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Fiedler, Sebastian; Valjataga, Terje – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2010
From 2005 to 2008 the international research and development project iCamp carried out a series of targeted educational interventions into existing teaching and studying practices within a cluster of European universities. These interventions were meant to establish educational experiences that would correspond with key features of international,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Intervention, Educational Research
Special Double Issue on Conceptions of Volition: Theoretical Investigations and Studies of Practice.

Corno, Lyn – International Journal of Educational Research, 2000
Describes this special double issue, which presents work on the topic of volition related to education. "Volition" entails plans to sustain motivation and implement goals, along with strategic regulation of cognition and affect in the completion of tasks. The first issue presents a theoretical overview of volition, and the second…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

Kuhl, Julius – International Journal of Educational Research, 2000
Discusses the volitional basis of Personality Systems Interaction Theory (PSI) and applies it to the improvement of conditions for learning and psychological treatment. The theory explains motivational and volitional phenomena, including concentration, coping with failure, identification and intrinsic commitment to personal goals, persistence, and…
Descriptors: Coping, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education

Smart, John C.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Higher Education, 1987
The influence of previous college involvement, organizational characteristics, early career experiences, and current self-concept on the intention of college dropouts to resume their college education is examined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Attendance, College Students

Oettingen, Gabriele; Honig, Gaby; Gollwitzer, Peter M. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2000
Analyzed self-regulatory strategies of goal setting and goal striving in 3 experiments involving 55 German middle school students, 20 German young adults, and 39 German college students. Results show that contrasting fantasy about a desired future with present reality and forming implementation intentions are effective self-regulatory strategies…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Morse, Jean A.; Morse, P. Kenneth – 1978
In two identical experiments, undergraduate students were randomly assigned to study course-appropriate prose learning materials under one of four experimental conditions (two levels of experience with objectives by two levels of possession of objectives). Achievement on objectives-relevant test items was significantly higher for possessors…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, Higher Education