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Haw, Joseph Y.; King, Ronnel B. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Self-determination theory emphasizes the crucial role of need-supportive teaching in facilitating student motivation and engagement. However, much of the research on need-supportive teaching focuses on its effects on students. An equally important but less explored topic is what facilitates teachers' need-supportive teaching. This two-part…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Student Needs, Student Motivation, Personal Autonomy
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Haw, Joseph Y.; King, Ronnel B. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Much of the existing educational research has focused on affluent Western societies. Despite comprising a broad swathe of the world population, less work has focused on lower middle-income economies such as the Philippines. Perhaps part of this reason is the lack of high-quality data in such contexts. PISA provides a potential solution to this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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King, Ronnel B.; Trinidad, Jose Eos – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
There is a heated debate about the efficacy of growth mindsets in predicting achievement and other key learning-related outcomes with some studies supporting and others failing to find evidence of growth mindset's adaptive effects. Moreover, past studies on mindsets have mostly examined it as a psychological variable with little attention to how…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Advantaged, Student Development, Academic Achievement
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King, Ronnel B.; Mendoza, Norman B. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2020
Past studies that explored the antecedents of achievement goals have mostly focused on the role of personal characteristics and parental/teacher influences. However, the role of one's classmates has not been given much attention. Drawing on the concept of goal contagion, the present study aimed to examine whether classmates' achievement goals…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Competition, Peer Influence, Secondary School Students
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King, Ronnel B.; McInerney, Dennis M.; Nasser, Ramzi – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2017
Goals are important predictors of key educational outcomes. However, most of the research on goal theory has been conducted in Western societies. In this study we examine how different types of goals (mastery, performance, social, and extrinsic) derived from personal investment theory are associated with key learning outcomes across nine cultural…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables, Theories, Cultural Differences
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King, Ronnel B.; Ganotice, Fraide A.; Watkins, David A. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
We examined how achievement (mastery and performance) and social goals (affiliation, approval, concern, and status) influenced various learning outcomes in two collectivist cultures. Filipino (n = 355) and Hong Kong Chinese (n = 697) secondary students answered the relevant questionnaires. Regression analyses using mastery, performance, and social…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Metacognition, Predictor Variables, Asians