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Richardson, Deborah South; Bledsoe, Robert S.; Cortez, Zaraly – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Psychological theories of motivation and performance are relevant to teaching and learning in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The present study applies Dweck's mindset theory of motivation to an examination of the relationship among instructor mindset, instructor motivational attitudes, and the use of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Correlation
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Lakshminarayanan, Srinivasan; Rao, N. J.; G. K., Meghana – Higher Education for the Future, 2021
The introductory programming course, commonly known as CS1 and offered as a core course in the first year in all engineering programs in India, is unique because it can address higher cognitive levels, metacognition and some aspects of the affective domain. It can provide much needed transformative experiences to students coming from a system of…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Mastery Learning, Computer Science Education, Programming
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Lin, Chun-Hung; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng; Chen, Yu-Liang; Liou, Pey-Yan; Chang, Maiga; Wu, Cheng-Hong; Yuan, Shyan-Ming – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The study examines the effectiveness of using computer games for after-school remedial mastery learning. We incorporated instructional materials related to "area of a circle" into the popular Monopoly game to enhance the performance of sixth-grade students learning mathematics. The program requires that students enter the answers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mastery Learning, Remedial Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Changeiywo, Johnson M.; Wambugu, P. W.; Wachanga, S. W. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
Teaching method is a major factor that affects students' motivation to learn physics. This study investigated the effects of using mastery learning approach (MLA) on secondary school students' motivation to learn physics. Solomon four non-equivalent control group design under the quasi-experimental research method was used in which a random sample…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Physics, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Gray, Shirley; Sproule, John; Morgan, Kevin – European Physical Education Review, 2009
Team invasion games (TIG) make up a large part of the PE curriculum in Scottish schools. It is important, therefore, to understand the environmental conditions that contribute to pupils' motivation to learn to play TIG. Consequently, this study aimed to identify the teaching behaviours exhibited when teaching TIG using a game-based approach and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Team Sports, Learning Motivation
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Cronin, Michael W.; Cronin, Karen A. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1992
Recent empirical research has identified significant advantages for interactive video instruction over traditional teaching methods in "soft skill" (humanities and social sciences) areas, including cognitive achievement, transfer of learning to performance, learning motivation, student achievement across uncontrolled student characteristics, user…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction