Zusammenfassung: Kognitive Komplexität wird seit den Theorien von Bieri et al. (1966) und Scott (1962) durch die Anzahl und Eigenschaften der Dimensionen definiert, die Individuen zur kognitiven Strukturierung von Gegenstandsbereichen verwenden. Das ...
Summary: The internal/external frame of reference (I/E) model by Marsh assumes two central information sources for the constitution of domain-specific academic self-concepts: (1) Social comparisons (external frame of reference), in which students compare ...
Zusammenfassung: In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde der Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle Leistungsgruppierungen in der Sekundarstufe I für die Schulleistung und für die Entwicklung selbstbezogener Fähigkeitskognitionen spielen. Daten von N = 2730 Schülern ...
On the Trail of a Phenomenon: Casual LearnersSummary: The time students spent on learning at home can be regarded as an important variable of the learning process. In the present study, the phenomenon of “casual learners” is investigated. Over a period ...
Testing Models on the Genesis of Academic Self-Concepts: Findings of the PISA StudySummary: The nationally representative sample of 15-year-old students investigated in the PISA study (Programme for International Student Assessment) provides achievement ...
Time Investment Does Not Always Pay Off: The Role of Self-Regulatory Strategies in Homework ExekutionSummary: Although differences in scholastic achievement have often been related to differences in homework behavior, the beneficial effect of homework on ...
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 ...
Summary: The Internal/External Frame of Reference model (I/E-M, Marsh, 1986) assumes that social (interindividual) and dimensional (intraindividual) comparisons of academic achievements have an impact on academic self-concepts. Dimensional comparisons are ...
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 ...
Cognitive, Language, Mathematical, and Socioemotional Skills as Predictors of Subsequent School Performance: Is a Child’s Performance on the Intelligence Development Scales Predictive of its School Performance three Years later?Abstract: Based on the ...
Development of Students Attending Extracurricular Activities: Compensatory Effects of Extracurricular Activities?In this paper we examine the development of mathematics achievement in children attending all-day schools who make intensive attendance of ...
Complex Problem Solving, School Competencies and Their Relation to School GradesThe importance of Complex Problem Solving (CPS) within the educational context is well established. This is one of the reasons why CPS plays a prominent role in educational ...
Relations of General and Specific Intelligence Factors with General and Specific Achievement Factors in a Nested-Factor-ModelIn order to further clarify the relations of general intelligence and specific intelligence group factors with scholastic ...
The Role of Grades for Changes in Intrinsic Motivation and Ability Self-Concept in GermanAbstract. Based on theoretical assumptions made by self-determination theory, we investigated reciprocal relations between elementary schoolchildren's intrinsic ...
Academic self-concepts and self-efficacies: Their interdependencies and relationships to scholastic achievementAbstract. Self-concept and self-efficacy are important constructs in educational psychology. They have frequently been the object of research in ...
Abstract.Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelley (2007) introduced “grit” as a “new” performance-related motivational trait. It is conceptualized as a higher-order factor which is based on ...
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 ...
Extended abstractThe Importance of Sleep and Sleep Disorders for Learning and Memory in Children – a ReviewBackground: Sleep plays a decisive role for learning, memory processing, and cognitive functioning. However, sleep can be disturbed in various ...