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Investigating the Impact of Classroom Climate on UK School Students Taking Part in a Science Inquiry-Based Learning Programme -- CREST
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Moote, Julie – Research Papers in Education, 2020
Understanding students' capacity to direct their learning in school and beyond has been a sustained area of interest for practising science teachers, policy-makers, and educational researchers. This paper presents results from a longitudinal quasi-experimental study carried out to examine changes in students' self-reported levels of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Student Participation, Active Learning, Inquiry
Self-Regulation of Assessment Beliefs and Attitudes: A Review of the Students' Conceptions of Assessment Inventory
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Brown, Gavin T. L. – Educational Psychology, 2011
How students understand, feel about and respond to assessment might contribute significantly to learning behaviour and academic achievement. This paper reviews studies that have used a relatively new self-reported survey questionnaire ("Students' Conceptions of Assessment"--SCoA) about student perceptions and understandings of…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness
Academic Self-Regulation, Academic Performance, and College Adjustment: What Is the First-Year Experience for College Students?
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Sullivan, Colleen Janette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
First-year students experience academic, social, and emotional adjustments as they transition to college. First-year experience courses support students in this transitional phase by helping them integrate into the campus environment and by teaching them college-appropriate learning strategies. This study explored the role that participation in a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Seminars, Grade Point Average, Self Efficacy
Predicting College Students' Mathematics Anxiety By Motivational Beliefs and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies
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Kesici, Sahin; Erdogan, Ahmet – College Student Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine whether motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning strategies are significant predictors of college students' mathematics anxiety. The subscales for the motivation scale are intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal orientation, task value, control of learning beliefs, self-efficacy for learning and…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Goal Orientation
Academic Self-Handicapping: The Role of Self-Concept Clarity and Students' Learning Strategies
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Thomas, Cathy R.; Gadbois, Shannon A. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: Self-handicapping is linked to students' personal motivations, classroom goal structure, academic outcomes, global self-esteem and certainty of self-esteem. Academic self-handicapping has yet to be studied with respect to students' consistency in self-description and their description of themselves as learners. Aims: This study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Test Anxiety
Test Anxiety in College Students: A Review of the Recent Research and an Endorsement of a Multimodal Approach.
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O'Brien, Thomas V. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Reviews major research conducted between 1984 and 1989 on test anxiety among college, concluding that test anxiety may result from long-term memory problems. Explores techniques for reducing test anxiety, assessing the relative validity of each. Proposes a holistic approach to reducing test anxiety that addresses cognitive and emotional…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Holistic Approach, Learning Strategies