This study analyzes the effects of individual achievement and achievement level of student reference group on test anxiety in a national sample of 769 gifted Israeli students (grade levels 4-9), which was previously investigated by Zeidner and Schleyer (1999a). We hypothesized that when controlling for individual achievement, students' experiences of test anxiety should increase with the increa...

This paper presents a draft described civic and citizenship cognitive achievement scale based on the International Civics and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) field trial cognitive test items and student achievement data. The paper briefly outlines the process of generating the described scale before presenting and examining the substance of the scale. The scale is based on data from the 80 t...

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between test-anxiety and academic achievement among adolescents in Sanandaj, Iran. The respondents comprised of 400 students (200 boys and 200 girls) in the age range of 15-19 years old that were randomly selected from nine high schools in Sanandaj, Iran. A self administered questionnaire was used for data collection which includes a Te...

objective: this research was conducted to study the effectiveness of self-regulation training among female students’ academic achievement motivation in birjand city, iran. methods: in this interventional comparative study (pretest-posttest design with control group), 84 eighth grade students (from public intermediate schools) in birjand were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. they w...

This study examined the effects of gender; time spent on internet browsing, participation in sports activities and medium of instructions on mathematics achievement of class IX students of South-East Bihar. The study consists of 975 male and 969 female students of thirty-six schools of South-East Bihar. The mathematics achievement test and personal background assessment questionnaire were used ...

In the present study the effect of Inductive Thinking Model on achievement in Scientific Creativity of class IX students was investigated. Non-randomised pre-test-post-test control group experimental design was followed. Sample of 201 students was picked up for the study comprising of two groups viz. Control and experimental group. Tools used were: Scientific creativity test developed by S.K. M...