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Mapping pilgrims’ experience of walking the Saint James way through the lens of...
Vieira, Clara; Cunha, Jennifer; Nunes, Ana Rita; Ribeiro, Luísa Mota; Rosário, PedroThe Way of St. James is a very well-known and ancient pilgrimage, with various routes leading pilgrims to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, where the remains of Saint James are buried. Over the last few years, the experience of the pilgrimage and the growing number of pilgrims walking the Saint James Way have been attracting researchers’ attention. However, studies attempting to understand the p...
School engagement in elementary school: a systematic review of 35 years of rese...
Martins, Juliana Andreia Oliveira; Cunha, Jennifer; Lopes, Silvia; Moreira, Tania; Rosário, PedroSchool engagement is considered an antidote to several academic problems found in middle and high school. Previous data highlight the importance of understanding school engagement in early years. The present systematic review aims to outline investigations regarding school engagement in elementary school. Findings are expected to (i) help educators learn about research in a comprehensible way, (ii) design futur...
Student perceptions of homework quality, autonomy support, effort, and math ach...
Xu, Jianzhong; Du, Jianxia; Cunha, Jennifer; Rosário, PedroThis study tests reciprocal influences of perceived homework quality, teacher autonomy support, homework effort, and achievement. Data from 702 8th graders over one school year showed positive reciprocal effects between (a) homework quality and autonomy support, and (b) effort and achievement. Higher prior effort and achievement led to higher homework quality. Autonomy support showed a more positive effect on l...
Writing intervention with elementary students struggling with writing: examinin...
Hogemann, Julia; Cunha, Jennifer; Nunez, Jose Carlos; Vallejo, Guillermo; Rodriguez, Celestino; Rosário, PedroMany young students experience difficulties mastering writing, and are designated as students struggling with writing. Teacher feedback on writing is an educational tool suited to address this challenge, playing a pivotal role in promoting student proficiency in writing. The current study tests a writing intervention plus teacher feedback, over the course of 12 weeks. A quasi-experimental design with repeated m...
The role of the perceived usefulness of teacher feedback on elementary students...
Cunha, Jennifer; Martins, Juliana Andreia Oliveira; Almeida, Sofia; Núñez, José Carlos; Rosário, PedroThe impact of homework on students’ school engagement and achievement differs according to several factors, such as the feedback provided by the teacher. However, to favor homework engagement, it seems important that students perceive the feedback as useful - a variable that has received little attention in the literature, namely at elementary school level. Thus, this study aims to analyze the relationships bet...
“COVID-19 em Sarilhos”: respostas de intervenção na promoção de competências au...
Rosário, Pedro; Cunha, Jennifer; Pereira, Armanda; Guimarães, Ana; Vieira, Clara; Lopes, Dulce; Sousa, Patrícia[Excerto] A pandemia COVID-19 desarrumou as nossas vidas sem aviso prévio. A chegada repentina trouxe inúmeros desafios pessoais e sociais com impacto significativo na vida das pessoas e dos contextos. As medidas contra a propagação do vírus (e.g., o encerramento das escolas, teletrabalho) trouxeram mudanças significativas para a vida das famílias. Por exemplo, a noção de casa foi resignificada abruptamente. A ...
Online vs traditional homework: a systematic review on the benefits to students...
Magalhães, Paula; Ferreira, Diogo; Cunha, Jennifer; Rosário, PedroIn recent years, a strong investment has been made to equip schools with technology for educational purposes, leading to some transformations in teachers' practices. In this context, apart from traditional format, there are online platforms available for teachers to assign and monitor homework completed by students. Literature has described the benefits of online homework for teachers when compared with traditi...
Online Homework Distraction Scale: A validation study
Xu, Jianzhong; Nunez, Jose Carlos; Cunha, Jennifer; Rosário, PedroBackground: Increasingly, postsecondary students enroll in distance learning courses and complete homework online, which extends their learning opportunities regardless of where they are. Online homework requires self-control from students to cope with conventional and tech-related distractors, however research on this topic is scarce. There is a need to develop an instrument to assess online homework distracti...
Does teacher homework feedback matter to 6th graders' school engagement?: a mix...
Cunha, Jennifer; Rosário, Pedro; Carlos Nunez, Jose; Vallejo, Guilherme; Martins, Juliana; Hogemann, JuliaThe effectiveness of homework on improving student academic achievement depends on several factors; for example, feedback provided by the teacher (i.e. grading) and student engagement are important moderators in this process. However, the relationships between the types of homework feedback commonly used by teachers and student school engagement have not yet been examined. Anchored in the Self-Determination The...
"Did you do your homework?" mathematics teachers' homework follow-up practices ...
Rosário, Pedro; Cunha, Jennifer; Nunes, Ana Rita; Moreira, Tânia; Carlos Núñez, José; Xu, JianzhongTeachers' homework follow-up practices, the in-class strategies teachers use to monitor their students' homework assignments, have an impact on their students' homework behaviors and academic achievement. The current study explored the perspectives of middle school mathematics teachers on the three domains of homework follow-up: the practices used in class, the purposes of each practice, and the aspects that ma...