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Messineo, Linda; Tosto, Crispino; Allegra, Mario – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between students' academic motivation, implicit beliefs about intelligence and learning strategies among undergraduate healthcare students. First-year students of healthcare degree courses from a university in Southern Italy were surveyed. The study measured psychological constructs by means…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Learning Strategies, Student Motivation
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Wiersema, Janice A.; Licklider, Barbara; Thompson, Janette R.; Hendrich, Suzanne; Haynes, Cynthia; Thompson, Katherine – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
College students' implicit theories (or mindsets) about intelligence can affect not only their motivations toward learning, but also their cognitive habits and behaviors while learning thus impacting academic achievement. In this paper we describe learning experiences we used with our learning community to 1) introduce students to the concept of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Intelligence, Learning Experience
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Law, Yin-Kum – Educational Research, 2009
Background: The latest report by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), issued in 2006, indicated that Hong Kong Primary 4 Chinese students outperformed children from 45 countries and provinces in reading comprehension tests that measured their higher-order reading proficiency. However, the study gave no indication of how…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intelligence, Low Income Groups, Reading Strategies