This study explores the impact of three alternative grading systems--specifications grading, standards-based grading (SBG), and ungrading--on student motivation, engagement, stress, enjoyment, and perceptions of fairness. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted with students from mathematics, computer science, and statistics courses.…

As technology rapidly evolves, generative AI tools are increasingly integrated across various fields, including education. ChatGPT, a well-known language model developed by OpenAI, has gained significant importance in educational settings. This study employed a quantitative, cross-sectional survey design and employed the Unified Theory of…

Drawing on self-regulatory perspective, this study investigates how protean individuals self-regulate their thoughts, cognition by the set-up of self-regulation tactics in order to develop their careers. Based on a sample of 423 French engineers, we tested a structural equation modeling. Our results highlighted that protean career orientation had…

Motivation is a key driver of learning. Prior work on motivation has mostly focused on conventional learning contexts that did not necessarily involve AI. Hence, little is known about students' motivation to learn AI. This study examined the structure of students' AI motivational system using self-determination theory as the theoretical framework.…

This paper provides a new experiment based on augmented reality technology in the context of Palestinian higher education. The primary goal is to investigate the effectiveness of AR-based learning on motivation and reflective thinking as crucial indicators of student learning. The research is based on a combined quantitative-qualitative…

In a rapidly evolving technology and skill-based economy, the development and engagement in practical skills and motivation among electronic technology education students is key to their career readiness and employability. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between initial training experiences and electronic technology education…

This research examines chronic absenteeism at an American public, historically Black university. Chronic absenteeism, which became a problem during and following the COVID-19 pandemic, has contributed to rising failure rates and a 34% graduation-to-retention rate among students. Using the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) method, the…

Identifying antecedents of achievement motivation is important because they are critical to students' academic success, life and college satisfaction, and student retention. Previous research has identified a relationship between intellectual abilities and achievement motivation. However, it is still unknown whether relatively newer dimensions of…

Student voice (SV), referring to the concept and practices of involving students in educational decisions, has been gaining popularity due to its promising effects on student need satisfaction and academic motivation. Definitions of SV approaches, their variety, and the benefits that various approaches have for students' need satisfaction and…

Socially shared regulated learning (SSRL) plays a crucial role in enhancing collaborative learning processes. This study explores the association between medical residents' team action, SSRL and heart rate changes using BioWorld, a technology-rich learning environment (TRE) designed to support medical practitioners' diagnostic reasoning skills as…

This study investigated the factors influencing content creation among Nigerian varsity students and the effect it has on their academic performance and individual improvement. Through interviews and empirical studies, this research looked at the motivations, challenges, and benefits related with content creation among Nigerian library and…

This study aimed to examine how incentives, transformational leadership, and motivation directly and indirectly affect the job satisfaction of elementary school teachers. A quantitative approach with an explanatory research design was adopted. Using stratified random sampling, data were collected from 251 instructors and analyzed through…

Theoretical Background: Previous studies indicate that students' learning motivation varies across learning situations and is influenced by situational characteristics such as teaching behaviour. We focus on instructional clarity as one factor that may influence expectancies and task values. Aims and Research Questions: This study combines a…

Background: Educator performance is an important thing in efforts to improve the quality of education, so a forum is needed to build teacher competency that leads to improved teacher performance in planning, implementing, and evaluating the learning process in the classroom. Professional learning communities are one of the efforts to improved…

Background/purpose: This study addresses the problem of demotivation generated by traditional assessment methods, which are often standardized, unengaging, and ill-suited to individual differences. In an increasingly digitized educational context, the primary objective is to assess the ability of an adaptive assessment system, developed on the…