Association between Emotional Variables and School Achievement

Autor/in	Randler, Christoph
Titel	Association between Emotional Variables and School Achievement
Quelle	2 (2009) 2, S.3-10 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade 8; Grade 9; Affective Measures; Student Interests; Well Being; Anxiety; Correlation; Ecology; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Prior Learning; Regression (Statistics); Psychological Studies; Learning Processes; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Studieninteresse; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Angst; Korrelation; Ökologie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Vorkenntnisse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Learning process; Lernprozess; Deutschland
Abstract	Recent psychological studies highlight emotional aspects, and they show an important role within individual learning processes. Hereby, positive emotions were supposed to positively influence learning and achievement processes and negative ones do the contrary. In this study, an educational unit "ecosystem lake" was used during which achievement (three tests) and emotional variables (interest, well-being, anxiety and boredom; measured at the end of three pre-selected lessons) were monitored. The research question was to explore correlations between emotional variables and the learning outcome of the teaching unit. Prior knowledge was regressed against the subsequent tests to account for its confounding effect. Regressions showed a highly significant influence of prior knowledge on the subsequent measurements of achievement. However, after accounting for prior knowledge, a positive correlation between interest/well-being and achievement and a negative correlation between anxiety/boredom and achievement was found. Further research and interventions should try to enhance positive emotions in biology lessons to positively influence achievement. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10