Exploring the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationships...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  February 1, 2007 ;     449 words ...Achievement goals and self-efficacy are...relationships between achievement goals and achievement behaviors...relationships between achievement goals and fitness testing scores...161 girls) students in grades 6-9 from a suburban public...questionnaires assessing their ...

Achievement goals of students with ADHD.(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...

Learning Disability Quarterly;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to evaluate the achievement goals of students with...questions: What are the achievement goals of students with ADHD? How do achievement goals of students with...without ADHD? How are achievement goals related to other...little about the achievement goals ...

Achievement goals, perceived motivational climate, and students'...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Achievement goals and perceived motivational...students in 4th, 8th, and 11th grades completed questionnaires assessing their achievement goals, perceived motivational...Results indicated that achievement goals and perceived motivational...ego-involved climate. A multiple ...

GCSE RESULTS SUCCESS FOR TEENAGERS IN WALES : How counties made the...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 26, 2005 ;     72 words ...Anglesey 98.8% of pupils gained grades A* - G; 63.1% grades A* - C; 17.9% grades A*/A. Gwynedd 99.3% of pupils gained grades A* - G; 66.1% grades A* - C; 19.2% grades A*/A. Conwy 97.7% of pupils gained grades A*-G; 60.8% grades A*-C; 17.8% grades...

McKinstry to offer tutoring, transfers after falling short of achievement...

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  October 16, 2006 ;     527 words ......the school fell short of federal achievement goals for a second year. McKinstry is one...only district school not meeting achievement goals that receives Title I funding. Title...Logan Middle fell short of federal achievement goals in math and reading. East High fell...

Are math grades cyclical?

Educational Research Quarterly;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......report examines the cyclical nature of student grades over a six year period An autoregressive integrated...ARIMA) to examine the cyclical nature of student grades. In general, student grades are above average for the first grading cycle of...

Taking the fear out of grades

Michigan Chronicle;  November 26, 1996 ;     441 words ......Chronicle 11-26-1996 Taking the fear out of grades. Many of us remember a time as a child...distributed and we wanted to run and hide. Grades and test results have the ability to create...arousing fear is certainly not the purpose of grades. Grades actually serve a number of positive...

COLUMN: Grades become an addictive goal

University Wire;  December 16, 2005 ;     637 words ......student is someone who scrambles to get good grades in hopes of one day earning a degree...thing we absolutely must do is get good grades and graduate. This is not enough. We're paying for an education, but getting grades instead. Professor Monte Hull of Temple...

GETTING A GRIP ON GRADES.(Home Front)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  October 11, 1998 ;     226 words ......said children should keep up with their grades and average these once a week. I spoke...teachers already make them write down their grades. Is this the same thing? I don't want...and to help your sons improve their grades - an organizational system must meet three...

TEACHER CONCEALS STUDENT GRADES.(Kentucky Life)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  November 9, 2002 ;     514 words ......one of her teachers if she could see her grades to average them to know whether she needed to do extra credit to bring her grades up. Her teacher told her no and said she was not allowed to see her grades. Why would a student not be permitted to...

EDITORIAL: Fighting to deflate grades

University Wire;  June 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......year, people actually started to listen. Grades at Harvard have consistently risen throughout the past century; today, 50 percent of grades are either As or A-minuses. By all accounts...account for such a massive increase in grades. Admitted students' SAT scores have increased...

Where all grades are above average

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Where all grades are above average By STUART ROJSTACZER...Editions.=.Sunday I RECENTLY HANDED in my grades for an undergraduate course I teach at...very good, I just drop down slightly, to grades that range from A-minus to B-minus. The...

Using achievement goals and interest to predict learning in physical...

The Journal of Experimental Education;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......useful motivational constructs, achievement goals and interest have been identified...Ennis, 2004). The impact of achievement goals and interest on learning has been recognized. Achievement Goals Since the pioneer work by Duda...

Mailing grades home a thing of the past at U. Alabama

University Wire;  November 2, 1999 ;     398 words ......Did you have problems getting your grades over the summer? You may not be the only...students who say they like having the grades on the Internet, but it's nice to have...on it. "I think it's better to see the grades on a piece of paper instead of on a computer...

Headteachers delighted as high-fliers produce top grades; GCSE RESULTS...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 24, 2007 ;     548 words ......THIRD of candidates achieved A* or A grades in at least seven subjects, with seven students achieving A* or A grades in all 10 of their subjects. Headmaster...Walker, from Heswall, who gained nine A* grades and one grade A. BIRKENHEAD HIGH MORE...