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Direct linkPan, Yingqiu; Gauvain, Mary – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examined change in Chinese students' autonomous learning motivation in the first three years of college and how this change is accounted for by intra- and inter-individual variables. The sample included 633 (328 female) college freshmen. Results showed that students' autonomous learning motivation decreased over years in college.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learning Motivation, Predictor Variables, Longitudinal Studies
McCune, Velda; Entwistle, Noel – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This article discusses the need, in 21st century university education, to encourage a "will to learn" in students, and explores its meaning using a variety of empirical evidence. It draws on previous studies related to academic understanding to introduce the idea of a "disposition to understand for oneself" and to consider how teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Summers, Jessica J.; Bergin, David A.; Cole, James S. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
In response to the general perception among college faculty that student incivility is an increasing problem, we investigated ways in which collaborative learning and autonomy support are related to incivility. After collecting survey data from college faculty and their students, we conducted a path analysis to test the mediating effects of peer…
Descriptors: Socialization, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Path Analysis
