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Contemporary Educational Psychology

Published by Academic Press Inc. • ISSN: 0361476X

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Does the Jigsaw method improve motivation and self-regulation in vocational high schools?

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Although much has been written about the beneficial effects of the Jigsaw method, little is known about how it affects students' motivation and self-regulation processes. In this study, we tested its effects on students' trajectories of autonomous mathematics motivation and academic self-regulation.…

“You can't always get what you want”: Prevalence, magnitude, and predictors of the aspiration–attainment gap after the school-to-work transition

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This study examined the prevalence, magnitude, and predictors of the aspiration–attainment gap (AAG) after the school-to-work transition. We operationalized the AAG as the discrepancy between the socioeconomic status (SES) of young people's realistic occupational aspirations and that of the position…

The academic value of internships: Benefits across disciplines and student backgrounds

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While student benefits from internship experience have been frequently documented in research, the emphasis has been on internship effects on employment and career indicators. This work is concerned with effects on academic outcomes and focuses on the robustness of such effects across academic disci…