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Villavicencio, Felicidad T.; Bernardo, Allan B. I. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Research on the affective dimensions of mathematics learning and achievement has tended to focus on negative emotions and on mathematics anxiety in particular, with much less work on positive emotions. Drawing from a positive education perspective, we aim to contribute to the growing literature on positive emotions and learning. We hypothesize…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Affective Behavior, Self Management
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Bernardo, Allan B. I.; Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C.; Khan, Aqeel; Yeung, Susanna S. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Positive education emphasizes the role of hope in student achievement and in buffering the effects of students' difficulties in school. In this study, we demonstrate how internal and external loci-of-hope relate to students' use of different learning strategies in school. We asked 967 university students from four cities to answer the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Independent Study
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Bernardo, Allan B. I.; Ganotice, Fraide A., Jr.; King, Ronnel B. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
As in many countries, public school students in the Philippines have lower levels of achievement compared to private school students. We study whether there is a motivation gap related to this achievement gap by assessing a range of motivational constructs (sense of self, facilitating conditions, and achievement goals) drawn from personal…
Descriptors: Motivation, Achievement Gap, Public Schools, Private Schools