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Jackson-Kersey, Rachel; Spray, Christopher – European Physical Education Review, 2016
Physical educators have a responsibility to create a learning environment that is viewed as supportive of students' psychological needs and which helps reduce amotivation. The aim of the current study was to examine the effects of students' perceived need support on four dimensions of amotivation in physical education (PE) ("deficiency in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Psychological Needs, Student Motivation, Longitudinal Studies
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Reimann, Nicola; Robson, Martin – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper presents a detailed quantitative analysis of the use of seen questions within examinations in Economics option modules at one UK university. 4622 marks for seen and unseen questions awarded over a period of three years were analysed; the impact of personal characteristics was analysed using a sub-sample. It was found that the number of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Learning Modules, Tests, Questioning Techniques
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Farrington-Flint, Lee; Canobi, Katherine H.; Wood, Clare; Faulkner, Dorothy – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
Children's reasoning was examined within two educational contexts (word reading and addition) so as to understand the factors that contribute to relational reasoning in the two domains. Sixty-seven 5- to 7-year-olds were given a series of related words to read or single-digit addition items to solve (interspersed with unrelated items). The…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Reading Ability