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Gorges, Julia; Maehler, Débora B.; Koch, Tobias; Offerhaus, Judith – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Background: Despite the importance of lifelong learning as a key to individual and societal prosperity, we know little about adult motivation to engage in learning across the lifespan. Building on educational psychological approaches, this article presents a measure of Motivation-to-Learn using four items from the background questionnaire of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Motivation, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires
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Kubanyiova, Magdalena – TESL-EJ, 2006
Raising awareness of the teacher's role in creating conducive learning environments has not traditionally been part of the aims of EFL teacher preparation programmes. This longitudinal mixed methods study explores the impact of a 20-hour experiential in-service teacher development course with the knowledge base drawn from L2 motivation theory,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation