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Direct linkPutwain, David W.; Symes, Wendy – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background: Previous work suggests that the expectation of failure is related to higher test anxiety and achievement goals grounded in a fear of failure. Aim: To test the hypothesis, based on the work of Elliot and Pekrun (2007), that the relationship between perceived competence and test anxiety is mediated by achievement goal orientations.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Statistics, Guidance
Peer reviewedBiggs, J. B. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
This paper reports a series of studies in the development of a Study Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) for use with university students. It attempted to determine optimal ways of combining SBQ item scores: by sorting people's responses to items (R-analysis), or by sorting items on the basis of how they discriminate between people (Q-analysis).…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Models, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedChoppin, B. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Using data obtained as part of the cross-cultural IEA study on academic standards, the tendency of particular pupils to guess on multiple-choice tests was measured using an index proposed by Ziller. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Guessing (Tests), Models, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedRobinson, W. P. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
The absence of theories of boredom is argued to be a gap both in psychology and education. A model of boredom is put forward as a basis for specifying predisposing factors and possible consequences. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Diagrams, Educational Psychology, Models
Peer reviewedElliott, C. D.; Murray, D. J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
The times children take to reach correct solutions to seven easy Block Design items from the try-out version of the British Intelligence Scale were analyzed in terms of two regression models. (Editor)
Descriptors: Age, Charts, Child Psychology, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewedSjoberg, L. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Relationships between interest in natural sciences and technology and perceived ability, success, and invested effort were studied in Swedish secondary school students. Interests were accounted for by logical orientation and practical value. Interests and grades were strongly correlated, but correlations between interests and effort and vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedGill, C. E.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This study analyzed the Tertiary Admission Examination and Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test results for 264 pairs of 17-year-old monozygotic and dizygotic twins in Western Australia to determine if examination performance is influenced by environmental or genetic factors. Purely environmental models are rejected as inadequate explanations of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedLittle, A. W. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Examines explanations used by children (ages five-14) to explain academic success and failure; frequency of their use; and developmental variations in types of explanations used. It was found that patterns of attribution categories vary by age, and that the attribution process involves a complex interaction of subjective and objective reality.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
