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Peer reviewedStake, Jayne E. – American Educational Research Journal, 1984
Changes in six measures of achievement-related motivation and confidence were tested in a longitudinal study of 138 women and 96 men during their first year at a midwestern university. Findings suggest that, for these measures, assimilation into the campus environment had a positive effect on men but not on women. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Careers, College Environment, College Freshmen
Download full textHenderson, Ronald W.; Landesman, Edward M. – 1992
This paper reports the effects of thematically integrated mathematics instruction on achievement, attitudes, and motivation in mathematics among middle school students of Mexican descent. A school-university collaborative effort led to the development and testing of a thematic approach undertaken as a means of contextualizing instruction for…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Context Effect, Cooperative Learning, Grade 7
