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The aim of this study was to examine certain aspects of classroom climate in relation to students’ age, gender and their school achievement. Three aspects of classroom climate were used: the quality of interaction among students, the quality of interaction between students and teachers, and the sensitivity to violence in the classroom context. A total …

The aim of this research was to examine the contribution of students’ temperament and teacher-student interpersonal behavior in the explanation of self-esteem and academic achievement of students. The research included 189 students of the 7th and 8th grades of primary school, with the average age of thirteen in a half years. The results show that …

The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of experienced peer violent behaviours of different forms in terms of age and gender. Furthermore, study aimed at examining the association between the frequency of experienced violence, school achievement, and certain elements of classroom climate. It was hypothesised that boys, more often than girls, experience …

In the student-centred curriculum approach, apart from changes in the didactic-methodical plan of structuring the teaching process, in the form of the application of didactic strategies aimed at solving problems, student activity and collaborative learning, increased emphasis is placed on the importance of the quality of classroom atmosphere as a social dimension that contributes both …

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 …

Numerous studies demonstrated that parents’ education degree, their working status, the Internet access and pupils’ gender infl uence pupils’ school success, especially in primary school. In this study we have tried to establish the following connections: between some stratifi cation factors and school success, between school success and the Internet use for educational purposes, as …

The work is focused on the examination of emotional empathy and imagination (a specifi c aspect of empathy) of primary school eighth graders; on analysing the relations between emotional empathy and imagination on the one hand to school success, respondents’ gender and the size of a place where pupils live, i.e. where they go to …

The survey about mother’s involvement in schoolchildren’s education has been conducted among 108 mothers in the 1st, 3rd and 5th grade of elementary school. Statistical analyses have indicated that the fi ndings of the survey were in compliance with some of the research hypotheses. Mothers of higher educational background are more involved in indirect teaching …