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Chan, Ying-Ngai; Choy, Yat-Sze; To, Wai-Ming; Lai, Tsz-Ming – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
This study aims to investigate the interaction between acoustical and psychological features in the perception of soundscape to improve the learning attitude. Sound measurements were performed in nine classrooms in three Hong Kong's higher education institutions and questionnaires were used to collect responses from 209 students who attended…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Perception, Classroom Environment
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Zedan, Raed – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2021
The present study examined the ability of parental involvement to predict classroom climate as perceived by pupils, as well as their motivation level and academic achievements. 726 pupils were randomly sampled. Three questionnaires were employed to measure the research variables. The findings indicate that the more learners include their parents…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Predictor Variables, Classroom Environment, Learning Motivation
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Ali Derakhshan; Jalil Fathi; Miroslaw Pawlak; Mariusz Kruk – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study aimed to test a model of classroom social climate, growth language mindset, boredom, and student engagement among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In addition, the mediating role of boredom in this structural model was examined. To this end, 287 English major students from various universities in Iran participated in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Chengchen Li – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The past decade has witnessed a surge of research interest in diverse emotions that foreign/second language (L2) learners experience. However, research on L2 boredom is just starting. The current study focuses on foreign language learning boredom (FLLB) and foreign language enjoyment (FLE), and examines how they are associated with a wide range of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Psychological Patterns
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Jiang, Tao; Chen, Ji-gen; Wu, Yin-yin – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
This research explores whether classroom life (CL), textbooks (TE), and learning initiative (LI) are mediators between instruction (P) and science performance, as well as whether these mechanisms are moderated by gender. 484 eighth grade students completed the questionnaire with four subscales of P, LI, TE, and CL. For the needs of triangulation…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Learning Motivation, Gender Differences
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Karma Sonam Rigdel; Thinley Wangdi – TESL-EJ, 2024
The growing body of research on foreign language emotion (FLEM) suggests a need for further studies on the sources and hierarchy of FLEM, particularly through the lens of positive psychology. This insight would enable instructors to prioritize their interventions more effectively, thereby enhancing the emotional experiences of foreign language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries
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Choi, Naya; Cho, Hye-Jung – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
This study investigated the relationship between the temperament dimensions, home environment factors, and the two types of young children's learning motivation. The study aimed to investigate the relative contributions of predictors and identify the predictors of young children's intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation in a classroom-based…
Descriptors: Personality, Family Environment, Predictor Variables, Young Children
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Noori, Abdul Qawi; Orfan, Sayeed Naqibullah; Nawi, Abdullah Mohd – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
This study aims to investigate the perception of undergraduate students about their lecturers' behaviours in their learning environment. Behaviour is the explanation of observable outcomes and interaction between students and instructors. Behaviour can be positive, negative, effective or ineffective, and the way in which lecturers behave with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
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Kumar, Tribhuwan – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This paper aims to analyze the effect of motivation in the development of English speaking skills on second language acquisition. There are so many excellent teaching methods that vary in effectiveness. Motivation is the driving force for learning another language, and integration of that language into the person's identity. Motivation is the…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Rektina, Andra – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
One of the current problems in the context of education is the question of how to achieve students' maximum knowledge acquisition capacity, while simultaneously taking into account the diversity of each student. The aim of the article is to analyse how to more effectively achieve the standard set in the Latvian legislation, taking into account the…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Heterogeneous Grouping, Classroom Environment, Student Diversity
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Slade, Bonnie L.; Dickson, Nicola – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Globally, there is an 'inadequate' amount of data on the participation of migrants and refugees in adult learning and education. This paper makes a contribution to filling this knowledge gap by presenting new empirical research and analysis on the broad adult learning and education policy framework for refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland.…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Adult Education, Adult Students, Females
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Li, Chili; Tang, Lianhua; Zhang, Shuang – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs), as the latest theoretical development of second language (L2) motivation research, warrant more empirical investigations. In light of this, the present paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey on the features of DMCs among 245 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners at a technological…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Shahbazi, Sara; Palazzolo, Alyssa; Salinitri, Geri – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2020
The researchers in the study explored the lived experiences of Syrian refugee students in the Canadian classroom. The participant sample included four students who entered their first year in a South-western Ontario public school as of the 2015-2016 calendar year. Data were collected through one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Children, Refugees, Elementary School Students, Public Schools
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Tosuncuoglu, Irfan – English Language Teaching, 2019
The main aim of this research is to investigate learners in higher education in a Turkish context, in terms of motivational components such as "goal orientation," "self efficacy," "intrinsic value," "test anxiety" and self-regulated learning components such as "cognitive strategy usage" and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Goal Orientation
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Lorencová, Hana; Jarošová, Eva; Avgitidou, Sofia; Dimitriadou, Catherine – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Promoting students' critical thinking is an important task of Teacher Education. This is a review paper of 39 research papers regarding the critical thinking practices that are utilised in Teacher Education programmes, including instructional approaches and strategies, ways of assessment, their results, and the factors that affect their success.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Skill Development
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