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Gorges, Julia; Kandler, Christian – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The present study tested the applicability of expectancy-value theory to adults' learning motivation. Motivation was measured as the anticipated reaction (AR) of German students (N = 300) to receiving their instructions in English as a new learning opportunity. We used structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. Expectancies of success…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Learning Motivation, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries
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Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Fischer, Ronald; Ward, Colleen – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Critical thinking is deemed as an ideal in academic settings, but cultural differences in critical thinking performance between Asian and Western students have been reported in the international education literature. We examined explanations for the observed differences in critical thinking between Asian and New Zealand (NZ) European students, and…
Descriptors: Asians, International Education, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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Bonney, Christina Rhee; Cortina, Kai S.; Smith-Darden, Joanne P.; Fiori, Katherine L. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This study examines the relation between the motivational structure and use of learning strategies of high school foreign language students. Students in 36 foreign language classrooms (French, German, Latin, and Spanish; first- through fifth-years) from a large Midwestern high school participated in the study (N=694). As predicted, correlation and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation