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Research Approach as Modern Teaching or A Mere Deviation from Traditional Teaching? Teachers’ Opinions on The Research Approach in Teaching the Subject Nature and Society

The research approach in teaching Nature and Society is considered a new approach in learning and teaching in primary school. However, we wonder if this is really so? For this reason, research was conducted with the aim of examining the educational practice of early primary school teachers in the implementation of the research approach in …

Self-efficacy and achievement goals as predictors of high-school students’ academic performance

It has long been recognized that students’ school performance is determined not only by their cognitive abilities, but even more importantly by their motivation, achievement goals and perceived self-efficacy. The present study explored the relationship between academic self-efficacy, school achievement and four achievement goals of high-school students. The obtained results indicated a significant effect of …

Socio-Demographic Variables as Motivation Predictors of Academic Achievement

This paper presents the results of the research whose purpose was to examine the predictive values of socio-demographic variables such as: type of high school, age (grade), gender, academic achievement, father’s and mother’s educational qualifications which contribute to a student’s high school achievement. Hierarchical multiple regression is used to evaluate the relationship of the above …