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Chinese Middle And High School Students' Emotion Regulation: Intrapersonal And Interpersonal Approaches, Hui Zhang
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The overall goal of this dissertation was to examine the adaptivenss of eight emotion regulation strategies for Chinese middle and high school students. The adaptiveness was evaluated by using an intrapersonal approach that focused on individual students in Study 1 and by using an interpersonal approach that focused on same-sex best friend dyads in Study 2. By using an intrapersonal approach, Study 1 found that students chose to use developing competencies, redirecting attention, expressive suppression, and seeking social support more often than the other four strategies. Among the eight emotion regulation strategies, developing competencies was the most adaptive and venting …
Effect Of Virtual Reality On Motivation And Achievement Of Middle-School Students, Michelle Bowen
Effect Of Virtual Reality On Motivation And Achievement Of Middle-School Students, Michelle Bowen
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The introduction of low-cost hand-held devices has provided K-12 educators with the opportunity to teach using virtual reality (VR). However, the efficacy of VR in K-12 classrooms for teaching and learning has not been established. Therefore, the purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the influence of virtual reality field trips on middle-school students social studies academic achievement and motivation. The district chosen for the study is in a rural, economically depressed county, where generational poverty persists. However, the district has a history of being an early adopter of technology. Participants included 76 seventh-grade students at two middle schools, …