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Burke, Paul F.; Schuck, Sandy; Aubusson, Peter; Kearney, Matthew; Frischknecht, Bart – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2018
This research examines how the pedagogical orientations of teachers affect technology adoption in the classroom. At the same time, the authors account for the stage of concern that teachers are experiencing regarding the use of the technology, their access to the technology and the level of schooling at which they teach.The authors' investigation…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Adoption (Ideas), Classroom Environment, Access to Computers
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Bergsmann, Evelyn M.; Van De Schoot, Rens; Schober, Barbara; Finsterwald, Monika; Spiel, Christiane – Journal of School Psychology, 2013
Teachers promote student learning and well-being in school by establishing a supportive classroom structure. The term "classroom structure" refers to how teachers design tasks, maintain authority, and evaluate student achievement. Although empirical studies have shown the relation of classroom structure to student motivation, achievement, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Questionnaires, Well Being, Aggression
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Velayutham, Sunitadevi; Aldridge, Jill M. – Research in Science Education, 2013
The primary aim of this study was two-fold: 1) to identify salient psychosocial features of the classroom environment that influence students' motivation and self-regulation in science learning; and 2) to examine the effect of the motivational constructs of learning goal orientation, science task value and self-efficacy in science learning on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Structural Equation Models, Student Motivation
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Van Nuland, Hanneke J. C.; Taris, Toon W.; Boekaerts, Monique; Martens, Rob L. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
The self-determination theory (SDT) assumes that healthy motivation needs to be intrinsic in nature and that the basic psychological needs competence, autonomy and relatedness are prerequisites for intrinsically motivated behaviour. Intrinsically motivated students in turn show more persistence and understanding of classroom material. However, in…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Persistence, Psychological Needs, Secondary School Students
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Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Fraser, Barry J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
Research investigated classroom environment antecedent variables and student affective outcomes in Australian high schools. The Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI) was used to assess 10 classroom environment dimensions: student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, investigation, task orientation,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Outcomes of Education, Computer Uses in Education
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Westling Allodi, Mara – Learning Environments Research, 2007
The Goals, Attitudes and Values in School (GAVIS) questionnaire was developed on the basis of theoretical frameworks concerning learning environments, universal human values and studies of students' experience of learning environments. The theory hypothesises that learning environments can be described and structured in a circumplex model using…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Factor Analysis, Classroom Environment, Questionnaires