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Gibbons, Rebecca E.; Xu, Xiaoying; Villafañe, Sachel M.; Raker, Jeffrey R. – Educational Psychology, 2018
Affective factors such as the achievement emotions are considered critical for students' academic performance in STEM degree programmes and careers. In this study, a reciprocal causation model was tested between two affective factors: enjoyment and anxiety, and organic chemistry course performance. Each variable was measured three times in four…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Affective Behavior, Psychological Patterns, Anxiety
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Cheng, Judith Chen-Hsuan; Monroe, Martha C. – Environment and Behavior, 2012
A connection to nature index was developed and tested to measure children's affective attitude toward the natural environment. The index was employed through a survey that investigates students' attitude toward Lagoon Quest, a mandatory environmental education program for all fourth-grade, public school students in Brevard County, Florida. Factor…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Environmental Education, Path Analysis, Empathy