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Hassan Mollahossein; Karim Sadeghi – TESL-EJ, 2025
This paper examines the relationship between ethnocentrism and motivation in language learning, focusing on the Ideal L2-Self and Ought to L2-Self constructs of the L2 Motivational Self System. Additionally, the study examined the potential moderating effect of gender on the relationships between ethnocentrism and both the Ideal L2-Self and Ought…
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
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Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh; Mahdi Rajaeenia – TESL-EJ, 2024
Language learning beliefs are considered to be an important factor influencing student learning outcomes. This mixed-methods research investigated English language learning beliefs of Iranian English language learners. Data were collected from 226 junior and senior male and female high school students using the Beliefs about Language Learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Yanyao Deng; Chao Shi – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to evaluate student motivation before and after the summer internship, in other words, to evaluate whether the summer internship affects male and female motivations differently. Design/methodology/approach: Investigating whether the motivation score predicts grade point average was included by adopting a quantitative…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Engineering Education, Military Training, Active Learning
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Høgheim, Sigve; Federici, Roger André – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
Motivating students to graduate and enter into teaching is a challenge in teacher education. We address this challenge by exploring the concept of "student teacher interest" based on teacher research and teacher education curriculum. The goals of this study were: (1) explore a multidimensional concept of student teacher interest, (2)…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Student Motivation, Curriculum Design
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Helen M. G. Watt; Nir Madjar; Liam Dacosta – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
Our study examined how students' perceived teacher beliefs and classroom goal structures, gender (of teachers and students) and own perceived talent, controlling for prior achievements, together explained motivational outcomes of students' achievement goals, intrinsic value and enrollment choices in mathematics and English. Participants were 1086…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Enrollment, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction
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Wenshu Luo; Simon Qing Wei Lim – Educational Psychology, 2024
Based on an integrated theory of formative assessment and self-regulated learning, this study investigated the relationship between students' perceived formative assessment practices of teachers and their motivational beliefs (self-efficacy and incremental beliefs of ability) and self-regulation strategies (metacognitive self-regulation and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Metacognition
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Justo, Enrique; Delgado, Antonio; Llorente-Cejudo, Carmen; Aguilar, Rocio; Cabero-Almenara, Julio – Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Background: Recent advances in technology and computer simulation have expanded the use of virtual manipulatives in engineering education. However, especially in disciplines in which tactile concepts (e.g., force) are included, it has been claimed that learning could be compromised by substituting physical materials with computer simulations.…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation
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Zhang, Jiafeng; Zhou, Qing – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
This study aimed to adapt a new version of the Science Motivation Questionnaire II, the Chinese Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire II, for high school students in China, focusing specifically on chemistry. The sample consisted of 1635 students from four high schools, by stratified random sampling. Data was collected online. Exploratory and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
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Ng, Davy Tsz Kit; Chu, Samuel Kai Wah – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
Aviation is an interdisciplinary subject that has influenced human development over the last century. Learning about aviation exposes students to principles of flight, language, earth science, aeronautical engineering, flight training and airmanship. In K-12 education, educators have started to encourage children to learn science, technology,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, STEM Education, Learner Engagement, Aviation Education
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Kristy A. Robinson; So Yeon Lee – Journal of Experimental Education, 2025
Students vary in their perceptions of teachers' motivational supports, even within the same classroom, but it is unclear why this is the case. To enable the design of equitable environments and understand the theoretical nature of motivational climate, this study explored demographic differences in university students' perceptions of instruction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses
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Miglietti, Cynthia – Journal of Education for Business, 2021
Achievement in accounting classes is important. However, research has shown that anxiety is one of the major hindrances to academic performance in accounting classes. An accounting anxiety rating scale (AARS) was administered to 202 students at a branch campus of a large Midwestern university. The accounting courses are required for both the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Performance Factors, Accounting, Business Administration Education
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Juanita Argudo-Serrano; Tammy Fajardo-Dack; Monica Abad-Célleri; Patricio Cabrera-Tenecela – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes around the world, especially in the education field where classes were shifted to only distance learning. This radical transformation could have affected students' level of engagement and motivation; therefore, it might also have had some influence on their performance. This study correlates English as a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
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Wu, Fangwen; Jiang, Yi; Liu, Diyue; Konorova, Evgenia; Yang, Xiangdong – Educational Psychology, 2022
Teachers and peers are two influential social agents in students' academic functioning. In the present study, we differentiated perceived social relationships into positive and negative aspects and investigated how these perceptions influence students' motivation and educational outcomes. Results based on 2211 Chinese middle school students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Student Motivation
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Cincalová, Simona; Cerná, Martina – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2021
Volunteering is an activity that enables the development of an individual's competency and is also an area of interest both of society and the academic community. This article aims to compare the motivation for volunteering and the experience of volunteering with students within helping professions and economics. For the purpose of this research,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Economics Education, Volunteers
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Bagazi, Afrah – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2022
This study investigates the relationship between reading self-concept and motivation among a group of male and female students with reading difficulties, also exploring this according to gender variables. The paper also seeks to determine to what extent reading self-concept can predict reading motivation among these target students. The study…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Reading Difficulties, Student Motivation, Correlation
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