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Peer reviewedBritner, Shari L.; Pajares, Frank – Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 2001
Investigates whether the science motivational beliefs of middle school students (n= 262) vary as a function of their gender or race/ethnicity and determines whether science self-efficacy beliefs predict science achievement when motivation variables shown to predict achievement in other academic areas are controlled. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Middle Schools, Racial Differences, Science Education
Direct linkPajares, Frank; Cheong, Yuk Fai; Oberman, Paul – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
The purpose of this study was to develop scales to assess instrumental help seeking, executive help seeking, perceived benefits of help seeking, and avoidance of help seeking and to examine their psychometric properties by conducting factor and reliability analyses. As this is the first attempt to examine the latent structures underlying the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Computer Science
