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Brion, Corinne – Adult Learning, 2022
Organizations worldwide spend large amounts of money and resources on developing their employees, yet the money invested in professional learning (PL) yields low to moderate results at best. Because culture is a predominant force in people's life, multinational corporations and other institutions should take culture into account at every stage of…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Models, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
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Gulsara Tazhenova; Natalia Mikhaylova; Botagul Turgunbayeva – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study aims to investigate digital media in the context of informal educational activities to determine their impact on learning effectiveness and the level of participant engagement. It was assumed that the integration of digital media into informal education positively influences the effectiveness of learning, the level of student…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Informal Education, Technology Integration, Learner Engagement
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Melkamu Beyene Kitil; Amare Asgedom – Education and Urban Society, 2025
This research explores students' homework engagement across three dimensions: (a) cognitive, (b) emotional, and (c) behavioral activities, specifically contrasting private and public secondary schools in Addis Ababa. A qualitative research methodology was utilized, with reliability and validity assessments carried out through peer review, site…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Homework, Secondary School Students
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Coimbra, Manuel; Cody, Robyn; Kreppke, Jan-Niklas; Gerber, Markus – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: School-based physical education has been associated with a multitude of potential learning outcomes. Representatives of a public health perspective suggest that promoting physical activity in and outside the context of school is an important endeavour. While the importance of behavioural skill training to improve (motor) learning is…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Behavior Development, Skill Development, Exercise
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Korpershoek, H.; Canrinus, E. T.; Fokkens-Bruinsma, M.; de Boer, H. – Research Papers in Education, 2020
This meta-analytic review examines the relationships between students' sense of school belonging and students' motivational, social-emotional, behavioural, and academic functioning in secondary education. Moreover, it examines to what extent these relationships differ between different student groups (grade level, SES), measurement instruments,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sense of Community, Student School Relationship, Student Motivation
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Soenens, Bart; Berzonsky, Michael D.; Dunkel, Curtis S.; Papini, Dennis R.; Vansteenkiste, Maarten – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
On the basis of self-determination theory it is proposed that adolescents' motives for forming and maintaining identity-relevant commitments can be either autonomous or controlled in nature. This study examined whether motives for identity commitments would add to the prediction of late adolescents' adjustment beyond the effect of strength of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment), Organizations (Groups)
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Drezner, Noah D. – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2010
Colleges and university missions often espouse ideals such as creating an active and engaged citizen. The concept, principles and manifestation of citizenship can take many forms. One such form is that of prosocial behavior, or voluntary actions towards others. Philanthropy is one example of prosocial behavior. This study enhances our knowledge of…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Prosocial Behavior, Citizenship
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Hagan, Margaret L.; Medway, Frederick J. – Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Results from an experimental study involving 120 third, seventh, and eleventh grade parochial school girls showed that for third-grade females, short-term failure experiences are relatively transitory; however for females around the age of adolescence, helplessness and egotism appear to undertake a significant role in influencing behavior. (IAH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure
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Jennings, Kay Donahue – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
During toddlerhood the ability to organise actions for accomplishing goals rapidly increases. The developmental changes in actions and self-process that become part of this motivational system have seldom been studied simultaneously. Fifty-seven toddlers between the ages of 15 and 35 months were observed for two sessions while working on mastery…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Toddlers, Child Development, Task Analysis