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Direct linkRoessger, Kevin M.; Roumell, Elizabeth A.; Weese, James – Studies in Continuing Education, 2022
We investigated whether andragogical assumptions and their common critiques are reflected in global PIAAC data using its motivation-to-learn (MtL) and elaboration scales. A preliminary validation study with 300 adults revealed that andragogical assumptions cluster on these scales' two factors. Using hierarchical linear modelling of PIAAC data, we…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Predictor Variables, Cross Cultural Studies, Gender Differences
Download full textMorgan, Patrice R. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
Prospective college students have many options to choose from when deciding which type of higher education institution to attend. What compels potential students to enroll in a community college as opposed to other higher education institutions is unknown. The purpose of the study was to explore the academic motivation of students currently…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Gender Differences
Desideri, Lorenzo; Ottaviani, Cristina; Cecchetto, Carla; Bonifacci, Paola – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: Mind wandering (MW) has commonly been linked to bad scholastic performance; however, such association has rarely been investigated in the classroom. Moreover, in examining such association, motivational variables have been largely ignored. Aim: We aimed at examining the associations between the dispositional tendency to engage in MW…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Self Efficacy, Self Concept, Academic Ability
Shin, Young-Sun; Jun, JuSung – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to analyze the hierarchical effects of individual and organizational variables on elementary school teachers' lifelong learning competence. The participants in this study comprised 1,077 teachers in service in 70 public elementary schools in Seoul, Korea. In this study, 70 schools were sampled using multi-stage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Lifelong Learning, Gender Differences
Roth, Beate Buanes; Manger, Terje – London Review of Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to examine Norwegian prisoners' educational motives, and how previous incarceration, sentence length, and sentence served influence such motives. Three motive categories emerged: future planning (Factor 1), social reasons and escapism (Factor 2), and competence building (Factor 3). Among prisoners who participated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Bye, Dorothea; Pushkar, Dolores; Conway, Michael – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2007
This study compares affective and motivational components of academic life for traditional and nontraditional university undergraduates. Traditional students are defined as those aged 21 and younger, who are most likely to have followed an unbroken linear path through the education system, whereas nontraditional students are defined as those aged…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Nontraditional Students
Goosen, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to identify cognitive and non-cognitive variables that will predict a student's ability to achieve success in the lowest level developmental mathematics course at San Jacinto College. The study examined the ability of cognitive variables (standardized entrance examinations, high school grade point average, and type of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedScott, Catherine; Burns, Ailsa; Cooney, George – Higher Education, 1998
Motivation for returning to higher education was assessed for 117 adult female college graduates with children and 118 students who had withdrawn before graduation. Motivation was found related to previous education, age, marital status, life cycle stage, employment satisfaction, family support. Interrupters and persisters were generally similar;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Graduates
