Academic Achievement, Academic Self-Concept, and Academic Motivation of Immigrant Adolescents in the Greater Toronto Area Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Freeman, John G.
Titel	Academic Achievement, Academic Self-Concept, and Academic Motivation of Immigrant Adolescents in the Greater Toronto Area Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Advanced Academics, 19 (2008) 4, S.700-743 (44 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-202X
Schlagwörter	Secondary Schools; Incentives; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Adolescents; Self Concept; Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Mathematics Achievement; Predictor Variables; English Instruction; Grade Point Average; Canada; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschule; Anreiz; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Selbstkonzept; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Prädiktor; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Kanada
Abstract	The study examined the self-reported academic achievement, academic self-concept, and academic motivation of 573 immigrant and nonimmigrant adolescents in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) secondary schools. Descriptive Discriminant Analyses indicated that the immigrant adolescents had higher performance in mathematics, higher math and school self-concepts, and higher intrinsic and extrinsic motivation than their nonimmigrant counterparts. Multiple regression analyses showed that verbal self-concept and school self-concept were the best predictors of English GPAs for both immigrant and nonimmigrant adolescents. Although math self-concept was the sole predictor of math GPAs for immigrant and nonimmigrant adolescents, school self-concept was the sole predictor of overall GPAs for nonimmigrant adolescents. The best predictors of overall GPAs for immigrant adolescents were math and school self-concepts and extrinsic motivation-external regulation. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10