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Pekrun, Reinhard; Hall, Nathan C.; Goetz, Thomas; Perry, Raymond P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
A theoretical model linking boredom and academic achievement is proposed. Based on Pekrun's (2006) control-value theory of achievement emotions, the model posits that boredom and achievement reciprocally influence each other over time. Data from a longitudinal study with college students (N = 424) were used to examine the hypothesized effects. The…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Academic Achievement, Causal Models, College Students
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Frenzel, Anne C.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Goetz, Thomas – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2007
This study analyzed gender differences in achievement emotions in the domain of mathematics. Based on Pekrun's (2000, 2006) control-value theory of achievement emotions, we hypothesized that there are gender differences in mathematics emotions due to the students' different levels of control and value beliefs in mathematics, even when controlling…
Descriptors: Females, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 5, Gender Differences
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Goetz, Thomas; Hall, Nathan C.; Frenzel, Anne C.; Pekrun, Reinhard – Learning and Instruction, 2006
The focus of the present study is on students' experiences of enjoyment, an emotion largely neglected in educational research. We present a model in which specific levels of generalization of the construct of enjoyment are differentiated. Based on their extent of generalization, these differentiated constructs of enjoyment are located in a…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Learning Strategies, Structural Equation Models, Correlation