 (169 boys) adolescents from…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Anxiety
Assessing Changes in Attitudes Concerning Developmental Assets among Selected Middle School Students
Visker, Joseph; Cox, Carol; Banez, J. Christian; Azim, Sabiya; Wang, Anna; Dunsieth, Nicole; Lasser, Ben – Health Educator, 2020
A self-report instrument was used to assess trends over time in student views of Developmental Assets in a rural Missouri county where youth report high rates of substance use. Based on 2012 survey results, a community/school-based prevention coalition provided intensive prevention education curricula integrated into the district's afterschool…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Substance Abuse
Tsai, Meng-Jung; Chien, Francis Pingfan; Wen-Yu Lee, Silvia; Hsu, Chung-Yuan; Liang, Jyh-Chong – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
This study aimed to develop the Computational Thinking Test for Elementary School Students (CTT-ES) to assess young children's CT competencies in non-programming contexts and also examine the relationship between CT competencies and CT dispositions. A survey including a pool of CTT-ES candidate items and the Computational Thinking Scale (CTS) was…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Computation, Thinking Skills
Liu, Sijia; Xu, Shaorui; Li, Qiuye; Xiao, Hua; Zhou, Shaona – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Despite the high demand for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals, the STEM talent pipeline continues to leak. A framework of STEM identity could provide insight into why and to what extent individuals engage in STEM-related activities. The present study describes the process of developing and validating an…
Descriptors: Self Concept, STEM Education, Student Attitudes, Reliability
Leanne Tamm; Sydney M. Risley; Elizabeth Hamik; Angela Combs; Lauren B. Jones; Jamie Patronick; Tat Shing Yeung; Allison K. Zoromski; Amie Duncan – Grantee Submission, 2022
Background: Academic challenges such as losing/not turning in assignments, misplacing materials, and inefficient studying are common in middle-school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability. Deficits in organization, planning, prioritizing, memory/materials management, and studying skills [i.e. academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intervention, Executive Function, Autism
Matthew A. Diemer; Michael B. Frisby; Andres Pinedo; Emanuele Bardelli; Erin Eliott; Elise Harris; Sara McAlister; Adam M. Voight – Grantee Submission, 2022
Critical consciousness represents the analysis and critique of structural inequalities, the motivation and perceived capacity to effect change, and social action to redress inequity. A wave of recent instruments measuring critical consciousness have been rigorously validated. Yet, whether these measures efficiently assess different levels of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Test Reliability
Tiana Woolard – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With billions of dollars spent on professional development, there remains a very real disconnect between what teachers are given and what they receive especially in terms of the follow-up of an extended PD program. Several theories attempt to explain the differences that exist within the teacher population, but few professional development…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Active Learning
Leanne Tamm; Elizabeth Hamik; Tat Shing Yeung; Allison K. Zoromski; Constance A. Mara; Amie Duncan – Grantee Submission, 2023
Executive functioning (EF) deficits, such as challenges with planning, organization, and materials management, negatively impact academic performance, particularly for middle-school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID). The aim was to assess the initial efficacy of the school-based version of the…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Mastery Learning, Executive Function, Intervention
Bleck, Jennifer; DeBate, Rita – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Introduction: Based on internal and external assets, the positive youth development approach aims to increase the capacity among adolescents to overcome challenges as they transition to adulthood. Developmental assets have been found to be positively associated with academic achievement, a variety of health promoting behaviors, and improved…
Descriptors: Correlation, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
Hamdani, Salma Almira; Prima, Eka Cahya; Agustin, Rika Rafikah; Feranie, Selly; Sugiana, Ahmad – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
The advancement in science and technology in the 21st Century necessitates improving critical thinking skills in students. Implementing digital technology such as interactive multimedia in the learning process can encourage quality learning and teaching. This study aims to create Android-based interactive multimedia that will help students improve…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Multimedia Instruction, Learning Processes
Xun Ge; Kyungwon Koh; Ling Hu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
A qualitative study was conducted in a secondary school to evaluate student learning processes and outcomes by examining their inquiry questions, journals, and maker artifacts in a curriculum-based maker learning environment supported by the Guided Inquiry Design (GID). Thirteen 8th-grade students in a suburban middle school in the southwest of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Active Learning, Inquiry
Heather L. McDaniel; Summer S. Braun; Jessika H. Bottiani; Danielle De Lucia; Patrick H. Tolan; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 2022
Classroom management practices are critical to the success of teachers and students, and a growing number of programs have been developed to improve these practices. However, there has been less investigation into observational tools to assess classroom management and explore whether it can be measured consistently by observers across elementary,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers