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Moè, Angelica; Putwain, David W. – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study contrasted the effects of two task messages, evaluative or non-evaluative, on mathematics performance, affect, and intrinsic task motivation. One hundred-twenty secondary-school students aged 17-21 years were delivered one of the two messages, or assigned to a control condition, before completing a mathematics task, measures of message…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Student Motivation, Comparative Analysis
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Huang, Wen; Roscoe, Rod D.; Craig, Scotty D.; Johnson-Glenberg, Mina C. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
Virtual reality (VR) has a high potential to facilitate education. However, the design of many VR learning applications was criticized for lacking the guidance of explicit and appropriate learning theories. To advance the use of VR in effective instruction, this study proposed a model that extended the cognitive-affective theory of learning with…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Learning Theories, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
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Dowell, Nia M. M.; McKay, Timothy A.; Perrett, George – AERA Open, 2021
Over the last decade, psychological interventions, such as the values affirmation intervention, have been shown to alleviate the male-female performance difference when delivered in the classroom, however, attempts to scale the intervention are less successful. This study provides unique evidence on this issue by reporting the observed differences…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Comparative Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Discourse Analysis
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Chamberlin, Scott A.; Parks, Kelly – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2020
The study was a comparison of general students of promise affect and mathematical students of promise affect after doing a mathematical modeling activity. Participants? gender (n=160), in grades 7-8, were nearly equal in number (81 girls & 79 boys). After completing a Model-eliciting Activity (MEA) in groups of three, participants completed…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models, Comparative Analysis
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Andrés, María Laura; Galli, Juan Ignacio; del Valle, Macarena; Vernucci, Santiago; López-Morales, Hernán; Gelpi-Trudo, Rosario; Canet-Juric, Lorena – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented preventive measures towards reducing infections. These conditions can affect the mental health of children and adolescents; however, this has not yet been fully explored. Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze changes in symptomatology and positive emotions in…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Parent Child Relationship
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Mori, Yuka; Downs, Jenny; Wong, Kingsley; Heyworth, Jane; Leonard, Helen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Using the Short Form 12 Health Survey this cross-sectional study examined parental well-being in caregivers of children with one of three genetic disorders associated with intellectual disability; Down syndrome, Rett syndrome and the CDKL5 disorder. Data were sourced from the Western Australian Down Syndrome (n = 291), Australian Rett Syndrome (n…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Well Being, Genetic Disorders, Multivariate Analysis
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Tsamparli, Anastasia; Halios, Helias – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2019
The aim of the current study is to examine the quality of sibling relationships in relation to family functioning in Greek families with typically developing school-age children. The sample: 251 intact Greek families with two children (251 parents -- 1 parent participated from each family -- and 251 children). Research instruments: (a) the Family…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Gender Differences, Birth Order, Foreign Countries
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Kuppuswami, Damodaram; Ferreira, Frances – Journal of Learning for Development, 2022
To ensure its partners have the capacity to implement gender responsive projects, COL introduced an online training programme on gender equality and women's empowerment. This paper reports the methodology and results in measuring the efficacy of this online training at individual and organisational levels. The ability of individuals and…
Descriptors: Females, Capacity Building, Gender Differences, Sex Fairness
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Cowell, Jason M.; Lee, Kang; Malcolm-Smith, Susan; Selcuk, Bilge; Zhou, Xinyue; Decety, Jean – Developmental Science, 2017
Morality is an evolved aspect of human nature, yet is heavily influenced by cultural environment. This developmental study adopted an integrative approach by combining measures of socioeconomic status (SES), executive function, affective sharing, empathic concern, theory of mind, and moral judgment in predicting sharing behavior in children (N =…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Cultural Influences, Socioeconomic Status, Executive Function
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Al-Yagon, Michal – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
This study compared emotional and coping resources of two parent groups with children ages 8 to 12 years--children with learning disabilities (LD) versus with typical development--and explored how mothers' and fathers' emotional resources (low anxious/avoidant attachment, low negative affect, and high positive affect) may explain differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Coping, Emotional Response, Parents
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Pahom, Olga; Farley, Andrew; Ramonda, Kris – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
This study examines the effect of Spanish learners' gender on their rate of recall of abstract and concrete words. The experiment included forty-six learners of Spanish who were taught twentyfour new words via an instructional treatment based on L2-L1 and L1-L2 translations. The results of the immediate and a delayed posttest showed no effect for…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences, Recall (Psychology)
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Solomontos-Kountouri, Olga; Tsagkaridis, Konstantinos; Gradinger, Petra; Strohmeier, Dagmar – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2017
The present paper (1) examined variables, which could predict traditional bullying, cyberbullying, traditional victimization and cybervictimization and (2) looked at persons to examine whether academic, socio-emotional and demographic characteristics differed between traditional, cyber and mixed bullies, victims and bully-victims. A sample of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Bullying, Victims, Secondary School Students
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Oliver, Bonamy R.; Trzaskowski, Maciej; Plomin, Robert – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Reviews of behavioral genetic studies note that "control" aspects of parenting yield low estimates of heritability, while "affective" aspects (parental feelings) yield moderate estimates. Research to date has not specifically considered whether positive and negative aspects of parenting--for both feelings and control--may…
Descriptors: Genetics, Child Rearing, Twins, Children
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Mitits, Lydia; Gavriilidou, Zoe – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This study compares language learning strategy (LLS) use between Greek L2 and English FL and a possible variation in the frequency and type of LLSs employed in the two languages in order to depict the strategic profiles of the multilingual learners aged 12-15 (n = 307). It also observes the effect of gender in relation to a second vs. foreign…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Multilingualism, Learning Strategies
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Findler, Liora – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The aim of this research was to examine the contribution of internal and external resources to stress and personal growth among grandparents of children with and without an intellectual disability. Ninety-four grandparents of children with intellectual disability and 105 grandparents of children without intellectual disability completed the…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Grandparents, Mental Retardation, Comparative Analysis
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