Improving Fourth Graders’ Self-Regulated Writing Skills: Effects on Strategy-Related, Holistic, and Subjective Measures of Writing Competence

In a sample of 119 fourth graders, we examined the effects of a curriculum-integrated story-writing training on ...

Trias of Trust as Personal Ressource for Coping with Test Anxiety

The study investigated the impact of confidence in oneself, one’s future and in other persons on test anxiety. 568 social and natural sciences students completed the German Test Anxiety ...

Gifted and not Creative? On the Creativity of Intellectually Gifted Children and Adolescents

The few existing studies regarding the creativity of intellectually gifted children and adolescents revealed controversial results. Within the scope of the «...

Classroom Climate and School-Related Helplessness in Grades 8 and 9

Students’ perception of classroom climate (perceived teacher support, perceived cohesion and perceived competition in class) is related to school-related helplessness. Whether the ...

On the Significance of Parents, Peers and Intrinsic Value for Receptive Cultural Activities in Secondary School Students

Why do pupils spend leisure time on receptive (high-brow) cultural activities? Previous studies demonstrated effects of personality ...

Multiple Intelligences, Multiple Perspectives. Commentary on Rost: Multiple Intelligences, Multiple Irritations (2008)

In issue 2/2008 of this journal, Rost passed severe criticism on Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory). In our article, ...

More Multiple Perspectives – More Multiple Irritations: Response to Kim and Hoppe-Graff’s Critique

It is shown that the critical remarks posed by Kim and Hoppe-Graff do not seriously invalidate Rost’s critical objections to Gardner’s theory of «Multiple ...