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Direct linkKwarikunda, Diana; Schiefele, Ulrich; Ssenyonga, Joseph; Muwonge, Charles Magoba – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
For efficient and effective pedagogical interventions to address Uganda's alarmingly poor performance in Physics, it is vital to understand students' motivation patterns for Physics learning. Latent profile analysis (LPA)--a person-centred approach--can be used to investigate these motivation patterns. Using a three-step approach to LPA, we sought…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Motivation, Profiles, Physics
Schaffner, Ellen; Schiefele, Ulrich – Learning and Instruction, 2007
The present study investigated the effects of motivational instructions on interest, test anxiety, and text learning. Instructions to facilitate intrinsic and extrinsic motivation were compared with a "neutral" instruction. The sample consisted of 375 ninth-graders. Text-related interest and test anxiety were assessed before and after the…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Test Anxiety, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
Naceur, Abdelmajid; Schiefele, Ulrich – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The present work examined the influence of topic interest on the strength of different components of text representation and long-term retention according to the model of text processing by van Dijk and Kintsch (1983). A Series of relevant personality characteristics were assessed to control for alternative explanations of interest effect, A total…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Retention (Psychology)
