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Jukka Sivola; Vesa Närhi; Asko Tolvanen; Tuomo Virtanen; Hannu Savolainen – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
The outcomes of studies on the effectiveness of special education (SE) remain unclear. There are only a few studies on the effects of SE that have used advanced methodology to minimise the influence of potential selection bias. This study examined the plausible effects of SE on students' affective and motivational outcomes using a…
Descriptors: Special Education, Affective Behavior, Outcomes of Education, Grade 5
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Özdemir, Esra Benli – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to determine the astronomy literacy levels of secondary school 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and to examine the sub-dimensions of astronomy literacy in terms of some variables. In the research, descriptive scanning method was used. The study was carried out with secondary school students studying in a secondary…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Knowledge Level, Secondary School Students, Grade 7
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Karumbaiah, Shamya; Lizarralde, Rafael; Allessio, Danielle; Woolf, Beverly; Arroyo, Ivon; Wixon, Naomi – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
We present results of a randomized controlled study that compared different types of affective messages delivered by pedagogical agents. We used animated characters that were empathic and emphasized the malleability of intelligence and the importance of effort. Results showed significant correlations between students who received more…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Empathy, Correlation, Mathematics Skills
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Skinner, Ellen; Furrer, Carrie; Marchand, Gwen; Kindermann, Thomas – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
A study of 805 4th through 7th graders used a model of motivational development to guide the investigation of the internal dynamics of 4 indicators of behavioral and emotional engagement and disaffection and the facilitative effects of teacher support and 3 student self-perceptions (competence, autonomy, and relatedness) on changes in these…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Social Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Learner Engagement
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Sim, Leslie; Zeman, Janice – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2005
Research suggests that negative affect is an important mediator in the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimic symptoms. This study examines the mediational role of specific emotion regulation processes (i.e., negative emotionality, poor awareness of emotion, nonconstructive coping with negative emotion) in bulimic symptoms. In…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Females, Coping
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Sim, Leslie; Zeman, Janice – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
To understand whether difficulties in emotional functioning distinguish between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, a set of emotion regulation (i.e., negative emotion, emotional awareness, coping), demographic (i.e., age), and physical (i.e., BMI (Body Mass Index)) factors were assessed in 234 early adolescent girls, grades six to eight.…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Eating Disorders, Body Composition, Early Adolescents