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David, Loukia; Weinstein, Netta – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2023
A field experiment conducted across an academic semester tested the impact of a gamified experiential learning intervention strategically framing a student response system (SRS) to maximize student engagement through their technology use in class. Participants (n = 123) aged 9-16 years received an experimental intervention designed to foster…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Learning Activities
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Kolovou, Maria; Kim, Nam Ju – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This paper introduces 'Integrative Drama-Inquiry Learning' (IDI), merging drama-based learning with inquiry-based learning in order to exemplify teaching science through drama. The study also reports on the findings of a sequential mixed-methods procedure embedded in a quasi-experimental research design aimed to understand the effects of IDI on…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Drama, Middle School Students, Student Motivation
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Leptokaridou, Elisavet T.; Vlachopoulos, Symeon P.; Papaioannou, Athanasios G. – Educational Psychology, 2016
The present study examined the efficacy of autonomy-supportive teaching during elementary school physical education (PE) in influencing pupils' enjoyment, fear of failure, boredom and effort. A sample of 54 pupils attending fifth and sixth grades comprised the control group (typical instruction; n = 27) and the experimental group…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Student Participation
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Loukomies, Anni; Pnevmatikos, Dimitris; Lavonen, Jari; Spyrtou, Anna; Byman, Reijo; Kariotoglou, Petros; Juuti, Kalle – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study aimed to design a teaching sequence for science education that enabled lower secondary school students to enhance their motivation towards science. Further, it looked to examine the way the designed teaching sequence affected students with different motivational profiles. Industry site visits, with embodied theory-based motivational…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Student Motivation, Science Interests, Secondary School Students
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Hagger, Martin S.; Lambropoulos, George; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: The trans-contextual model (TCM) is an integrated model of motivation that aims to explain the processes by which agentic support for autonomous motivation in physical education promotes autonomous motivation and physical activity in a leisure-time context. It is proposed that perceived support for autonomous motivation in physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Physical Education, Physical Activities