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Wangsgard, Nichole – Reading Improvement, 2019
Current reading assessments put emphasis in the five components of reading competency, neglecting the self-efficacy needs of students. When students struggle with one of or all five components of reading competency, they could have negative feelings about themselves as a reader. This article offers teachers and effective user friendly assessment…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties
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Wangsgard, Nichole – Reading Improvement, 2014
Current reading assessments put emphasis in the five components of reading competency, neglecting the self-efficacy needs of students. When students struggle with one of or all five components of reading competency, they could have negative feelings about themselves as a reader. This article offers teachers an effective user friendly assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Reading Achievement, Self Efficacy, Self Concept
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Williams, Kiesha; Kurtek, Katrina; Sampson, Victor – Science Teacher, 2011
Student attitudes can have a positive or negative effect on learning. According to Duschl, Schweingruber, and Shouse, "[students'] goals for science learning, their beliefs about their ability to do science, and the value they assign to science learning are likely to influence their cognitive engagement in science tasks" (2007, p. 195). Therefore,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Task Analysis, Science Education
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1997
This report is part of a series of surveys that reflect MetLife's continued efforts to bring insight and understanding to current issues in education that affect American public schools. MetLife's overall goal is to bring the opinions of teachers and students to the attention of educators, policymakers and the American public. The 1997 survey…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Gender Issues, Gender Differences