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A Cross-Cultural Examination of University Students' Motivation toward Band and Academics in Singapore and the United States
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Tan, Leonard; Miksza, Peter – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2018
The purpose of the study was to investigate how university band students' (non--music majors) motivational goal orientations toward band and academics differ across participants from Singapore (n = 200) and the United States (n = 227) and examine how they relate to a suite of adaptive dispositions (i.e., flow, grit, and commitment) relevant for…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Goal Orientation, Questionnaires, Mastery Learning
Classroom Motivational Climate in Online and Face-to-Face Undergraduate Courses: The Interplay of Gender and Course Format
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Yang, Yan; Cho, Yoon Jung; Watson, Angela – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2015
In this study, the role of gender and course format in college students' perceptions of classroom motivational climate (i.e., sense of classroom community and perceived classroom goal structure) was examined. Participants were 722 college students from a variety of majors at a comprehensive Midwest American university. Female students felt a…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Gender Differences, Mastery Learning, Online Courses
Mobile Learning and Achievement Goal Orientation Profiles
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Asplund, Minna – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Students with different achievement goal orientations have different approaches towards learning and studying. There is a widespread interest to find an easy access into learning spaces for those students who have low motivation with fear of failure and academic withdrawal. Mobile learning offers an easily accessible chance with low threshold to…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Goal Orientation, Case Studies
Testing Multiple Goals Theory in an Asian Context: Filipino University Students' Motivation and Academic Achievement
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Dela Rosa, Elmer D.; Bernardo, Allan B. I. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2013
Achievement goals research has focused on the importance of mastery relative to performance goals, but the multiple goals perspective asserts that performance goals also lead to positive outcomes and that learners adopt multiple goals in adaptive ways. However, this multiple-goals perspective has not been extensively studied in Asian students. The…
Descriptors: Asians, Foreign Countries, Mastery Learning, Academic Achievement
Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last? Exploring the Relations between Ethical Conduct, Motivation and Satisfaction among Undergraduates in the Domains of Academics and Athletics
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Yukhymenko, Mariya A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explored patterns of the ethical conduct of collegiate students in academic and athletic domains employing social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986, 1997) using non-experimental, comparative and correlational designs. The study explored response patterns on anonymous surveys between varsity (N = 1151) and non-varsity (N = 227)…
Descriptors: Ethics, Athletics, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement
Motivational Components of Self-Regulated Learning and Reading Strategy Use in University Students: The Role of Goal Orientation Patterns
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Kolic-Vehovec, Svjetlana; Roncevic, Barbara; Bajsanski, Igor – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
The aim of the present study was to identify dominant goal orientation patterns in university students, define their motivational profiles and their reading strategy use. The results of cluster analysis showed that four groups of students could be differentiated according to their goal orientation: mastery, mastery-performance,…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Multivariate Analysis