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Are Students Trying Hard to Succeed in PISA? PISA in Focus. No. 119
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Buchholz, Janine – OECD Publishing, 2022
Many students view PISA as a low-stakes assessment. Their lack of willingness to give the assessment "their all" is reflected in students' performance. Boys are often disengaged, resulting in low test performance. Disengagement should be measured in various different ways to better understand it and improve assessment design.
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Psychosocial Predictors of Rule Following in Hostels for Women Experiencing Homelessness
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White, Katherine; Wood, Maria – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined the psychosocial factors impacting upon the rule-following behaviour of residents of a hostel providing crisis accommodation to women who are homeless. After their arrival, residents of a women's hostel (N=83) completed questionnaires assessing the theory of planned behaviour constructs of attitude, subjective norm, perceived…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Females, Questionnaires, Statistical Data
Intentional Action and Action Slips.
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Heckhausen, Heinz; Beckmann, Jurgen – Psychological Review, 1990
An explanation of action slips is offered that examines controlled actions in the context of an intentional behavior theory. Actions are considered guided by mentally represented intentions, subdivided into goal intentions and contingent instrumental intentions. Action slips are categorized according to problem areas in the enactment of goal…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conflict, Intention, Objectives
Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand In-Service Kindergarten Teachers' Behavior to Enroll in a Graduate Level Academic Program
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Chen, I. Ju – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The main purpose of this study was to investigate and predict the behavioral intention of in-service Taiwanese kindergarten teachers regarding whether they would join a graduate level academic program. The research framework was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in order to identify the most influential component that affected their…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Intention, Kindergarten, Identification
Assessing the Validity of a Stage Measure on Physical Activity in a Population-Based Sample of Individuals with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes
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Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Lippke, Sonia; Reinbold-Matthews, Melissa; Courneya, Kerry S.; Karunamuni, Nandini; Sigal, Ronald J.; Birkett, Nicholas – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2007
This study was designed to test the validity of a transtheoretical model's physical activity (PA) stage measure with intention and different intensities of behavior in a large population-based sample of adults living with diabetes (Type 1 diabetes, n = 697; Type 2 diabetes, n = 1,614) and examine different age groups. The overall…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Diabetes, Validity
The Impact of Knowledge, Norms, and Self-Efficacy on Intentions to Engage in AIDS-Preventive Behaviors among Young Incarcerated African American Males.
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Belgrave, Faye Z.; And Others – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Describes levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) knowledge, condom use, self-efficacy, and intentions to practice HIV-safe behaviors among 52 young incarcerated African-American males. Although overall knowledge and intent to practice safe sex were moderate, transmission knowledge was low. Peer and subjective norms support condom use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Condoms