Effects of homework motivation and worry anxiety on homework achievement in mathematics and English     

Eunsook Hong  Elsa Mason  Yun Peng  Nancy Lee 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2013,19(7-8):491-514

Direct and mediating effects of homework worry anxiety on homework effort and homework achievement and the differences in the structural relations among homework motivation constructs and homework achievement across mathematics and English homework were examined in 268 tenth graders in China. Homework motivation included task value, homework self-efficacy, homework worry anxiety, and motivation application. Homework accomplishments were rated by mathematics and English teachers. Homework value had positive effects on homework effort and worry anxiety in both subjects. Homework self-efficacy had positive and negative effects on homework effort and worry, respectively. Homework worry mediated the relation of homework value to effort and to achievement; the relation was more prominent in mathematics than in English homework. The mediating effects of worry anxiety in the relation of self-efficacy to homework effort and to achievement were significant only in mathematics. The domain specificity and direct and mediating effects were discussed in the cultural and educational context.  相似文献   

Motivational and cognitive test-taking strategies and their influence on test performance in mathematics     

Yun Peng  Elsa Mason 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2013,19(5):366-385

A structural equation model of relationships among testing-related motivation variables (test value, effort, self-efficacy, and test anxiety), test-taking strategies (test tactics and metacognitive strategies), gender, and math test performance were examined with a sample of 10th graders (N = 438; 182 males and 256 females). In general, motivation variables influenced the use of test-taking strategies and demonstrated stronger impacts on math performance than did test-taking strategies. Gender differences were found in self-efficacy and test anxiety. With a few surprising but culturally relevant results that warrant further investigation, the current study extended previous works on antecedents of academic achievement to testing situations within the self-regulated learning theory.  相似文献   

The Roles of Hong Kong Preservice Early Childhood Teachers’ Creativity and Zest in Their Self-efficacy in Creating Child-centered Learning Environments     

Sum Kwing Cheung  Ricci Wai-tsz Fong  Suzannie Kit Ying Leung  Elsa Ka-wei Ling 《Early education and development》2013,24(6):788-799

Research Findings: This study investigated the relationships of preservice teachers’ year of study in the teacher education program, creativity, zest, and self-efficacy in managing children’s behaviors to self-efficacy in creating child-centered learning environments. Data were collected from 275 Hong Kong preservice teachers via self-reported questionnaires. Results showed that creativity had a direct positive linkage with self-efficacy in creating child-centered learning environments. Zest was associated with self-efficacy in creating child-centered learning environments, however, indirectly through self-efficacy in managing children’s behaviors. Year of study was unrelated to both self-efficacies. Practice or Policy: Preservice teachers’ creativity and zest can be conceptualized as personal resources for creating child-centered environments. Teacher education programs should therefore incorporate components of fostering pre-service teachers’ own creativity and zest.  相似文献   

Strategic Innovation: Conception of Innovation among Social Sciences Researchers in Higher Education in Northwestern México     

Castellanos  Elsa Catalina Olivas  De Gunther Delgado  Leonel 《Innovative Higher Education》2022,47(5):855-874

Innovative Higher Education - Researchers in universities are encouraged to produce innovative scientific research and participate in the international scientific community. In Mexico, public...  相似文献   

幸福的秘密     

埃尔沙·杨格斯太德  王宏平 《海外英语》2009,(5):42-43

如果你中了彩票或钱袋里有一些多余的美元,你会认为更加幸福吗？再想一想。一项新的研究推翻了经典经济学的至理名言,这项研究表明幸福不在于你拥有多少钱,而在于你怎样花钱。那些给慈善机构捐钱或慷慨施予的人比那些把所有的钱花在自己身上的人更加幸福。  相似文献   

Suspended load path tracking control using a tilt-rotor UAV based on zonotopic state estimation     

Brenner S. Rego  Guilherme V. Raffo 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2019,356(4):1695-1729

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Influence of non-preferred foot technical training in reducing lower limbs functional asymmetry among young football players     

José Guilherme  Júlio Garganta  Amândio Graça  André Seabra 《Journal of sports sciences》2015,33(17):1790-1798

The functional asymmetry of the lower limbs has been regarded as a relevant factor of the performance of football players. We purposed to ascertain whether a specific technical training programme for the non-preferred foot has implications in the increasing utilisation rate of the respective member during the game. Young football players (n = 71) were randomly divided into experimental group (N = 35; 14.37 ± 1.94 years) and control group (N = 36; 14.50 ± 1.81 years). The study was developed into three stages: first, assessment of the index utilisation of both limbs during the game; second, application of a technical training programme that includes the drilling of specific motor skills exclusively directed to the non-preferred foot; and third, assessment of the new rate of both limbs’ utilisation after the predefined six months. The main findings were: (1) the use of the non-preferred foot increased significantly with the technical training programme in the experimental group and remained constant in the control group; (2) the use of the preferred foot decreased significantly in the experimental group and remained similar in control group. We concluded that a systematic and specific technical training for the non-preferred foot increases its use and reduces functional asymmetry in game situation, consequently improving the player’s performance.  相似文献   

Rules, Right and Wrong, and Children     

Elsa K. Weber 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2002,30(2):107-111

The article is an informal distillation of conversations from severalworkshops held with teachers over a period of several years. Discussionswere focused around examples of ordinary classroom occurrences. Teachersin the workshops analyzed incidents, some simple, some multifaceted, asexamples of the domains of social knowledge, including moral, socialconvention, and personal/psychological, which though unique, sometimesoverlap. Conversations included possible resolutions. A final section,observations and affirmations, includes a discussion of the implicationsfor a domain appropriate approach to classroom interactions betweenteachers and children.  相似文献   

Influence of ACTN3 R577X polymorphism on ventilatory thresholds related to endurance performance     

Leonardo A. Pasqua  Salomão Bueno  Guilherme G. Artioli  Antônio H. Lancha JR.  Monique Matsuda  Mônica V. Marquezini 《Journal of sports sciences》2016,34(2):163-170

The purpose of this study was to verify the association between ACTN3 polymorphism and physiological parameters related to endurance performance. A total of 150 healthy male volunteers performed a maximal incremental running test to determine the speeds corresponding to ventilatory threshold (VT) and respiratory compensation point (RCP). Participants were genotyped and divided into terciles based on the analysed variables. Genotype frequencies were compared through χ² test between lower and higher terciles, with the lowest or highest values of each analysed variable. ACTN3 XX genotype was over-represented in higher tercile for VT and RCP. Odds ratio also showed significantly higher chances of XX individuals to be in higher tercile compared to RR (7.3) and RR + RX (3.5) for VT and compared to RR genotype (8.1) and RR + RX (3.4) for RCP. Thus, XX individuals could attain the VT and RCP at higher speeds, suggesting that they are able to sustain higher running speeds in lower exercise intensity domains. It could result in higher lipid acids oxidation, saving muscle glycogen and delaying the fatigue during prolonged exercises, which could be the advantage mechanism of this genotype to endurance performance.  相似文献   

Frontal plane comparison between drop jump and vertical jump: implications for the assessment of ACL risk of injury     

Guilherme M. Cesar  Curtis L. Tomasevicz  Judith M. Burnfield 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2016,15(4):440-449

The potential to use the vertical jump (VJ) to assess both athletic performance and risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury could have widespread clinical implications since VJ is broadly used in high school, university, and professional sport settings. Although drop jump (DJ) and VJ observationally exhibit similar lower extremity mechanics, the extent to which VJ can also be used as screening tool for ACL injury risk has not been assessed. This study evaluated whether individuals exhibit similar knee joint frontal plane kinematic and kinetic patterns when performing VJs compared with DJs. Twenty-eight female collegiate athletes performed DJs and VJs. Paired t-tests indicated that peak knee valgus angles did not differ significantly between tasks (p = 0.419); however, peak knee internal adductor moments were significantly larger during the DJ vs. VJ (p < 0.001). Pearson correlations between the DJ and VJ revealed strong correlations for knee valgus angles (r = 0.93, p < 0.001) and for internal knee adductor moments (r = 0.82, p < 0.001). Our results provide grounds for investigating whether frontal plane knee mechanics during VJ can predict ACL injuries and thus can be used as an effective tool for the assessment of risk of ACL injury in female athletes.  相似文献