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Modeling the Impact of Wilderness Orientation Programs on First-Year Academic Success and Life Purpose
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Bailey, Andrew W.; Kang, Hyoung-Kil – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2015
Wilderness orientation programs (WOPs) are becoming a popular method of encouraging college student retention and success. Previous studies have identified outcomes and correlates of participation in these programs, but a cohesive model of impact is lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of WOPs on first-year student success…
Descriptors: College Students, Adventure Education, School Orientation, College Freshmen
Striving to Connect: Extending an Achievement Goal Approach to Teacher Motivation to Include Relational Goals for Teaching
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Butler, Ruth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Two studies were designed to extend Butler's (2007) model and measure of achievement goals for teaching, to recognize that teaching is an interpersonal endeavor, not just personal endeavor. In Study 1, results from 530 teachers in Israel confirmed the predicted 5-factor model comprising relational goals, whereby teachers aspire to create close and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
A Two Factor Model of Performance Approach Goals in Student Motivation for Starting Medical School
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Wilson, Jacqueline I. – Issues in Educational Research, 2009
This study explores what motivates a student to enter medical school by first measuring students' strength of motivation and then by looking for relationships between motivation and career-related values and approaches to learning. Validated and reliable questionnaires were used to obtain data. This study found no differences in strength of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Social Status, Medical Schools, Self Esteem
Conceptions of Assessment: Trainee Teachers' Practice and Values
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Winterbottom, Mark; Brindley, Sue; Taber, Keith S.; Fisher, Linda G.; Finney, John; Riga, Fran – Curriculum Journal, 2008
This study examines the values and practice in relation to assessment of a sample of 220 trainee teachers studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, an initial teacher training and education (ITET) course, at the University of Cambridge, UK. The survey instrument was drawn from James and Pedder (2006), and was composed of questionnaire…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Summative Evaluation
Validation of a Chinese Achievement Goal Orientation Questionnaire
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Lau, Kit-Ling; Lee, John C. K. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Background: The mixed findings of previous studies on the nature and effects of performance goals have led to a call for re-examination of the dichotomous framework of achievement goal orientation theory. While the call for a revised achievement goal orientation theory has received considerable discussion in Western studies, it is not clear…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Achievement Goals, Learning Strategies and Instrumental Performance
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Nielsen, Siw Graabraek – Music Education Research, 2008
The current study is a survey of the achievement goals of music students and the manner in which their strategies and instrumental performance relate to these goals. In the context of advanced instrumental learning, the rationale for the present study was to contribute to the literature on motivation in music students, and thereby, help teachers…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Music, Learning Strategies, Goal Orientation