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Xu, Kate M.; Koorn, Petra; de Koning, Björn; Skuballa, Irene T.; Lin, Lijia; Henderikx, Maartje; Marsh, Herbert W.; Sweller, John; Paas, Fred – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Many large-scale, school-based interventions have attempted to improve academic performance through promoting students' growth mindset, defined as the belief that one's intellectual ability can increase with practice and time. However, most have shown weak to no effects. Thus, it is important to examine how growth mindset might affect retention…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Retention (Psychology)
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Getie, Addisu Sewbihon – Cogent Education, 2020
This study aimed at investigating on factors affecting the attitudes of grade 10 students towards learning EFL in Debremarkos Comprehensive Secondary School in Debre Markos town, Ethiopia. The researcher randomly selected 103 sample students (10%) out of the total population (1030) for the study. In order to gather data, a questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Gomes, Maria de Fatima Cardoso; Mortimer, Eduardo F.; Kelly, Gregory J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This article reports on the construction process of inclusion/exclusion for high school chemistry students in two schools in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We examined the interactional accomplishment of inclusion/exclusion of four students, two from a private school and two from a public school. The aim of this article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Chemistry, High School Students