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How Does Mentoring by Teachers Improve the Adjustment of Academically At-Risk Students in High School?
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Larose, Simon; Duchesne, Stéphane; Châteauvert, Geneviève Boisclair – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
The aims of this study were twofold: to describe associations between mentoring relationship quality (MRQ) and student academic adjustment in a formal mentoring program involving teachers as mentors and academically at-risk students as mentees, and to explore the mediating and moderating effects of student mastery goal orientation on these…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Student Relationship, At Risk Students, Student Adjustment
Approaches to a Successful Adult Education Program
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Petty, Tanjula; Thomas, Christine C. – College Student Journal, 2014
An estimated 40 million Americans adults live their lives deprived of prosperity, pleasures, and the rewards of lifelong learning (Comings & Cuban, 2007). With the economic, social, and technical changes in society, there are shifts in the labor market (Champagne, 1987). Many adults are having to set their sights on obtaining sufficient skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Barriers, Learning Motivation, Adult Educators
Self-Regulation of Motivation when Learning Online: The Importance of Who, Why and How
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Sansone, Carol; Fraughton, Tamra; Zachary, Joseph L.; Butner, Jonathan; Heiner, Cecily – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
Successful online students must learn and maintain motivation to learn. The Self-regulation of Motivation (SRM) model (Sansone and Thoman 2005) suggests two kinds of motivation are essential: Goals-defined (i.e., value and expectancy of learning), and experience-defined (i.e., whether interesting). The Regulating Motivation and Performance Online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Motivation, Online Courses, Learning Motivation
Empirical Validation of the Importance of Employees' Learning Motivation for Workplace E-Learning in Taiwanese Organisations
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Chen, Hsiu-Ju; Kao, Chia-Hung – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
E-learning systems, adopted by organisations for employee training to enhance employees' performance, are characterised by self-directed, autonomous learning. Learning motivation is then of importance in the design of e-learning practices in workplace. However, empirical study of the alignment of e-learning with individual learning needs and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries
Thematic versus Subject-Based Curriculum Delivery and Achievement Goals: Findings from a Single-School Study
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Putwain, Dave; Whiteley, Helen; Caddick, Lee – Educational Research, 2011
Background: It has been claimed that thematic or integrated approaches to curriculum delivery offer a range of advantages over subject-based modes of delivery including improved pupil motivation. Purpose: This study put claims regarding pupil motivation to the test, using the achievement goals framework. This contemporary approach to understanding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness
Data Coaching: Measuring the Effects of Feedback on Low-Stakes Test Motivation
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Snyder, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines the relationships between students' academic motivation, evidence of achievement as measured by assessments and the effects of feedback in mediating effort. Policy makers currently view student achievement is as synonymous with proficiency on standardized tests. Testing students as a means of determining educational…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation