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Mika Paananen; Tuija Aro; Tuire Koponen; Helena Viholainen; Asko Tolvanen; Pilvi Peura; Mikko Aro – Educational Psychology, 2023
Self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) among elementary school children is of interest because pupils' self-regulation capacities and SRE influence in managing learning situations. This study investigated variations in the four sources of SRE and how these variations were related to SRE, reading skills and arithmetic skills. The participants were 1284…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Mastery Learning, Elementary School Students, Metacognition
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Kotaman, Hüseyin; Aslan, Mustafa – Educational Psychology, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the motivation type preferences of students in kindergartens and second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades and the underlying reasons thereof after successfully completing a mathematics task. The students in the study solved an easy mathematics question. After they solved the problem, they were presented with…
Descriptors: Preferences, Student Attitudes, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation
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Kikas, Eve; Peets, Katlin; Palu, Anu; Afanasjev, Juri – Educational Psychology, 2009
In this study, we examined the development of maths skills in 269 Estonian primary school children (119 boys and 150 girls; 20 classes). Testing was carried out over a three-year period (Grade 1-Grade 3). Before the last testing session, children's verbal skills and motivational orientations were also tested. In addition, teachers evaluated…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Testing, Verbal Ability, Grade 3
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Law, Yin-kum – Educational Psychology, 2008
Two studies were conducted to investigate the effects of cooperative learning on second-graders' motivation and learning from text. In Study 1, students (n = 160) in cooperative learning groups were compared with their counterparts (n = 107) in traditional instruction groups. The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Student Motivation, Cooperative Learning
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Rytkonen, Katja; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Educational Psychology, 2007
The present study investigated the extent to which parents' causal attributions predict the accuracy of, and bias in, their children's self-concept of maths ability. Participants were 207 children and their 182 mothers and 167 fathers, who were assessed during the children's first and second primary school years. The results showed that the more…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Self Concept, Prediction, Children