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Chen, Jason A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore (a) the individual belief profiles that naturally arise among middle and high school science students (n = 1225); (b) the relationships between these profiles to science achievement and other prominent motivation variables; and (c) the demographic and developmental differences among the belief profiles.…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Profiles, Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy
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Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tong, Sze Sze; Tretter, Thomas R. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study modified and validated a measure of motivational orientations--grounded in self-determination theory and originally developed for postsecondary students--for use with younger (pre-college) English language learners (ELLs). Exploratory factor analysis results in Sample A (n = 528) indicated that the data were best explained by a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Factor Structure, Learning Motivation, Measures (Individuals)
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Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
This study reports adolescent expectancy-value motivation, and its relation to fitness knowledge and psychomotor skill learning in physical education. Students (N = 854) from 12 middle schools provided data on expectancy-value motivation, fitness knowledge and psychomotor skill learning. Results from dependent t-test and MANOVA indicated that 8th…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Middle School Students, Racquet Sports, Physical Fitness
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Kim, Jung-In; Chung, Hyewon – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Informed by achievement goal orientation and self-determination theories, we explored the role of cultural/contextual factors on Korean students' achievement motivation. Specifically, we examined the role of the Korean middle school students' family orientation as a mediator between their perceptions of parent goals or motivating styles and their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation