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Rutherford, Teomara; Botello, Megan; Schenke, Katerina; Lam, Arena C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Help seeking is a key component of many systems of self-regulated learning (SRL). Prior research has noted how motivational and other aspects of SRL relate to students' engagement in help seeking and endorsement of types of help seeking (i.e., adaptive, expedient, and avoidant). This study examines specific antecedents to help seeking--monitoring…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Accuracy
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Sharon Tzur; Nitza Davidovitch; Adi Katz; Aleksandra Gerkerova – European Educational Researcher, 2025
This study examines how interactions in class WhatsApp groups impact students' motivation and academic achievements. The research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore associations between various types of interactions and academic performance. Key findings reveal a strong positive correlation between students'…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Peer Relationship, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Shinogaya, Keita – Learning: Research and Practice, 2021
This study explored effects of question generation instructions on students' attitudes towards question generation and strategy use. Three hundred seventy-four Japanese college students in two psychology classes participated in lectures after a pre-lecture preparation time and completed questionnaires on attitudes towards question generation and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Questioning Techniques, Learning Strategies, Classroom Environment
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Hugerat, Muhamad; Kortam, Naji; Kassom, Fadda; Algamal, Shafea; Asli, Sare – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Classroom climate and motivation plays a major role in the teaching-learning process. In this study, we proposed a new teaching method (PBL-JD). "Problem-Based Learning" (PBL)-Jigsaw Discussion (JD) (PBL-JD) is a student-centered teaching methodology applied in science education; it ensures that the students are actively involved…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Classroom Environment, Secondary School Students, Biology
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Moote, Julie – Research Papers in Education, 2020
Understanding students' capacity to direct their learning in school and beyond has been a sustained area of interest for practising science teachers, policy-makers, and educational researchers. This paper presents results from a longitudinal quasi-experimental study carried out to examine changes in students' self-reported levels of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Student Participation, Active Learning, Inquiry
Renegar, Kirk Whitfield – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The use of alternative classroom seating has recently become a topic of interest in education. Many teachers have redesigned their classrooms to include many forms of classroom seating aside from traditional student desks. These forms of seating include but are not limited to: therapy balls, therapy cushions, and beanbag chairs. While this…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Middle School Students
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Corkin, Danya M.; Horn, Catherine; Pattison, Donna – Educational Psychology, 2017
This study examined differences in students' classroom motivational climate perceptions and motivational beliefs between those enrolled in undergraduate Biology courses that implemented an innovative, active learning intervention and those enrolled in traditional Biology courses (control group). This study also sought to determine whether…
Descriptors: College Students, College Science, Biology, Science Instruction
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Aksoy-Pekacar, Kadriye; Kanat-Mutluoglu, Arzu; Erten, Ismail Hakki – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020
As part of the research on motivation, causal attribution studies have an important role in predicting and improving academic performance since controllable and uncontrollable attributions have an effect on learners' future actions. Following this path, the present qualitative study investigates the attributions of students in an English Language…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Shyness
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Samuelsson, Marcus; Samuelsson, Joakim – Open Review of Educational Research, 2016
Gender differences between boys and girls in the perception of the classroom setting, and their relationship to achievement in mathematics and aspects of self-regulated learning skills are the focus for this article. Throughout the component analysis of answers from 6758 Swedish students we found some differences in how boys and girls perceive…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
The objective of the present study was to examine how motivation is related to academic achievement. The "Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire" (MSLQ) was administered to 1,166 students at a polytechnic in Singapore as a measure for motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning strategies. In addition, students' prior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Prior Learning, Learning Strategies
Auten, Marianne Adams – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Current research shows that students with a growth mindset are more motivated to learn, want to work harder, are less discouraged by difficulty, use more effective strategies for learning, and have higher academic performance in comparison to students without this mindset. Despite these promising findings, a growth mindset is sometimes not…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies
Jaquith, Diane B., Ed.; Hathaway, Nan E., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2012
Educators at all levels want their students to develop habits of self-directed learning and critical problem-solving skills that encourage ownership and growth. In "The Learner-Directed Classroom," practicing art educators (PreK-16) offer both a comprehensive framework for understanding student-directed learning and concrete pedagogical strategies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Art Teachers
Rikala, Jenni; Kankaanranta, Marja – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The aim of this case study was to explore the feasibility of the Quick Response (QR) codes and mobile devices in the context of Finnish basic education. The interest was especially to explore how mobile devices and QR codes can enhance and blend teaching and learning. The data were collected with a teacher interview and pupil surveys. The learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment
Skinner, Michael E. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Humor has not always been looked on with favor in academia. For centuries, the "ideal" professor was a paragon of serious academic pursuit with no time for frivolous commentary. There was nothing funny about the rigors of learning. However, a growing body of literature is emerging that documents the potential positive effects of the systematic and…
Descriptors: Humor, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Classroom Environment
Rix, Samantha – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
This pilot study examines the role of metacognitive awareness as a motivational strategy in second language learning. The paper begins by exploring metacognitive strategies within the general language learning strategy framework, and then zooming in upon "interest enhancement" as a particular strategy that influences motivation and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interviews, English for Academic Purposes
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