Francisco Peixoto
Biographic Data
| ID | 335744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francisco Peixoto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francisco |
| FAMILY NAME | Peixoto |
| SIGNATURE | PEIXOTO F |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISPA - Instituto Universitário |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7193-2284 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 36 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Academic Achievement in Language and Mathematics
Research on academic achievement highlights the combined role of cognitive abilities and motivational beliefs. Grounded in the CHC framework, this study examined how three broad cognitive abilities—verbal, numeric, and spatial—and academic self-concept jointly predict achievement in Portuguese and mathematics. A sample of 3034 students from the third cycle (grades 7–9) and secondary education (grades 10–12) completed the BAC-AB cognitive battery …
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Family Engagement
Initial teacher education plays a decisive role in preparing future educators to establish meaningful and reciprocal relationships with families that support children’s learning across contexts. Moving beyond traditional, school-centred notions of family involvement, this study adopts a family engagement (FE) perspective to examine preservice early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their preparation, the difficulties they anticipate, and their s…
Job demands and resources as Predictors of well-being in Portuguese teachers
This cross-sectional study sought to investigate job demands and resources as predictors of teacher well-being. Participants were 319 portuguese teachers in grades 1–11 (elementary up to secondary level). Data were analysed through confirmatory factorial analysis, structural equation modelling and mediation analysis. Main findings revealed that job demand variables are negative predictors of teacher well-being, whereas job resources variables pre…
Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM
The STEAM-TSES was developed to measure teachers’ self-efficacy (TSE) in teaching STEAM disciplines due to the lack of instruments measuring specific TSE dimensions, especially in STEAM education. This paper presents the validation results based on a sample of 805 Portuguese and Serbian primary school teachers. The scale comprises 36 items measuring TSE related to mathematics, biology, chemistry, science, and arts, the ability to motivate student…
Relating differently
BACKGROUND: Immigrant students face additional challenges in educational settings. Current research lacks understanding of the associations between social aspects of students' school life, their impact on adjustment and how these differ based on immigrant status. We argue that merely noting about the existence of differences is insufficient, and there is a need to better comprehend the complexity of such inequalities. AIMS: This study aimed at ex…
Scared, Bored or Happy? Latent Profile Analyses of Primary School Students’ Academic Emotions about Math
Emotions and motivation are central to learning. Control–value theory (CVT) and expectancy–value theory (EVT) explain how emotions and expectations of success affect students’ task engagement. Supported by these two frameworks, this study investigates the emotion profiles for maths among fourth- and fifth-grade students (N = 6778) from three European countries and their links to motivation and achievement. Methods: Using latent profile analysis (…
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Family Engagement
Family involvement and participation in education (FIPE) profoundly impacts the quality of students’ academic and social development. Initial teacher education contribution in fostering attitudes, skills, and strategies for effective FIPE is therefore unquestionable. We aimed to find out to what extent Portuguese pre-service teachers are prepared to engage families. A document analysis was conducted to establish explicit information regarding FIP…
When competence and confidence are at odds
Research has shown that some students who underperform in mathematics overestimate their performance, while others who excel in mathematics underestimate it. Looking at this mismatch of performance and confidence judgement—the Dunning–Kruger effect (DKE)—the current study investigates how well students’ confidence judgement and item-specific mathematics competence relate with each other and whether such a relationship differs across six European …
Am I a math person? Linking math identity with students’ motivation for mathematics and achievement
Based on the expectancy-value perspective on identity and identity formation, this paper explores the relationship between math identity (MI) and the dimensions of motivation (i.e. intrinsic value, attainment value, utility value and perceived competence) and math achievement in primary school. An additional aim of our research was to explore these relationships in different cultural contexts and investigate potential gender and grade differences…
‘Am I to blame because my child is not motivated to do math?’
Research on parental involvement is broad and specifies diverse kinds of parental practices that have specific associations with children’s learning outcomes. However, the involvement of parents in education, the dynamics of parent–child interactions and the actions and practices they employ and their impact on student’s motivation and achievement are intricate processes characterised by numerous intervening variables that require further clarifi…
Effects of grade retention in lower secondary education on students' self‐concept, self‐esteem, goal orientations, and school career
Grade retention is one of the most discussed and controversial educational measures, and yet, it is still widely applied in many countries. Research investigating the effects of grade retention on students' psychosocial variables presents mixed findings, partly due to the variables assessed, methodological issues, and the length of the studies. This study aimed to analyse both the short to medium and longitudinal effects of grade retention in gra…
Resilience and mental health in practicing chilean teachers during the pandemic
Adapting as I Go
Transition to higher education is increasingly becoming a common stage in young adulthood, which highlights the importance of studying what could contribute for a better adaptation to higher education. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between academic expectations, self-efficacy, and adaptation to higher education during the first two years of college (i.e., the first two years of a higher education degree). Portuguese colleg…
Emotional profiles regarding maths among primary school children – A two-year longitudinal study
Learning maths is challenging for many primary school students, and teachers must understand students’ learning and emotional processes specific to learning maths. The current research, grounded in control-value theory, focused on achievement emotions regarding maths. Primary school students (N = 71) were studied with the primary objective of examining the longitudinal trajectories of achievement emotions of third graders over two years. The Port…
Cognitive appraisals, achievement emotions, and students’ math achievement
Based on control-value theory (CVT), we examined longitudinal relations between students' control and value appraisals, three activity-related achievement emotions (enjoyment, anger, and boredom), and math achievement (N = 1,716 fifth and seventh grade students).We assessed appraisals and emotions with self-report measures of perceived competence in math, perceived value of math, and math emotions, and achievement with school grades in math.All v…
Differentiated instruction
Education systems around the world, faces the major challenge of including all children in schools. Differentiated instruction (DI) is proposed as a pedagogical approach that support social, emotional and academic success for all students in the context of heterogeneous classrooms. Although, recent research draws the attention to the inconsistent definitions and practices of DI. In this context, this qualitative study aimed at exploring the Portu…
Teacher identity
Teachers’ sense of identity is influenced by a set of factors, remaining unclear how they relate to each other and how much weight is assigned to them by teachers. Based on the existing literature and empirical data concerning teacher identity and ethical frameworks, this study tested a model aiming to understand how indicators of teacher identity (e.g. ethical orientation, perceived competence, satisfaction of psychological needs, commitment, an…
Aesthetic development in children, adolescents and young adults
Este artigo foca-se no desenvolvimento estético de crianças, adolescentes e adultos jovens, a um nível teórico e empírico. As teorias mais relevantes no domínio do desenvolvimento estético são mencionadas. O principal objetivo do estudo foi testar a teoria de Parsons, de maneira empírica e precisa, caracterizando como a apreciação estética é desenvolvida. Em termos dos principais pressupostos metodológicos, existem duas posições teóricas na pesqu…
Academic Expectations Questionnaire
Academic expectations play a significant role in the quality of student adaptation and academic success. Previous research suggests that expectations are a multidimensional construct, making it crucial to test the measures used for this important characteristic. Because assessment of student adaptation to higher education comprises a multitude of personal and contextual variables, including expectations, shortened versions of assessment instrumen…
The Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire
BACKGROUND: Several studies have focused on the assessment of students' motivation because this construct is very important to understand students' learning and how to enhance it. The Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-A), based on the self-determination theory is a self-report instrument developed to access the reasons why students do their school work. However, there is no Portuguese version of this questionnaire for late elementary st…
Efeitos do género, tempo de serviço e orientação religiosa da escola na dimensão ética e afetiva da identidade docente
Este estudo analisa as diferenças introduzidas pelo género, anos de serviço e orientação religiosa da escola na dimensão ética e afetiva da identidade docente. 450 professores de escolas privadas distribuídas pelo território nacional e ilha da Madeira, sendo 306 do género feminino (68%), com idades entre os 21 e os 73 anos (M = 41, DP = 9.56) e uma média de 15.5 anos de serviço, responderam a um questionário online. Os resultados mostram que as p…
Mathematics
This research analyses achievement emotions and their relationship to perceived classroom support (teacher and peers) as well as the effects of grade, achievement and gender on emotions in a specific subject domain: mathematics. The participants were 1,494 Portuguese students from the sixth and eighth grades who were asked about their perceptions of teacher and peer support and their achievement emotions towards mathematics (Boredom, Hopelessness…
To learn, or to be the best?”
This study aimed to examine the achievement goal orientation profiles of 5 th and 7 th grade students and the profile differences in academic achievement and anxiety. Participants were 1652 Portuguese students who responded to the Achievement Goals Scale and the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire. Based on a person-centered approach, cluster analysis identified six groups of students with distinct motivational profiles: task oriented, ego oriente…
Emoções face à matemática e progressão na escolaridade – Estudo longitudinal com alunos do 5o e 7o anos de escolaridade
À medida que os alunos progridem na escolaridade enfrentam novos desafios que poderão ter influência nas emoções vivenciadas em contexto educativo. Para uma melhor compreensão desta problemática desenvolvemos um estudo longitudinal com o objetivo de estudar as emoções de alunos do 2o e do 3o ciclos, face às aulas e testes de matemática, com a sua progressão na escolaridade. Em paralelo analisámos se o género e o desempenho a matemática introduzia…
Portuguese validation of the family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale – Faces IV
This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV (FACES IV) Package which contains three scales: FACES IV; Family Communication Scale (FCS); and Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS). Participants were 553 Portuguese adults (184 males and 369 females), between the ages of 19 and 57. An item reduction process resulted in a final 4-item per subscale solution. A confirmatory Factor Analysis was u…
Portuguese validation of the family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale – Faces IV
This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV (FACES IV) Package which contains three scales: FACES IV; Family Communication Scale (FCS); and Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS). Participants were 553 Portuguese adults (184 males and 369 females), between the ages of 19 and 57. An item reduction process resulted in a final 4-item per subscale solution. A confirmatory Factor Analysis was u…
Resilience and mental health in practicing chilean teachers during the pandemic
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) is a multidimensional measurement grounded on the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) used in assessing the subjective experiences of participants when developing an activity. The aim of this study is to analyze the characteristics of IMI among Portuguese students, testing four organizational models (unidimensional, multidimensional, hierarchical and bi-factor). A total of 3685 students from the 5th to the 12th gr…
A organização do autoconceito
Este estudo tem como objectivo principal a análise da estrutura hierárquica do autoconceito em adolescentes e, adicionalmente, a comparação dessa estrutura em alunos com e sem repetência no seu passado escolar. Participaram no estudo 943 alunos portugueses do 7o, 9o e 11o ano de escolaridade, que responderam a uma escala de autoconceito e de auto-estima. Os resultados obtidos sustentam a ideia de uma organização hierárquica do autoconceito e um m…
Validação da escala clima para criatividade em sala de aula
O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar e validar a Escala sobre o Clima para Criatividade em Sala de Aula para alunos da 5a série do ensino fundamental. O instrumento foi aplicado em 504 alunos de escolas públicas e particulares do Distrito Federal, a fim de se avaliar o clima de sala de aula na disciplina de língua portuguesa e de matemática. Os resultados da análise fatorial confirmatória indicaram três dimensões associadas ao clima de sala de aul…
A organização do autoconceito
Este estudo tem como objectivo principal a análise da estrutura hierárquica do autoconceito em adolescentes e, adicionalmente, a comparação dessa estrutura em alunos com e sem repetência no seu passado escolar. Participaram no estudo 943 alunos portugueses do 7o, 9o e 11o ano de escolaridade, que responderam a uma escala de autoconceito e de auto-estima. Os resultados obtidos sustentam a ideia de uma organização hierárquica do autoconceito e um m…
Motivação para a leitura ao longo da escolaridade
Este trabalho teve como principal objectivo a caracterização da motivação para a leitura em alunos dos diferentes ciclos da escolaridade obrigatória. Participaram no estudo 1405 alunos do 3o ao 9o ano de escolaridade, que responderam a uma escala de motivação para a leitura, na qual eram contemplados cinco domínios motivacionais distintos: Prazer, Importância e Curiosidade, Razões Sociais, Reconhecimento Social e Autopercepção de Competência. Os …
Satisfação profissional e auto-estima em professores dos 2.o e 3.o ciclos do Ensino Básico
A relevância e o interesse acerca da satisfação profissional dos professores surge pelo facto de a ela aparecerem associadas variáveis tão importantes como a auto-estima, o bem-estar físico e mental, a motivação, o empenho, o envolvimento, o stresse, absentismo/abandono, o sucesso, a realização profissional dos professores. De igual modo, sabemos também que sentimentos de insatisfação e mal-estar afectam não só professores mas também os alunos, p…
Qualidade das relações familiares, auto-estima, autoconceito e rendimento académico
É normalmente aceite que a construção das auto-representações (i.e., autoconceito ou auto-estima) é mediada socialmente. As relações estabelecidas com outros significativos (nomeadamente com a família) são particularmente importantes para a construção de autoconceitos e auto-estima positivos. A qualidade das relações estabelecidas no seio da família surge, também, frequentemente associada ao rendimento académico.O objectivo deste estudo foi explo…
Dinâmicas grupais na adolescência
Diversos estudos têm evidenciado que o grupo de amigos assume para os adolescentes importância a vários níveis: suporte instrumental e emocional, ajuda na resolução das tarefas desenvolvimentais e na construção da identidade (Alves Martins, 1998; Gouveia-Pereira, 1995, 1998; Palmonari, Pombeni & Kirchler,1990, 1991, 1992; Sherif, 1984). Na linha dos trabalhos de Tajfel (1982, 1983) acerca das relações intergrupais e segundo Cotterel (1996), o gru…
Relações entre o estatuto escolar e o autoconceito, auto-estima e orientações motivacionais em alunos do 9o ano de escolaridade
Investigações sobre o insucesso académico evidenciam que a natureza dos resultados obtidos pelos alunos se relaciona de modo significativo com uma série de variáveis como a motivação, autoconceito e auto-estima. No presente estudo pretendemos analisar as relações existentes entre o estatuto escolar e o autoconceito, auto-estima e orientações motivacionais de alunos do 9o ano de escolaridade ao longo do ano lectivo. Para o efeito realizámos um est…
Tipo de ensino e autoconceito artístico de adolescentes
Este estudo teve como principal objetivo realizar uma análise diferencial do autoconceito artístico entre adolescentes que frequentavam o ensino artístico e os que frenquentavam o ensino regular. Responderam à Escala de Autoconceito Artístico e à Escala de Autoconceito e Autoestima para Adolescentes 226 estudantes de escolas da zona metropolitana de Lisboa, dos quais 108 frequentavam o ensino regular e 118 eram alunos de escolas artísticas de mús…
Os meus pais só me criticam” – Relações entre práticas educativas parentais (perfecionismo e crítica) e a autoestima, o autoconceito académico, a motivação e a utilização de estratégias de self-handic…
Os trabalhos sobre práticas educativas parentais têm evidenciado a existência de uma relação com o ajustamento académico e social de crianças e adolescentes. Neste estudo pretendemos analisar a relação entre as práticas educativas parentais crítica e perfecionismo, percecionadas pelos estudantes, e a autoestima, o autoconceito, as orientações motivacionais e o uso de estratégias de self-handicapping. Participaram 170 adolescentes do 7o, 8o e 9o a…
Emoções em contexto académico
As salas de aula são espaços onde os alunos interagem com o professor e com os colegas, enfrentandodesafios, dificuldades e objetivos a atingir, que conduzem a situações de maior ou menor sucesso,desencadeando emoções várias que poderão afetar a aprendizagem. Assim, na presente investigaçãoprocurámos compreender as caraterísticas das emoções na aula de matemática e perceber o papel devariáveis contextuais, como o clima de sala de aula, ou pessoai…
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) is a multidimensional measurement grounded on the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) used in assessing the subjective experiences of participants when developing an activity. The aim of this study is to analyze the characteristics of IMI among Portuguese students, testing four organizational models (unidimensional, multidimensional, hierarchical and bi-factor). A total of 3685 students from the 5th to the 12th gr…
Mathematics
This research analyses achievement emotions and their relationship to perceived classroom support (teacher and peers) as well as the effects of grade, achievement and gender on emotions in a specific subject domain: mathematics. The participants were 1,494 Portuguese students from the sixth and eighth grades who were asked about their perceptions of teacher and peer support and their achievement emotions towards mathematics (Boredom, Hopelessness…
To learn, or to be the best?”
This study aimed to examine the achievement goal orientation profiles of 5 th and 7 th grade students and the profile differences in academic achievement and anxiety. Participants were 1652 Portuguese students who responded to the Achievement Goals Scale and the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire. Based on a person-centered approach, cluster analysis identified six groups of students with distinct motivational profiles: task oriented, ego oriente…
Emoções face à matemática e progressão na escolaridade – Estudo longitudinal com alunos do 5o e 7o anos de escolaridade
À medida que os alunos progridem na escolaridade enfrentam novos desafios que poderão ter influência nas emoções vivenciadas em contexto educativo. Para uma melhor compreensão desta problemática desenvolvemos um estudo longitudinal com o objetivo de estudar as emoções de alunos do 2o e do 3o ciclos, face às aulas e testes de matemática, com a sua progressão na escolaridade. Em paralelo analisámos se o género e o desempenho a matemática introduzia…
Portuguese validation of the family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale – Faces IV
This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV (FACES IV) Package which contains three scales: FACES IV; Family Communication Scale (FCS); and Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS). Participants were 553 Portuguese adults (184 males and 369 females), between the ages of 19 and 57. An item reduction process resulted in a final 4-item per subscale solution. A confirmatory Factor Analysis was u…
Efeitos do género, tempo de serviço e orientação religiosa da escola na dimensão ética e afetiva da identidade docente
Este estudo analisa as diferenças introduzidas pelo género, anos de serviço e orientação religiosa da escola na dimensão ética e afetiva da identidade docente. 450 professores de escolas privadas distribuídas pelo território nacional e ilha da Madeira, sendo 306 do género feminino (68%), com idades entre os 21 e os 73 anos (M = 41, DP = 9.56) e uma média de 15.5 anos de serviço, responderam a um questionário online. Os resultados mostram que as p…
Academic Expectations Questionnaire
Academic expectations play a significant role in the quality of student adaptation and academic success. Previous research suggests that expectations are a multidimensional construct, making it crucial to test the measures used for this important characteristic. Because assessment of student adaptation to higher education comprises a multitude of personal and contextual variables, including expectations, shortened versions of assessment instrumen…
The Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire
BACKGROUND: Several studies have focused on the assessment of students' motivation because this construct is very important to understand students' learning and how to enhance it. The Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-A), based on the self-determination theory is a self-report instrument developed to access the reasons why students do their school work. However, there is no Portuguese version of this questionnaire for late elementary st…
Aesthetic development in children, adolescents and young adults
Este artigo foca-se no desenvolvimento estético de crianças, adolescentes e adultos jovens, a um nível teórico e empírico. As teorias mais relevantes no domínio do desenvolvimento estético são mencionadas. O principal objetivo do estudo foi testar a teoria de Parsons, de maneira empírica e precisa, caracterizando como a apreciação estética é desenvolvida. Em termos dos principais pressupostos metodológicos, existem duas posições teóricas na pesqu…
Teacher identity
Teachers’ sense of identity is influenced by a set of factors, remaining unclear how they relate to each other and how much weight is assigned to them by teachers. Based on the existing literature and empirical data concerning teacher identity and ethical frameworks, this study tested a model aiming to understand how indicators of teacher identity (e.g. ethical orientation, perceived competence, satisfaction of psychological needs, commitment, an…
Adapting as I Go
Transition to higher education is increasingly becoming a common stage in young adulthood, which highlights the importance of studying what could contribute for a better adaptation to higher education. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between academic expectations, self-efficacy, and adaptation to higher education during the first two years of college (i.e., the first two years of a higher education degree). Portuguese colleg…
Emotional profiles regarding maths among primary school children – A two-year longitudinal study
Learning maths is challenging for many primary school students, and teachers must understand students’ learning and emotional processes specific to learning maths. The current research, grounded in control-value theory, focused on achievement emotions regarding maths. Primary school students (N = 71) were studied with the primary objective of examining the longitudinal trajectories of achievement emotions of third graders over two years. The Port…
Cognitive appraisals, achievement emotions, and students’ math achievement
Based on control-value theory (CVT), we examined longitudinal relations between students' control and value appraisals, three activity-related achievement emotions (enjoyment, anger, and boredom), and math achievement (N = 1,716 fifth and seventh grade students).We assessed appraisals and emotions with self-report measures of perceived competence in math, perceived value of math, and math emotions, and achievement with school grades in math.All v…
Differentiated instruction
Education systems around the world, faces the major challenge of including all children in schools. Differentiated instruction (DI) is proposed as a pedagogical approach that support social, emotional and academic success for all students in the context of heterogeneous classrooms. Although, recent research draws the attention to the inconsistent definitions and practices of DI. In this context, this qualitative study aimed at exploring the Portu…
Resilience and mental health in practicing chilean teachers during the pandemic
Psychology (32 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (18 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (14 works) · Humanities (13 works) · Portuguese (13 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Mathematics education (10 works) · Structural equation modeling (10 works) · Mathematics (9 works)