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A Path Model of Factors Affecting Secondary School Students' Technological Literacy
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Avsec, Stanislav; Jamšek, Janez – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
Technological literacy defines a competitive vision for technology education. Working together with competitive supremacy, technological literacy shapes the actions of technology educators. Rationalised by the dictates of industry, technological literacy was constructed as a product of the marketplace. There are many models that visualise…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Secondary School Students, Technology Education, Evaluation Methods
The Role of Parental Attitudes in Children's Motivation toward Homework Assignments
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Madjar, Nir; Shklar, Nitzan; Moshe, Limor – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
Completing homework assignments is part of students' daily routine. Because this task is embedded within the home environment, parents play an important role in homework-related attitudes and behaviors. Recent findings have demonstrated that effort and cognitive engagement while doing homework are better proximal predictors of positive outcomes…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Homework, Assignments, Student Motivation
Predictors of Community of Inquiry in a Flipped Classroom Model
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Karaoglan Yilmaz, Fatma Gizem – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2017
The aim of this study is to investigate structural relationships between community of inquiry, transactional distance perception, and motivation. The research was conducted with 109 students using flipped classroom environment utilized within the scope of a course. The data of the study were obtained from the answers given in community of inquiry…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Homework, Video Technology
A Survey of Homework Use, Experience of Barriers to Homework, and Attitudes about the Barriers to Homework among Couples and Family Therapists
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Dattilio, Frank M.; Kazantzis, Nikolaos; Shinkfield, Gregg; Carr, Amanda G. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2011
Homework is a therapeutic process that has strong theoretical and empirical basis, but existing research has focused on "compliance" rather than considering the broader and more clinically meaningful construct of "engagement." Absent in the literature is empirical study of the barriers to engagement or study of homework use among couple and family…
Descriptors: Homework, Path Analysis, Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling
The Relationship between Parental Involvement, Self-Regulated Learning, and Reading Achievement of Fifth Graders: A Path Analysis Using the ECLS-K Database
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Xu, Min; Kushner Benson, Susan N.; Mudrey-Camino, Renee; Steiner, Richard P. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2010
This study examined the relationship between parental involvement, self-regulated learning (SRL), and reading achievement through analyzing the fifth grade data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K). The results identified six dimensions of parental involvement that are likely to foster SRL of fifth…
Descriptors: Homework, Extracurricular Activities, Reading Achievement, School Involvement