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Relating differently: Assessing and comparing associations between social and a...
Campos, Mafalda L.; Peixoto, FranciscoImmigrant students face additional challenges in educational settings. Current research lacks understanding of the associations between social aspects of students' school life, their impact on adjustment and how these differ based on immigrant status. We argue that merely noting about the existence of differences is insufficient, and there is a need to better comprehend the complexity of such inequalities.This ...
Portuguese Version of a Value Beliefs Scale: Psychometric properties among voca...
Pipa, Joana; Silva, Pedro Leite; Peixoto, FranciscoThe subjective task value (STV) aspect of Expectancy-Value Theory has recently gained significance in achievement motivation research. It posits that students are motivated to engage in a particular task due to its intrinsic value, attainment value, utility value, and perceived cost. More recently, these components have been divided into more specific facets. This study aimed to adapt Gaspard et al. (2017) valu...
Resilience and mental health in practicing chilean teachers during the pandemic
VILLALOBOS-VERGARA, PAULA VERONICA; Ortúzar, Rodrigo Vergara; Gómez, María Catalina Sabando; Peixoto, Francisco; Silva, José CastroThe connection between resilience and psychological well-being, as well as the associations between various resilience profiles and well-being, remain unclear. This study investigated the resilience profiles of teachers and their links to psychological well-being and mental health symptoms. The data were gathered from 602 Chilean teachers who completed questionnaires assessing resilience, well-being, and mental...
Effects of grade retention in lower secondary education on students' self‐conce...
Pipa, Joana; Daniel, J. R.; Peixoto, FranciscoGrade retention is one of the most discussed and controversialeducational measures, and yet, it is still widely applied in manycountries. Research investigating the effects of grade retentionon students' psychosocial variables presents mixed findings,partly due to the variables assessed, methodological issues, andthe length of the studies. This study aimed to analyse both theshort to medium and longitudinal eff...
When competence and confidence are at odds: A cross-country examination of the ...
Hansen Yang, Kajsa; Thorsen, Cecilia; Radišić, Jelena; Peixoto, Francisco; Laine, Anu; Liu, XinResearch has shown that some students who underperform in mathematics overestimate their performance, while others who excel in mathematics underestimate it. Looking at this mismatch of performance and confidence judgement—the Dunning–Kruger effect (DKE)—the current study investigates how well students’ confidence judgement and itemspecific mathematics competence relate with each other and whether such a relati...
Effects of grade retention in lower secondary education on students' self‐conce...
Pipa, Joana; Daniel, J. R.; Peixoto, FranciscoGrade retention is one of the most discussed and controversial educational measures, and yet, it is still widely applied in many countries. Research investigating the effects of grade retention on students' psychosocial variables presents mixed findings, partly due to the variables assessed, methodological issues, and the length of the studies. This study aimed to analyse both the short to medium and longitudin...
Am I a math person? Linking math identity with students’ motivation for mathema...
Radišić, Jelena; Kesegi-Krstin, Ksenija; Blažanin, Barbara; Micic, Katarina; Baucal, Aleksandar; Peixoto, Francisco; Schukajlow, StanislawBased on the expectancy-value perspective on identity and identity formation, this paper explores the relationship between math identity (MI) and the dimensions of motivation (i.e. intrinsic value, attainment value, utility value and perceived competence) and math achievement in primary school. An additional aim of our research was to explore these relationships in diferent cultural contexts and investigate pot...
Preparing pre-service teachers for family engagement: Insights from the initial...
Cabral, Sónia; Mata, Lourdes; Peixoto, FranciscoFamily involvement and participation in education (FIPE) profoundly impacts the quality of students’ academic and social development. Initial teacher education contribution in fostering attitudes, skills, and strategies for effective FIPE is therefore unquestionable. We aimed to find out to what extent Portuguese pre-service teachers are prepared to engage families. A document analysis was conducted to establis...
Effects of grade retention in lower secondary education on students' self‐conce...
Pipa, Joana; Daniel, J. R.; Peixoto, FranciscoGrade retention is one of the most discussed and controversial educational measures, and yet, it is still widely applied in many countries. Research investigating the effects of grade retention on students' psychosocial variables presents mixed findings, partly due to the variables assessed, methodological issues, and the length of the studies. This study aimed to analyse both the short to medium and longitudin...
Effects of grade retention in lower secondary education on students' self‐conce...
Pipa, Joana; Daniel, J. R.; Peixoto, FranciscoGrade retention is one of the most discussed and controversial educational measures, and yet, it is still widely applied in many countries. Research investigating the effects of grade retention on students' psychosocial variables presents mixed findings, partly due to the variables assessed, methodological issues, and the length of the studies. This study aimed to analyse both the short to medium and longitudin...