Beyond the Rhetoric
Understanding Achievement and Motivation in Catholic School Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9729264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janine Bempechat (0000-0003-0554-7534, Wheelock College, Boston, corresponding author), Beth A Boulay (Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA), Beth Boulay (Abt Global (United States)), Stephanie C Piergross (Wheelock College, Boston), Kenzie A Wenk (Wheelock College, Boston) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 167-178 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124507304178 |
| OpenAlex | W2016904358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 24 |
This study examines the achievement beliefs of urban adolescents enrolled in two Catholic high schools. Qualitative analysis of individual interviews revealed that these students endorse a strong sense of personal responsibility in their own learning, adhere to adaptive beliefs about difficulty and challenge in learning, and perceive their schools as caring environments in which teachers take a deep interest in both their academic and psychosocial well-being. Results suggest that educational reform efforts can be enhanced with a greater understanding of the motivational advantage associated with Catholic education. The authors argue that concerns over self-selection should not hinder researchers' attempts to understand the factors underlying the achievement of Catholic school students
Academic achievement · Pedagogy · Psychosocial · Qualitative research · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
The Economics of School Choice
Catholic Schools and the Common Good
The Development of the Concepts of Effort and Ability, Perception of Academic Attainment, and the Understanding That Difficult Tasks Require More Ability
The Development of Academic Self-Efficacy
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Classroom
Are Effective Teachers Like Good Parents? Teaching Styles and Student Adjustment in Early Adolescence
Underachievement and Attributions Among Students Attending Schools Stratified by Student Ability
Does Catholic High School Attendance Lead to Attendance at a More Selective College
Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables
Catholic Schools
Brown at 50
Immigration And Pluralism In Urban Catholic Schools
The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect Stands Up to Scrutiny
Clarifying Achievement Goals and Their Impact
Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists
Counterfactuals, Causal Effect Heterogeneity, and the Catholic School Effect on Learning
Voluntarism and Governance in Education
The Causal Analysis of Cognitive Outcomes in the Coleman, Hoffer and Kilgore Report
Cognitive Outcomes in Public and Private Schools
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |