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Direct linkHermans, Seppe; Gijsen, Marijn; Mombaers, Tine; van Petegem, Peter – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: Promoting and improving STEM education is being driven by economic concerns as modern economies have a rising demand for qualified researchers, technicians, and other STEM professionals. In addition, women remain under-represented in STEM-related fields, with significant economic and societal consequences. Abundant research has shown…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Student Motivation, Profiles, STEM Education
Flunger, Barbara; Trautwein, Ulrich; Nagengast, Benjamin; Lüdtke, Oliver; Niggli, Alois; Schnyder, Inge – Journal of Experimental Education, 2021
The present study illustrates the utility of applying multilevel mixture models in educational research, using data on the homework behavior of 1,812 Swiss eighth-grade students in French as a second language. A previous person-centered study identified 5 homework learning types characterized by different patterns of high or low homework time and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Multivariate Analysis
Halpin, Peter F.; Kieffer, Michael J. – Educational Researcher, 2015
The authors outline the application of latent class analysis (LCA) to classroom observational instruments. LCA offers diagnostic information about teachers' instructional strengths and weaknesses, along with estimates of measurement error for individual teachers, while remaining relatively straightforward to implement and interpret. It is…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
Download full textCervantes, Bernadine; Hemmer, Lynn; Kouzekanani, Kamiar – Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 2015
Project-Based Learning (PBL) serves as an instructional approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in the investigation of real-world problems to create meaningful and relevant educational experiences. The causal-comparative study compared 7th and 8th students who had utilized the PBL with a comparison group in…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Student Projects, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
Jones, Ruan J. A.; Polman, Remco C. J.; Peters, Derek M. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: It is widely reported that adolescence is a critical period in the development of the self. Indeed many studies identify that physical self-perceptions formed at this period are able to determine engagement in and levels of physical activity. Although the investigation of physical self-perceptions in British adolescents has been…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey J.; Fahlman, Mariane M. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
With the belief that theoretical integration in motivation may help us better understand motivational behavior, we designed this study to explore adolescents' motivational profiles and their associations with knowledge acquisition, leisure-time exercise behaviors, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Middle school students from a large urban inner-city…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Student Motivation
Akos, Patrick; Konold, Tim; Niles, Spencer G. – Career Development Quarterly, 2004
This study explored a career readiness typology of 629 8th-grade students using the Career Factors Inventory. Data revealed developmentally appropriate elevated needs for information, specifically self-knowledge. In addition, cluster analysis demonstrated the heterogeneity of career development needs of 8th-grade students. Typal membership…
Descriptors: Readiness, Classification, Grade 8, Measures (Individuals)
