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Zong, Yanyan; Holliman, Andrew; Waldeck, Daniel; Abbott, Nicola – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
Individual differences in adaptability, buoyancy, and motivation -- each of which are associated with regulatory processes -- are theorised to influence course satisfaction and test anxiety among student populations; however, the unique contribution of each has yet to be examined. The present study recruited 156 undergraduate students who…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Satisfaction, Student Adjustment, Resilience (Psychology)
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Saracaloglu, Asuman Seda; Dinçer, Beste; Eken, Muhammed; Bayik, Sinan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among the prospective teachers' teacher efficacy and their level of academic motivation, anxiety of PPSE academic procrastination levels. The research was designed as correlational survey method. The sample of the research was composed of 187 prospective teachers. According to the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Motivation, Time Management, Test Anxiety
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Turhan, Nihan Sölpük – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
Measurement tools that are used in education are important factors that affect course success and motivation of students. This study aims to determine the opinions of high school students on different question types. As the subgoals of the research, the study aims to determine the reasons for multiple choice test preference and its effect on…
Descriptors: Test Items, Preferences, High School Students, Learning Motivation
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Ünal-Karagüven, M. Hülya – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
Academic motivation and test anxiety have been still adduced for low performance of students by educators. To know the factors that have an effect on students' academic motivation and test anxiety levels can be helpful to improve students' academic performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of demographic variables and…
Descriptors: Motivation, Test Anxiety, Self Determination, High School Students
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von der Embse, Nathaniel P.; Schultz, Brandon K.; Draughn, Jeremy D. – School Psychology International, 2015
Educational accountability policies have led to a growth in the use of high-stakes examinations for a number of important educational decisions, including the evaluation of teacher effectiveness. As such, educators are under increasing pressure to raise student test performance. In an attempt to prepare students for a high-stakes exam, teachers…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, High Stakes Tests, College Students, Student Motivation
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Karaguven, M. Hulya Unal – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The current study evaluated the psychometric evidence of Turkish form of the Academic Motivation Scale. The scale was based on the tenets of self-determination theory. It was designed to assess an individual's academic motivation if intrinsically or extrinsically driven with 28 questions. University form of the scale was translated into Turkish…
Descriptors: Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Correlation