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Download full textMalinauskas, Romualdas K.; Pozeriene, Jurate – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
In this paper, the differences in academic motivation between university students of traditional (in-classroom) and online (distance) education were investigated. It has been hypothesized that online (distance) students possess stronger intrinsic motivation than traditional (in-classroom) students. The random sample consisted of 386 students.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, College Students, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education
Direct linkDyvanee Chavira – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The objective of this dissertation was to explore the impact of gender, maternal parenting style, and social class on the level of motivation in first-year college students. Existing research has shown that, individually, these three variables can influence motivation in students. However, we do not know how a mothers' parenting style paired with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Motivation, Parenting Styles, Mothers
Çingöz, Yunus Emre; Altug, Tolga – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2023
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of university sports environment perception on academic motivation. A total of 206 students studying at various faculties of Bayburt University participated in the research. In the study, the "Personal Information Form" created by the researchers to determine the demographic information of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Athletics, College Environment, Student Motivation
Koyuncuoglu, Özdal – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
Academic motivation are claimed to be influencing factors on college students' various outcomes. The aim of this study is to compare the academic motivation and career decidedness of university students based on the variables of gender, year of study, academic achievement and expectations for pursuing graduate education. 376 students at Karatay,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Career Choice, College Students, Foreign Countries
Pavlova, Iuliia; Bodnar, Ivanna; Shvets, Vadym; Petrytsa, Petro; Nalyvayko, Natalia – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
The purpose of the research was to adapt the Academic Motivation Scale in the context of investigating students' motivation to study physical education and sports, including the assessment of psychometric properties and experimental validation of the model tool. In this study, a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods was…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Learning Motivation, Test Construction, Physical Education
Erden Topoglu, Evin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The purpose of the present study is to determine the difference between preservice music teachers' levels of academic motivations and their genders, their high schools, lessons that they were failed, lessons that they were failed for the reason of absenteeism, and their career choice. Also, the relationship between the preservice music teachers'…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Preservice Teachers, Music Teachers, Gender Differences
Tasgin, Adnan; Coskun, Göksel – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between university students' attitudes towards learning and their academic motivations. This is a relational survey model study and the population composed of university students studying at a state university. The sample is composed of the university students determined according to…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Learning
Rahime-Malik Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study examined hindering factors of 2-year community college students' vertical transfer to 4-year colleges. Rational choice theory guided the study and provided the scope of the problem, which is community college students' apprehension about vertically transferring to 4-year colleges. A quantitative Likert-scale survey, which…
Descriptors: Barriers, Community College Students, Undergraduate Students, College Transfer Students
Hermasari, Bulan Kakanita; Yudistyaningrum, Dimar – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2021
Assessment has a pivotal role in medical education, as it can direct student learning. Motivation is an essential factor that determines learning assessment results. One of the aims of assessment is to determine the level of student knowledge, one of which can be measured by a progress test. This study aimed to determine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Medical Students, Student Evaluation
Yunkul, Eyup; Gunes, Ahmet Melih – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
Within a process, which is intricate and multifaceted, such as teacher training it is crucial that preservice teachers are well informed and have high academic motivations as well as cultivating positive attitudes towards their profession. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship among undergraduate students' academic…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Digital Literacy, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Motivation
Karabiyik, Ceyhun – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The aim of this study was to research the relationship between academic motivation and academic achievement. In this regard, the Academic Motivation Scale (Vallerand et al, 1992) and a student background questionnaire were administered to 195 Turkish teacher trainees of English at a foundation university in Ankara, Turkey. Descriptive results…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Academic Achievement, Preservice Teachers, Measures (Individuals)
Orhan, Ali – Journal of Educational Research, 2022
In this non-experimental quantitative study, it was aimed to investigate if high school students' critical thinking (CT) dispositions, decision making (DM) styles, and perceived problem solving (PS) skills differ by gender and their CT dispositions and DM styles are significant predictors of perceived PS skills. The study was carried out with 170…
Descriptors: High School Students, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Personality
Morgan, Patrice R. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
Prospective college students have many options to choose from when deciding which type of higher education institution to attend. What compels potential students to enroll in a community college as opposed to other higher education institutions is unknown. The purpose of the study was to explore the academic motivation of students currently…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Gender Differences
Faiz, Melike; Karasu Avci, Emine – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
The present study aims to reveal the motivation levels of secondary school students and their attitudes towards a Social Studies course. This study employed a mixed method approach. The quantitative data were collected through the use of an "Academic Motivation Scale" and an "Attitude Scale for a Social Studies Course". The…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Social Studies
Karaman, Mehmet Akif; Vela, Javier Cavazos; Esici, Hasan – Middle School Journal, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to understand to what extent Turkish middle school students' self-efficacy and perfectionism scores explained their academic motivation. Findings from this study have potential to influence counseling interventions, education, and future research. First, findings show that perceptions of self-oriented…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Personality Traits
