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Bowles, Terence; Scull, Janet; Jimerson, Shane R. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
This study investigated school connectedness, student engagement, academic grades, and student affect. Factor analyses of 331 adolescent students (Years 7, 9, and 11 in Australia), validated a four-factor model of school engagement. The factors revealed in the analyses were described as (1) future and task focus, (2) planning and motivation, (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student School Relationship, Learner Engagement, Grades (Scholastic)
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Dotterer, Aryn M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Racial and ethnic achievement gaps contribute to the lack of underrepresented minorities in STEM-related careers. This research is grounded in the expectancy-value model of achievement motivation which posits that motivation is influenced by social-cognitive variables such as self-efficacy and beliefs about the usefulness or utility of the task.…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Expectation, STEM Education, Outcomes of Education
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Jones, Martin H.; Cooke, Toby J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
The academic consequences of being popular are well established, but much less is known about the academic consequences of desiring to be popular. Extant research on popularity goals only focuses on the implications for students' school engagement, help-seeking, and academic achievement. The current study expands these findings by examining the…
Descriptors: Social Status, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, High School Students
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Bohrnstedt, George W.; Cohen, Emma D.; Yee, Darrick; Broer, Markus – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
While substantial research has shown the relationship between earlier mathematics coursetaking and later mathematics achievement, recent research suggests that mathematics motivation is an important predictor of grade 12 mathematics achievement as well. The current study extends this research by examining the role of mathematics identity at grade…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Correlation, Grade 11
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Starr, Christine R.; Simpkins, Sandra D. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
This longitudinal study explores three research questions. First, what is the prevalence of math and science gender stereotypes among high school students, their parents, and teachers? Second, are parents' and teachers' gender stereotypes related to adolescents' stereotypes? And third, are adolescents' gender stereotypes associated with their math…
Descriptors: High School Students, Gender Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Longitudinal Studies
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Phan, Huy P.; Ngu, Bing H. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2020
The present study considered "global self-esteem" and "academic self-efficacy" as two contrasting precursors and distinctive pathways that could account for effective schooling experiences: (1) the "social pathway" (e.g., the predictive effect of teacher-student social relationship) and (2) the "personal…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Self Efficacy, Secondary School Students, Grade 11
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Burger, Andri; Naudé, Luzelle – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of academic success of South African students. The study focused on 164 first to fourth year students. The extent to which students' grade 12 performance, the type of high school they attended and their academic self-concepts contributed to their academic success during the entry and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Success, Grade 12
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Areepattamannil, Shaljan – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
The present study examined the mediational role of academic motivation in the association between school self-concept and school achievement among 355 Indian immigrant adolescents in Canada and 363 Indian adolescents in India. Surveys were administered among Grades 9-12 students in Canada and India to assess their academic self-concepts, academic…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Incentives, Academic Achievement, Motivation