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The need to distinguish between quantity and quality in research on parental involvement : The example of parental help with homework

Moroni, Sandra ; Dumont, Hanna ; Trautwein, Ulrich ; Niggli, Alois ; Baeriswyl, Franz

In: Journal of Educational Research, 2015, vol. 108, no. 5, p. 417-431

Parental involvement research has greatly expanded over the past decade, but findings are mixed, reflecting in part the conceptual and methodological limitations of many studies. On the basis of longitudinal questionnaire data from 1,685 sixth-grade students, the authors studied parental help with homework because it is the most common and most controversial type of parental involvement....

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Schulformen als differenzielle Lernmilieus : Institutionelle und kompositionelle Effekte auf die Leistungsentwicklung im Fach Französisch = School Types as Differential Learning Environments : Institutional and Compositional Effects on Achievement Gains in French as a Foreign Language

Neumann, Marko ; Schnyder, Inge ; Trautwein, Ulrich ; Niggli, Alois ; Lüdtke, Oliver ; Cathomas, Rico

In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 2007, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 399-420

Based on two representative samples of eighth grade students from the Swiss cantons Wallis (N = 926) and Fribourg of (N = 778), the present study examines achievement gains in French as a foreign language in the different tracks of the Swiss secondary school system. The main focus lies on effects resulting from differences in the educational environments of the tracks. Beside differences in group...

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Die Rolle der Lehrpersonen bei den Hausaufgaben = Teachers’ role in the context of homework

Niggli, Alois ; Trautwein, Ulrich ; Schnyder, Inge

In: Empirische Pädagogik, 2010, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 42-54

This article examines the availability of empirical findings that cast light on the teacher’s role in the context of homework. The determinants of homework behavior are considered in terms of teacher beliefs, on the one hand, and students’ individual abilities and characteristics, on the other. Gaps in the research are identified with respect to the potential influences of teacher training,...

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Fachdidaktische Massnahmen im Französisch-Unterricht aus Schülersicht : der Zusammenhang mit Schulleistung und Motivation = Les interventions didactiques dans l’enseignement du français du point de vue des élèves : leur relation avec les performances scolaires et l’intérêt

Niggli, Alois ; Cathomas, Rico ; Trautwein, Ulrich ; Schnyder, Inge

In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften, 2007, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 473-504

Research on the quality of second language teaching has recently highlighted the need to consider not only cross-curricular but also domain-specific dimensions of instructional quality. In this study, theoretical assumptions about domain-specific determinants of interest and performances in second language acquisition are tested, using data from a sample of 1 655 eighth graders in three Swiss...

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Hausaufgabenqualität im Französischunterricht aus Sicht von Schülern, Lehrkräften und Experten und die Entwicklung von Leistung, Hausaufgabensorgfalt und Bewertung der Hausaufgaben = Homework quality in French as a foreign language as perceived by students, teachers, and experts, and the development of achievement, homework effort and perceived homework value

Schnyder, Inge ; Niggli, Alois ; Trautwein, Ulrich

In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 2008, vol. 22, no. 3-4, p. 233-246

This article presents a theoretical conceptualization of homework quality and distinguishes three perspectives on the evaluation of homework quality (students, teachers, observers). In the empirical part of the study, 1382 students from three Swiss cantons were administered achievement tests and questionnaires at the beginning and end of grade 8. The students’ teachers were also surveyed. A...

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Hausaufgabenverhalten von Schülern aus unterschiedlichen Klassen? : Befunde einer Mehrebenenanalyse im Fach Französisch = L’attitude des élèves à l’égard des devoirs change-t-elle d’une classe à l’autre? : résultats d’une analyse multiniveaux dans la branche "français comme langue étrangère"

Schnyder, Inge ; Niggli, Alois ; Cathomas, Rico ; Trautwein, Ulrich

In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften, 2006, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 295-314

Students’ achievement gains have been linked to homework assignments (teacher level) and students’ conscientious homework behavior (student level). However, there are no empirical studies that empirically investigated the differences in homework behavior among students in different classes and the impact of structural features (e.g., course level, class size, region) on students’ homework...

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Predicting Homework Effort : Support for a Domain-Specific, Multilevel Homework Model

Trautwein, Ulrich ; Lüdtke, Oliver ; Inge Schnyder ; Niggli, Alois

In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006, vol. 98, no. 2, p. 448 – 456

To date, homework research has been only loosely tied to theories of educational psychology and has relied mainly on time-on-task measures. The two studies (414 and 1,501 eighth graders) presented in this paper provide support for a domain-specific, multilevel model that includes an expanded effort measure, motivational predictors (expectancy and value components), learning environment variables,...

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Different Forces, Same Consequence : Conscientiousness and Competence Beliefs are Independent Predictors of Academic Effort and Achievement

Trautwein, Ulrich ; Lüdtke, Oliver ; Roberts, Brent W. ; Schnyder, Inge ; Niggli, Alois

In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2009, vol. 97, no. 6, p. 1115 – 1128

Conscientiousness and domain-specific competence beliefs are known to be highly important predictors of academic effort and achievement. Given their basis in distinct research traditions, however, these constructs have rarely been examined simultaneously. Three studies with 571, 415, and 1,535 students, respectively, found a moderate association between conscientiousness and competence beliefs,...

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Between-Teacher Differences in Homework Assignments and the Development of Students’ Homework Effort, Homework Emotions, and Achievement

Trautwein, Ulrich ; Niggli, Alois ; Schnyder, Inge ; Lüdtke, Oliver

In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009, vol. 101, no. 1, p. 176-189

The study examines whether teachers’ homework objectives, implementation practices, and attitudes towards parental involvement are associated with the development of students’ homework effort, homework emotions, and achievement during grade 8. A total of 63 teachers (40 male, 23 female; mean teaching experience M = 17.5 years) of French as a second language and their 1,299 grade 8 students...

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Chameleon Effects in Homework Research : The Homework-Achievement Association Depends on the Measures Used and the Level of Analysis Chosen

Trautwein, Ulrich ; Schnyder, Inge ; Niggli, Alois ; Neumann, Marko ; Lüdtke, Oliver Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

In: Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2009, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 77-88

Using a data set specifically tailored to homework research, with a sample of 1,275 students from 70 classes in Switzerland, the association between homework and achievement in French as a second language was tested at three levels (class level, between-student level, within-student level). The strength and direction of the homework-achievement association depended on the homework indicator...