Cohort trends for school subject-specific self-concepts and interests for girls and boysAbstract. Academic self-concepts and interests are among the most important motivational constructs in educational psychology. Gender ...
Abstract. Comprehensibility (readability) is understood as the ease with which a certain reader can conduct the processes needed to comprehend a certain text in a certain situation. Comprehensibility is a special ...
Summary: Data of n = 934 students from academically selected secondary schools were collected at the end of grade 10 and in the middle of grade 12 in order to predict course selections in mathematics, i. e. the choice of an advanced or basic course. Based ...
Summary: Results of (in most cases) quasi-experimental studies concerning mixed-sex or single-sex schooling are inconsistent. Many reported «effects» of coeducation vs. single-sex education are probably due to self-selection of school types (by pupils or ...
Summary: The study addresses whether subjective interest in animals and plants measured by questionnaires can be validated by objective log file data on the usage of a biodiversity information system. Correspondences between these two measurement ...
Motivation, Flow-Experience, and Performance in Learning Settings at UniversitiesAbstract: According to the cognitive-motivational model of learning, performance depends on the quality and quantity of learning activities as well as on the functional ...
On the Interplay of Academic Achievement, Self-Concept, and Interest in Upper Secondary SchoolsAbstract. There is a complex pattern of relationships among academic self-concept, interest, course choices and achievement in mathematics. The present study ...
Abstract. The aim of this study was to examine how possible changes in self-efficacy and interest during a task relate to each other and whether such changes independently predict overall task performance. To achieve this, the participants, one hundred ...
Abstract. A brief summary is given of the results reported by the five articles of the special issue. It is explored how each article contributes to our understanding of the motivation-learning/performance link. It is also described how the articles ...
Science laboratories are disposed to enhance students’ motivation for science classrooms in school. The present study was carried out to investigate this assumption for a particular chemistry lab. We received data on motivational variables of N = 272 ...
The role of ability, personality, and interest in the decision between secondary school and apprenticeshipAbstract. A crucial educational decision in adolescence is whether to continue attending secondary school or to start an apprenticeship. The aim of ...
Abstract. Academic interest and academic self-concept are important correlated motivational variables. Their common factorial structure and their shared (confounded) and non-shared (unique) power for predicting subject-tied ...
Abstract: Teachers' assessment of students' performance on complex tasks, such as writing, is important both for their teaching and for students' learning. Teachers must be able and motivated to assess texts correctly. ...
Work motivation and interest in depressive disorders: Perspectives for cognitive behavioral therapyAbstract. A lack of work-related drive and motivation is an important aspect of depression for many affected persons. However, the goal of increasing work ...
QCM: A Questionnaire to assess current motivation in learning situationsAbstract. The Questionnaire on Current Motivation (QCM) uses 18 items to measure four motivational factors in either field or laboratory learning and achievement situations: anxiety, ...
Facets of academic self-concept. Development of a self-concept grid: psychometric properties and some validity dataAbstract. Academic self-concept plays an important role in the educational context. A grid is developed to measure various facets of ...
The impact of the school's average performance on students' domain-specific self-concept and interestAbstract. Data of N = 1939 students from German upper secondary schools (“Gymnasien”) were analyzed to test the big-fish little-pond-effect (BFLPE; Marsh,...
Zusammenfassung. Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigte sich in einem personenzentrierten Ansatz mit der Beziehung zwischen Täter-Opfer-Verhalten und Lernvariablen. Untersucht wurden Jugendliche, die stabil (über zwei Messzeitpunkte hinweg) als Täterinnen ...Academic motivation and self-regulated learning in stable bullies, victims, bully-victims, and non-participantsAbstract. The study investigated the relationship between bullying behavior and learning variables using a person-centered approach. ...
Motivational change in English and German language arts and mathematics of children in immersion programs and children in regular classesThe present study examines the change of academic self-concept and interest of N = 590 German speaking children in ...
Toddlers' Interest in Different Language Acquisition FormsAbstract. The current study investigates the interest of 2-year-olds in language training media. Within the framework of the work by Schiefele et al. (1983), we asked whether ...