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Bubic, Andreja; Tošic, Antonela – Educational Studies, 2016
Parents play a very important role in all aspects of children's experiences, and parental involvement in children's school lives is associated with numerous educational outcomes. Therefore, the present study investigated the role of several parents' demographic characteristics, parental self-efficacy, as well as beliefs regarding the value of…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent Background
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Räty, Hannu; Kasanen, Kati – Educational Studies, 2016
This study explored parents' (N = 351) educational optimism in terms of their trust in the possibilities of school to develop children's intelligence. It was found that educational optimism could be depicted as a bipolar factor with optimism and pessimism on the opposing ends of the same dimension. Optimistic parents indicated more satisfaction…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Parent Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
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Schmidt, Majda; Prah, Alenka; Cagran, Branka – Educational Studies, 2014
Social skills of students with special needs play a very important role in their successful integration into inclusive learning environments. The aim of present empirical research was to establish whether students with learning disabilities (LD) attending grades 7-9 of regular primary school in Slovenia experience difficulties in social skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students
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Gherasim, Loredana Ruxandra; Butnaru, Simona; Mairean, Cornelia – Educational Studies, 2013
This study investigated how gender shapes the relationships between classroom environment, achievement goals and maths performance. Seventh-grade students ("N"?=?498) from five urban secondary schools filled in achievement goal orientations and classroom environment scales at the beginning of the second semester. Maths performance was…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Classroom Environment, Urban Schools
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Chouinard, Roch; Vezeau, Carole; Bouffard, Therese – Educational Studies, 2008
The aim of the present study was to further examine the impact over time of single-sex and coeducational school environments on girls' motivation in language arts and mathematics. Two cohorts comprising 340 girls (7th to 9th grade; 9th to 11th grade) from eight coeducational and two single-sex schools were followed during a period of three…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Achievement Need, Student Motivation