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Ramos, Alicia; Lavrijsen, Jeroen; Linnenbrink-Garcia, Lisa; Soenens, Bart; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Sypré, Sabine; Boncquet, Michiel; Verschueren, Karine – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2023
This study used a longitudinal person-oriented approach to examine whether two distinct developmental pathways of maladaptive motivation could be distinguished among high-ability students (intelligence quotient [IQ] [greater than or equal to] 120, N = 403, M[subscript age] = 12.2 years, 60.5% males), as proposed by the Pathways to Underachievement…
Descriptors: Gifted, Underachievement, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
Carranza, Renzo F.; Apaza, Effer E. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2015
The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between academic self-concept and academic motivation in young talents (Scholarship 18) at a Private University in Tarapoto city, Peru. The sample was obtained through a probabislitic sampling and there were 92 young talents, being 47.8% male and 52.2% female between 17 and 22 years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, College Students, Private Colleges
Dykas, Matthew J.; Valentino, David W. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
This study examined the factors that contribute to students' success in conducting geological field work. Undergraduate students (n = 49; 51% female; mean age = 22 y) who were enrolled in the 5-wk State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) geology field program volunteered to participate in this study. At the beginning of the field…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, College Science