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Learning and Instruction

April 2005 Volume 15, Number 2

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Number of articles: 6

  1. Longitudinal analysis of the link between learning motivation and competence beliefs among elementary school children

    Birgit Spinath & Frank M. Spinath

    The present study examined the link between general school-related learning motivation and competence beliefs in elementary school children. In a cross-sequential design, the populations of four... More

    pp. 87-102

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  2. Task-motivation during the first school years: A person-oriented approach to longitudinal data

    Jari-Erik Nurmi & Kaisa Aunola

    The present study investigated the kinds of motivational patterns primary school students show in terms of the value they place on math, reading and writing, respectively, and the extent to which... More

    pp. 103-122

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  3. Training of self-regulatory and problem-solving competence

    Franziska Perels, Tina Gürtler & Bernhard Schmitz

    The effects of different trainings on the acquisition of mathematical problem-solving and self-regulation were studied with 249 eighth-graders. The study was conducted with 4 different trainings in... More

    pp. 123-139

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  4. The influence of teacher perceived administration of self-regulated learning on students' motivation and information-processing

    J.S. Rozendaal, A. Minnaert & M. Boekaerts

    This study investigates the influence of teacher perceived administration of self-regulated learning on students' motivation and information-processing over time. This was done in the context of... More

    pp. 141-160

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  5. Studying the development of learning and task motivation

    Jacquelynne S. Eccles

    This commentary focuses on the papers by Nurmi and Aunola and by Spinath and Spinath. I discuss the difficulty in testing the hypothesis that ability self concepts influence developmental changes... More

    pp. 161-171

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  6. Commentary on self-regulation in school contexts

    Dale H. Schunk

    Recent years have witnessed increasing academic self-regulation research. Researchers have compared good with poor self-regulators to determine key processes; examined the relations among self... More

    pp. 173-177

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