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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Affective Variables"”.
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Treatment Effectiveness in Preschool Education- A Look at Affective Variables
… ability nor academic achievement, two variables frequently used for measuring intervention effectiveness, are included as diagnostic criteria. Yet IQ scores are often used as entry criteria for treatment studies (Tsakiris, 2000). Therefore, intervention effectiveness has utilized …
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The effects of affective variables and kanji growth on L1 Chinese JSL learners' kanji learning
… a longitudinal investigation into the effects of affective variables and kanji growth on kanji learning utilizing the self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2002). L1 Chinese learners of Japanese as a second language (L2) responded to a questionnaire designed to measure eleven …
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Experimentally-induced success and failure in bulimic and nonbulimic women: cognitive and affective responses
… of bulimia. Both studies focused on cognitive variables; additionally, the second study included affective variables. ln Study I, 569 students were screened with questionnaires. Based on correspondence of questionnaire items to DSM-III criteria, 20 bulimic women were selected, along with 20 …
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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AT JAPANESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
… (ELES) on both English language skills and affective variables. The participants were 145 public junior high school students in Grades 7 and 8; 72 participants received English language instruction once a week in the local public elementary schools in tokku (special educational district), …
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An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects
… teaching methods.This study investigates the affective responses of Saudi secondary students towards Islamic Religious Science, Arabic Language and English Language; relationships between academic achievement and affective variables; and teachers' perceptions of students' academic achievement …
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A longitudinal model for the study of equity issues in mathematics education
… examine the effects of various equity variables on mathematics achievement and learning. The achievement differences among groups based on race, socioeconomic status and gender have been well documented in the mathematics education literature. However, these equity variables tend to be …
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THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK, AFFECT, AND ORAL ENGLISH IMPROVEMENT
… feedback (CF) interacted with students’ affective variables (anxiety, attitude, motivation, and self-confidence) to affect how advanced-level ESL students learned oral English, but also how these students’ prior experiences of learning English in their home countries’ distinct classroom …
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COVARIANCE STRUCTURAL MODELS FOR MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION: AN INVESTIGATION OF SEX DIFFERENCES AT THE LEVEL OF COLLEGE CALCULUS USING FACTORIAL MODELING
… would explain, in terms of orthogonal latent variables, the correlations observed among mathematics achievement and participation measures and related cognitive and affective variables. A random sample of college calculus students (N = 268; 124 females and 144 males) was administered: (1) a …
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Emotions in language learning: applying affective research in English Language Teaching
Research on the influence of affective features in language learning shows that students’ attitudes and motivation appear to be the most critical factor for success in language learning (Day, Gardner & MacIntyre, 1992). This paper aims at providing language teachers with tools that allow them to …
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An assessment of the attitudes and anxieties of the African-American students who were enrolled in Developmental Mathematics II classes at Halifax Community College
The purpose of this study was to examine two affective variables that usually hinder the mathematical performance of students. Specifically, this study was to assess the attitudes toward the learning of mathematics and the mathematics anxieties of the African-American students enrolled in …
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Psychometric And Experimental Investigation Of Impulsivity, Rumination, Revenge, And Forgiveness
… findings indicate that important cognitive and affective variables such as rumination and impulsivity are important to consider in future investigations of revenge and forgiveness. Limitations, as well as directions for future research also are discussed.</p>
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Peer Attitudes Toward Giftedness
… mediating effect (Baron & Kenny, 1986) of the affective variables of admiration (Hareli,& Weiner, 2002) and envy (Hareli, & Weiner, 2000) between perceptions of controllability and the behavioral response of affiliation. Multiple factorial ANOVA’s were used to compare the mean levels of …
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Peer Attitudes Toward Giftedness
… mediating effect (Baron & Kenny, 1986) of the affective variables of admiration (Hareli,& Weiner, 2002) and envy (Hareli, & Weiner, 2000) between perceptions of controllability and the behavioral response of affiliation. Multiple factorial ANOVA’s were used to compare the mean levels of …
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Understanding decimal numbers: an investigation of student meaning constructions in intermediate and high school
… and mathematics teaching, including their affective responses to decimal numbers and mathematics. The research was influenced by the constructivist view of learning in which the emphasis is on the individual actively constructing his/her own interpretations from incoming stimuli. In …
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The role of emotions in obsessive-compulsive experiences
… presentations were underpinned by consistent affective profiles. A systematic search procedure identified 23 studies which were eligible for inclusion. Analysis of the results reported across the studies led to five key conclusions. First, washing profiles were consistently characterised by …
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How is a Child's Perception of Self Affected by Retention?
… because educators recognize the importance of affective variables, it is equally important to assess the effectiveness of retention in terms of self-perceptions and engagement at school.</p> <p>The focus of this inquiry was to explore the effects of retention as reported by twelve 5th and 6th …
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The Impact of Using Formative Assessment Attributes in Daily Instruction on Student Affect
… assessment attributes had an impact on two affective variables--Academic Efficacy and Eagerness to Learn. Both the control and experimental students' affect was measured using a pre and post test administration of the Student Affect Inventory created by Popham and Stiggins (2008) in …
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Language teaching anxiety among university level language teachers
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Late luteal phase dysphoric disorder symptoms (PMS) among women presenting for counseling services
… tested using multiple regression analysis, using affective and somatic variables as predictors of cycle day. Post hoc analyses for differences between menstrual phase groups on the affective variables were performed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).The results of this study …
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