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Johnson, Nadine; Winterbottom, Mark – Educational Studies, 2011
This study examines how the use of self- and peer-assessment within a girls-only biology class can support students' motivation. The study took place over 22 weeks in a rural comprehensive school, and the participants were girls between 15 and 16 years of age. Data included questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, notes from lesson observations…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Females, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness
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Demetriou, Helen; Wilson, Elaine; Winterbottom, Mark – Educational Studies, 2009
Emotions play a crucial role in communication and engagement between people. This paper focuses on the extent to which new teachers consider and value the emotional component of teaching for the engagement and motivation of their students and themselves. Moreover, drawing on the literature on gender and emotion, which consistently cites females of…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Teacher Persistence, Interviews, Gender Differences
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Winterbottom, Mark; Smith, Sarah; Hind, Sally; Haggard, Mark – Educational Studies, 2008
Purpose: eduroam[TM] has already been proved to be a scalable, secure and feasible way for universities and research institutions to connect their wireless networks into a WLAN roaming community, but the advantages of eduroam[TM] have not yet been fully discovered in the wireless community networks aimed at regular consumers. This aim of this…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Anxiety, Child Behavior