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Dörnyei, Zoltán – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
The theoretical emphasis within the L2 Motivational Self System has typically been on the two future self-guides representing possible (ideal and ought-to) selves, leaving the third main dimension of the construct, the L2 Learning Experience, somewhat undertheorized. Yet, this third component is not secondary in importance, as evidenced by…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Bodur, Yasar – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
This article is a response to "Applying Graduate Student Perceptions of Task Engagement to Enhance Learning Conditions" by Jay Caulfield (2010). Caulfield's study on graduate students' perceptions of task engagement was an important one for people who are involved in graduate level teaching. The issues of motivation can easily be…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement, Definitions
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Scheiter, Katharina; Gerjets, Peter – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
Animations have become a ubiquitous component of computer-based instruction. Despite their widespread use, however, the evidence concerning their effects on learning is rather ambiguous, suggesting that one needs to have a closer look at the conditions under which animations will aid learning. Accordingly, three sets of moderating variables were…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Student Motivation, Educational Environment
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Kragler, Sherry; Martin, Linda – Educational Forum, 2012
This article describes the reading instructional program that first-graders in an urban school located in a large, Midwestern city received as a result of a grant initiative. Various assessments of the children's reading revealed some important areas for reading success were missing. As a result, suggestions were shared with the school staff to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Grade 1, Reading Instruction, Predictor Variables
Kontoghiorghes, Constantine – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2002
Discussion of human resource development (HRD) focuses on an exploratory study that attempted to identify key predictors of motivation to learn during training and motivation to transfer learning back to the workplace, as well as examine the relationship between the two variables. Presents conceptual frameworks for training transfer. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Labor Force Development, Learning Motivation, Models
Hawke, Geof – 2000
The factors influencing active learning in small enterprises were examined. Data from earlier Australian studies were examined in an attempt to provide a framework that might inform the relationship between educational systems and small enterprises. Special attention was paid to a 1988 study of systematic differences between small businesses that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries