Many scholars have argued that motivation is dynamic and malleable across time and contexts. In this article, we investigated changes in undergraduates' task value and self-efficacy across an academic semester. Sixty three undergraduate students completed the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire across five time points in their…

The project was designed to assess the effects of full-credit semestering, half-credit semestering, and trimestering on the intellectual, social, and emotional growth of students in selected secondary schools in Ontario. The research focused on four major areas--the utilization of instructional time, interpersonal relationships, student…