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- Parents’ Perceptions of Student Academic Motivation During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-Country ComparisonPublication . Zaccoletti, Sónia; Camacho, Ana; Correia, Nadine; Aguiar, Cecília; Mason, Lúcia; Alves, Rui A.; Daniel, João R.The COVID-19 outbreak has ravaged all societal domains, including education. Home confinement, school closures, and distance learning impacted students, teachers, and parents’ lives worldwide. In this study, we aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on Italian and Portuguese students’ academic motivation as well as investigate the possible buffering role of extracurricular activities. Following a retrospective pretest–posttest design, 567 parents (nItaly = 173, nPortugal = 394) reported on their children’s academic motivation and participation in extracurricular activities (grades 1 to 9).
- Relations among motivation, behaviour, and performance in writing: A multiple-group structural equation modeling studyPublication . Camacho, Ana; Alves, Rui A.; Smedt, Fien De; Keer, Hilde Van; Boscolo, PietroWriting is a particularly demanding activity, which poses unique motivational challenges for students. Despite the wealth of research on the relation between writing motivation and writing performance, little is known about the role of students’ writing frequency in writing motivation and writing performance.