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Chi, Shaohui; Wang, Zuhao; Liu, Xiufeng – Research in Science Education, 2023
This study aims to evaluate students' ability to process the context information embedded in chemistry problems. To achieve this goal, a diagnostic measurement instrument was developed, comprising 28 short-answer items embedded in seven context-based chemistry tasks. Four hundred and ninety-three ninth-graders took part in the testing in Jiangsu,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 9, Chemistry
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Lu, Xiaoli; Kaiser, Gabriele – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2022
Modelling competencies are currently included in numerous curricula worldwide and are generally accepted as a complex, process-oriented construct. Therefore, effective measurement should include multiple dimensions, like the sub-competencies required throughout the modelling process. Departing from the characteristics of modelling problems as open…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Skills, Creativity, Problem Solving
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Kingsbury, Mila; Liu, Junsheng; Coplan, Robert J.; Chen, Xinyin; Li, Dan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2016
The aims of the present study were to (a) examine the factor structure of the "Self-Report Coping Scale" in a sample of Chinese early adolescents and (b) explore associations between coping and socioemotional functioning in this sample. Participants were N = 569 elementary school students (307 boys) in Grades 4 to 6. Participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Stress Variables, Correlation
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Martin, Andrew J.; Yu, Kai; Papworth, Brad; Ginns, Paul; Collie, Rebecca J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
This study explored motivation and engagement among North American (the United States and Canada; n = 1,540), U.K. (n = 1,558), Australian (n = 2,283), and Chinese (n = 3,753) secondary school students. Motivation and engagement were assessed via students' responses to the Motivation and Engagement Scale-High School (MES-HS). Confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motivation, Learner Engagement, Secondary School Students
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Zhang, Wenxin; Li, Hailei; Gong, Yanming; Ungar, Michael – School Psychology International, 2013
This study examines the role of salient external factors (family, peer and school caring relations) and internal factors (goals and aspirations, problem solving and self-efficacy, empathy, and self-awareness) in protecting adolescents experiencing interpersonal problems and academic pressure from depression. A total of 1,297 eighth and ninth grade…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Asians, Depression (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship
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Ji, Zhou – Chinese Education and Society, 2009
In the coming period, the main task for China's higher education system is to improve the quality of education, and the key to improving the quality of education is to improve the quality of teaching. Teaching evaluations are a critical measure for improving the quality of teaching. The work of evaluating teaching at institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Instructional Improvement
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Wang, Zhengyan; Chen, Xinyin; Sorrentino, Richard; Szeto, Andrew C. H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine uncertainty orientation and its relations with school and psychological adjustment in Chinese children. A sample of elementary school children in P.R. China, aged 10 to 12 years, participated in the study. Data concerning uncertainty orientation, academic performance and socio-emotional adjustment were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Problems, Academic Achievement, Emotional Adjustment