School Foci and Their Potential Ramifications in Urban High Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2329191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin H Jones (0000-0002-3694-9707, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, corresponding author), Christian E Mueller (0000-0002-4825-0266, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA), Krystal L Mccutchen (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 484-503 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0044118x16685656 |
| OpenAlex | W2570907421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
The study examined the relationship among students' focus in urban schools and three educationally relevant psychological factors: school engagement, achievement goals, and possible future self. A 1-year study at two urban high schools with a total of 212 participants suggested that academically focused students are more highly engaged with mastery-approach goals, whereas students with a social focus had less optimal engagement and more performance goal orientations. Both academic and social focus indicated strongest relationships with academic future self and social future self, respectively
Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Focus (optics) · Mathematics education · Student engagement · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |