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Huang, Suhua; Reynolds, Marcie – Athens Journal of Education, 2022
This study investigated American college students' reading motivation. A total of 1,437 (533 male and 904 female) college students across interdisciplinary areas voluntarily participated in the study by completing a self-reported survey. Two major research questions were addressed in this study. The first question investigated American college…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, College Students, Self Efficacy, Incentives
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Crawford-Garrett, Katherine – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2020
Drawing on data from a phenomenological research study of Ako Matatupu/TeachFirst New Zealand (TFNZ), an affiliate of Teach for All, this article considers how differently positioned actors within New Zealand theorize the appeal of TFNZ as opposed to university-based pathways. Findings suggest that a multiplicity of factors influence the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Alternative Teacher Certification, Equal Education
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Rangel, Virginia Snodgrass; Jones, Sara; Doan, Victoria; Henderson, Jerrod; Greer, Ricky; Manuel, Mariam – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2021
Little is known about why people decide to mentor in the context of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the motivations of undergraduate student mentors working in an afterschool STEM program for underrepresented elementary schoolboys. We used self-determination theory…
Descriptors: Mentors, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation