Spontaneous Cognitions After an Exam: A Replication StudySummary: This study deals with the antecedents of spontaneous cognitions, namely the value and expectation of an event. Immediately after receiving the results of a mathematics exam, 91 ninth grade ...
What Kind of Students Are Clients of Tutoring?Summary: This paper presents results of two empirical studies conducted as part of the research project “Working at Home for School (WHS)”. Study 1 focused on the prevalence rates of tutoring, in particular ...
Abstract. The present study aims at comparing the predictive power of motivation and broad personality traits for school performance and contributes to an understanding of the nomological network of personality. A sample of German adolescent students (N = ...
Homework Quality in French as a Foreign Language as Perceived by Students, Teachers, and Experts, and the Development of Achievement, Homework Effort and Perceived Homework ValueThis article presents a theoretical conceptualization of homework quality ...
Cognitive and Psychosocial Characteristics upon Entry into Teacher Training: Are Teacher Candidates Underestimated?In public debate on the teaching profession, it is sometimes suggested that people who choose to become teachers have unfavorable cognitive ...
Associations Between Joint Education and Cognitive and Non-cognitive Outcomes of Students Without Special Educational NeedsAbstract. As part of Germany’s effort to implement inclusive schooling, an increasing number of ...
A validation of the NEO-FFI in a sample of young adults: Effects of the response format, factorial validity, and relations with indicators of academic achievementAbstract. The German version of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory by Borkenau and Ostendorf (...
Deficits in precursor skills of children with combined disability of scholastic skillsAbstract. The present study relates the achievement on a preschool screening (BASIC-Preschool) to outcomes in a mathematics test (DEMAT 1+), a spelling test (DRT 1), ...
Zusammenfassung. Gegenstand des Beitrags sind die bislang kaum untersuchten Entwicklungsverläufe und das Zusammenwirken von metakognitivem und von bereichsspezifischem Wissen bezogen auf die Leistungsbereiche Deutsch/Lesen und Englisch in den ...
Psychological adjustment and school achievement during transition from elementary to secondary schoolAbstract. School transition from elementary to secondary school is often considered a critical life event typically requiring several readjustments. The ...
Zusammenfassung. Obwohl negative Beziehungen zwischen Fernsehkonsum und Schriftspracherwerb inzwischen in zahlreichen Studien belegt werden konnten, ließ sich die Frage nach wesentlichen Wirkmechanismen bislang nur unzureichend klären. In der hier ...Attention as a mediator of the relationship between television and school achievementAbstract. Although there is evidence for a negative relationship between TV consumption and literacy acquisition, the role of potential causal mechanisms remains ...
A Longitudinal Study of the Prediction of ADHD Symptoms and School Performance in First Grade by Executive Functions in PreschoolAbstract.Theoretical background: Executive functions (EF) are the ability to control or manage one’s ...
Abstract. Much research has demonstrated that intelligence and conscientiousness have a high impact on individual school achievement. To figure out if other noncognitive traits have incremental validity over intelligence and ...