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Zhang, Xiaozhou; Tze, Virginia M. C.; Buhr, Erin; Klassen, Robert M.; Daniels, Lia M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
The current study provided evidence for the factor structure of the Academic Expectation Stress Inventory (AESI) in a sample of 213 Mainland Chinese and 184 South Korean high school students. We examined cross-national invariance of the AESI using multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis across two Asian cultural samples. Results suggested a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Houser, Latisha Cheree-Square; An, Shuhua – Urban Education, 2015
This study examined how gender; race/ethnicity; language; socioeconomic status; California Standards Test (CST) scores in mathematics, science, and ELA; and California High School Exit Exam mathematics predict college-ready results on the Early Assessment Program (EAP) in mathematics in urban areas of southern California. Approximately 1,700 high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Minority Group Students, College Readiness, Standardized Tests
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Schlack, Robert; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike; Petermann, Franz – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
This study investigates self-rated mental health in terms of psychological problems, protective factors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a nationally representative sample of adolescents (n = 6813) aged 11-17 involved in violence with varying frequency. Using MANCOVA and ANCOVA, youth with single and multiple histories of violent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Quality of Life, Hyperactivity, Violence
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Huang, Chiungjung – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
This study examined the discriminant and criterion-related validity of achievement goals in predicting academic achievement. Analysis of 151 studies yielded 172 independent samples (N = 52,986) with correlations among achievement goals and between achievement goals and academic achievement. The discriminant validity of achievement goals in the 2-,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Predictive Validity, Goal Orientation
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Chiang, Wen-Wei; Liu, Chia-Ju – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Contemporary research into science education has generally been conducted from the perspective of "conceptual change" in learning. This study sought to extend previous work by recognizing that human rationality can be influenced by the emotions generated by the learning environment and specific actions related to learning. Methods used…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Environment, Educational Psychology, Emotional Development
Naughton, Deborah Trupp – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study focused on adult learners' age, race, gender, and whether they graduated from a distant-learning, master in the art of teaching program at an accredited college during the three academic semesters that comprised the 2007-2008 school year. The dependent variable used in this study consisted of whether adult learners graduated from a…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Masters Programs, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Chen, Yi-Hsin; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D.; Chang, George H. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2011
In this article, the authors investigated the relations of students' perceptions of teachers' oral feedback with teacher expectancies and student self-concept. A sample of 1,598 Taiwanese children in Grades 3 to 6 completed measures of student perceptions of teacher oral feedback and school self-concept. Homeroom teachers identified students for…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Discriminant Analysis
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Rodarte-Luna, Bertha; Sherry, Alissa – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
Three hundred twenty three students were recruited in order to investigate sex differences on measures of statistics anxiety and learning strategies. Data was analyzed using descriptive discriminant analysis and canonical correlation analysis. Findings indicated that sex differences on these measures were statistically significant, but with small…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cognitive Processes, Learning Strategies, Discriminant Analysis
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Kuchinke, K. Peter; Ardichvili, Alexandre; Borchert, Margret; Rozanski, Andrzej – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the results of an empirical study of the meaning of working, individual level work outcomes, and job and career satisfaction, among professional level employees in business organizations in Russia, Poland, and Germany. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical framework for the study was based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Professional Personnel, Work Attitudes
Aagard, Tammy Lindsay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With the implementation of the Hathaway scholarship in the state of Wyoming, questions arose regarding the effectiveness of a prescribed set of high school courses (the Success Curriculum) in preparing students for success in college. This research sought to determine the perceptions of academic preparation of students who earned the Hathaway…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Grade Point Average, Females, Males
McCaskill-Mitchell, Sonja – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to identify factors that affect students' persistence in completion of the GED. Exploration of characteristics of participants that do/do not persist and obtain their GED assists the high school dropout, potential GED recipient, GED program staff, and society as a whole. More information was needed in order to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropouts, Predictor Variables, High School Equivalency Programs
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Blecher, Lee – College Student Journal, 2006
This study utilized data from the "NCES Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS 96/01)" to explore the 6-year persistence status of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) students seeking the bachelor's degree at four-year institutions irrespective of whether they had remained at their initial institution, transferred, temporarily…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Discriminant Analysis, Consumer Science, Academic Persistence