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Kheng, Yeoh Khar; Nordin, Nur Rasyidah Mohd; Jani, Mohd Yusop – International Education Studies, 2023
Intentional learning consists of the ability to learn how to learn, develop critical self-awareness and exercise full accountability for learning. It is highly effective in producing effective learners in a loosely structured learning environment in line with today's student-centric teaching-learning paradigm. Intentional learning equips students…
Descriptors: Self Management, Cognitive Style, Reflection, Student Motivation
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Tara S. Carpenter; Linda C. Hodges – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Spaced practice is a recognized effective study approach that fosters mastery of learning and retention of information. In this paper, we share one instructor's experience in introducing a spaced practice intervention in a large general chemistry course and in encouraging students to continue the strategy in the next semester organic chemistry…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
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Kelly, Jessica Stewart – PRIMUS, 2020
When contemplating the introduction of mastery grading into the classroom, a fear of student resistance can prevent the implementation entirely. However, by taking a proactive stance against student resistance, instructors can give mastery grading the best chance of being successful. This paper focuses on the ways in which the instructor can…
Descriptors: Grading, Resistance (Psychology), Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques
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Cooper, Andrew A. – PRIMUS, 2020
Mastery grading is an approach to grading in which students are assigned term grades based on whether they meet certain enumerated objectives, rather than accumulating points. In this note, I describe my experiences using a mastery system, which I call techniques grading, which applies the insights behind the standards-based and specifications…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grading, Mastery Learning, Evaluation Methods
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Tucker, Olivia – Music Educators Journal, 2020
How do we motivate students to practice and persist when facing challenges inherent in learning to play an instrument? In this article, I synthesize research findings into strategies to encourage students' mastery goal orientations and intrinsic motivation. Educators can use these strategies in the classroom or as inspiration to create innovative…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Goal Orientation, Mastery Learning
Anderman, Eric M.; Calvit, Adriana I. Martinez – Educational Leadership, 2021
Deeper learning is great for exploring a topic in great depth, but it will fail if student motivation isn't taken into account. Researchers Eric Anderman and Adriana Calvit discuss how to align your deeper learning curriculum with motivational strategies for successful lessons.
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Interests, Student Motivation
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Rudisill, Mary E.; Johnson, Jerraco L. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
For decades there has been considerable research investigating educational climates in physical education. From those investigations, it is accurate to conclude that mastery motivational climates are a highly effective instructional approach when teaching motor skills and promoting physical activity engagement for young children. Due to this,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Physical Education, Educational Environment, Skill Development
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Martin, Nicole J. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2020
This article describes how coaches influence varying achievement orientations and motivation within youth sport and outlines how specific coaching behaviors can foster positive and enjoyable experiences for youth athletes. The examples outlined throughout this article are offered as easily implemented "how to" ideas in providing athletes…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Teacher Role, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
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Skinner, Ellen A.; Graham, Jennifer Pitzer; Brule, Heather; Rickert, Nicolette; Kindermann, Thomas A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Many subareas share a common interest in students' "motivational resilience," defined broadly as patterns of action that allow students to constructively deal with, overcome, recover, and learn from encounters with academic obstacles and failures. However, research in each of these areas often progresses in relative isolation, and…
Descriptors: Models, Resilience (Psychology), Student Motivation, Child Development
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Morgan, Kevin – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
The purpose of this article is to critically apply the mastery TARGET structures (task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation and time) to the cooperative learning (CL) model in physical education. The premise is that the TARGET structures are highly applicable to the CL model and that combining both approaches will optimize student…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Cooperative Learning, Physical Education, Student Motivation
Gafoor, K. Abdul; Abidha, Kurukkan – Online Submission, 2015
Research interest in achievement motivation and its correlates has grown in recent years. Though there are thousands of studies on goal orientation, the number of instruments to identify goal orientation based on four-fold model viz., performance approach goal orientation (PAP), performance avoidance goal orientation (PAV), mastery approach goal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Trendowski, Thomas Nathan; Woods, Amelia Mays – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
This article discusses ways in which physical educators can enhance learning in their classrooms based on the book How Learning Works: Seven Researched-based Principles for Smart Teaching (2010). Although the research-based principles were proposed for classroom teaching, they are equally applicable to a physical education setting. The article…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Prior Learning, Skill Development
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Shippy, Nicole; Washer, Barton A.; Perrin, Billie – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2013
Grading according to standards, competencies, or concepts is nothing new.With the current grading system gaining more scrutiny, parts of the basic framework of how we grade students are being questioned. Stephens (2010) and Marzano and Heflebower (2011) reinforced the notion that homework, behavior, attendance, notebooks, and group work should not…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grading, Mastery Learning, Mastery Tests
American Psychological Association, 2019
Psychological science has much to contribute to enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. Teaching and learning, in turn, are intricately linked to social and behavioral factors of human development, including cognition, motivation, social interaction, and communication. Psychological science also contributes to effective instruction;…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Instruction, Learning Processes
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Mantell, Colleen T. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2013
With ever-changing government mandates, new standards for accountability, and the uniquely diverse classroom of this millennium, educators are scrambling to meet the needs of all students, such that each unique learner, regardless of background, special needs, or level of commitment to coursework can demonstrate content mastery. In this article,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Mastery Learning, Group Membership, Self Efficacy
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