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Xu, Kate M.; Koorn, Petra; de Koning, Björn; Skuballa, Irene T.; Lin, Lijia; Henderikx, Maartje; Marsh, Herbert W.; Sweller, John; Paas, Fred – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Many large-scale, school-based interventions have attempted to improve academic performance through promoting students' growth mindset, defined as the belief that one's intellectual ability can increase with practice and time. However, most have shown weak to no effects. Thus, it is important to examine how growth mindset might affect retention…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Retention (Psychology)
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Korpershoek, Hanke; Kuyper, Hans; van der Werf, Greetje – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
In this study, we investigated the school motivation of 7,257 9th grade students in 80 secondary schools across the Netherlands. Using a multiple goal perspective, four motivation dimensions were included: performance, mastery, extrinsic, and social motivation. Our first aim was to identify distinct motivation profiles within our sample, using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Performance
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Kyriakides, Leonidas – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
This paper is concerned with the importance of testing and developing integrated multilevel educational effectiveness models through comparative studies in educational effectiveness. It is argued that secondary analyses of international comparative studies could help researchers test and develop integrated multilevel educational effectiveness…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Researchers, Models, Academic Achievement