Abstract: Medical-Psychological driver ability testings are not intended to represent an examination situation. Nevertheless they are commonly described and interpreted as such by the affected subjects themselves. These testings are therefore highly prone ...
Implicit Versus Explicit Achievement Strivings: Empirical Evidence of the Independence of Two Motivational SystemsIn an experiment with N = 88 students, we examined how dispositional measures of implicit (TAT) vs. explicit (questionnaire) achievement ...
The objective of this study was to identify a suitable alternative to the current practice of complementing the feeding of milk by-products with straw. The influence of 5 different types of solid feeds on health and performance of Swiss veal calves was ...
The objective of this study was to identify a suitable alternative to the current practice of complementing the feeding of whole milk with straw. The influence of 3 different solid supplements on the health and performance of Swiss veal calves was ...
Academic Self-Concepts, Achievement and the Internal Frame of Reference: A Design-Oriented Demonstration of Predictions Derived from the I/E-modelSummary: Even though grades in different subjects are substantially correlated, the corresponding self-...
Summary: The current longitudinal study (consisting of 78 fifth and sixth grade math classes; N = 1762 students) investigates the relationship between domain-specific achievement and emotional experiences. Using a mediation model (adapted from Pekrun, ...
Summary: Frame of reference models assume that both, social and intraindividual (= “dimensional”) comparisons affect the academic self-concept. Comparing one's achievement in a domain A with lower achievement in another domain B (dimensional downward ...
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 Accuracy of Self-Reported School MarksSummary: Studies in educational psychology often use students' self-reports on their school marks as an indicator of students' performance. In the present study we compared self-reports on marks from the last ...
Academic Self-Concepts - Formation, Effects, EnhancementAbstract. Academic self-concept is an important research topic in educational psychology. The present article shortly describes important models of the structure of the self-concept and a model of ...
The Development of Academic Self-ConceptsAbstract. The papers of the special issue are discussed following three questions: How is the structure of academic self-concepts to be described? How do academic self-concepts develop, and what kinds of factors ...
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. Building on previous research which suggests that females are at a disadvantage when working with computers, the current paper investigates possible explanations. We used the cognitive-motivational process model (Vollmeyer & Rheinberg, 1999, ...
Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs and Their Impact on Instructional Quality and Student AchievementTeachers’ beliefs about the nature of knowledge, learning and teaching are assumed to play a significant role in shaping teachers’ instructional behaviour. ...
Assessing Science-Related Beliefs at Upper Secondary and College Level: A Validation Study of the FREE QuestionnaireThis paper presents an extended validation of a German questionnaire recently devised to measure the developmental level of ...
In a longitudinal analysis of students measured on five occasions over eight critical developmental years (grade 10 to five years after high school graduation), school-average ability (M-ABIL) had negative effects on academic self-concept (ASC), school ...
Abstract. According to recent research (Eccles, 1999; GEOlino-UNICEF-Kinderwertemonitor, 2014), young people are particularly interested in issues related to affiliation, achievement, or power. We suggest that tasks that ...
A matter of luck: Two high-powered preregistered replication studies on effects of superstition on cognitive performanceAbstract. In a series of experiments, Damisch, Stoberock and Mussweiler (2010) showed that ...
Abstract.Rationale: Adherence to recommendations regarding quality of care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improves outcome of patients. Performance measures (PM) reflect the quality of care but information about documentation of PM in ...
Social competencies and their assessment in final examinationsAbstract. The development and promotion of social competencies is given high priority in curriculums and has also been integrated into the examination process. The scope of new ...