The present longitudinal study examined the changes in foreign language reading anxiety and its predicting effects on Chinese university students' reading English performance. The 29-item Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS), a background questionnaire and a reading quiz were administered to two intact classes of an English Reading…

This research aimed to study the influence of principal-teacher management communication on teachers' psychological empowerment, affective commitment, job performance, and the role that psychological empowerment and affective commitment plays in principal-teacher management communication and teacher performance. The participants were 868 teachers…

The purpose of this study was to examine the reciprocal relationships between students' engagement and their relationships with teachers and peers in the context of Chinese educational reform. The participants were 628 7th-grade students from a public secondary school in Beijing. All of the students completed self-reported student engagement,…

Through analyzing original survey data from 1012 ninth graders at 9 middle schools collected in Beijing in 2015 and adopting the frameworks of social stratification and Effectively Maintained Inequality, this study examines the differential in the choice of and access to such educational resources as studying overseas among different social strata…

With the aim of examining the digital media literacy of primary school students, a perceived digital media literacy of primary student scale was developed. A cluster sampling was conducted, and 796 primary students in Beijing took part in this study. Results indicated that the instrument demonstrated good reliability and validity. The participants…

To investigate the strategy of promoting university faculty's performance and effectiveness through cultivating organizational commitment, the mixed-methods research collected data from a survey of 188 academics and interviews of 35 survey participants in Beijing. Analysis of survey and interview responses suggested that (a) it was appropriate to…

Innovation in education is essential to meet the requirements for preparing the new generation for the more and more advanced society. This study examines the innovative teaching and learning strategies in school settings, the technologies in place, the pedagogical orientations, and the cultural environment as perceived by teachers and students in…