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The Academic Motivation Scale: Evaluation Evidence of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Amotivation in Faculty of Education Students
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Mahmoud Ali Moussa; Abdul Nasser El Sayed Amer – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2024
The study aimed to develop and validate academic motivation measures among university students. The study adopted the correlational method. An available sample of university students selected from the Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University. The study sample consisted of 453 people. The scales responded online to the students after they…
Descriptors: Motivation, Incentives, College Students, Education Majors
Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems
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Anderson, Mike – ASCD, 2021
Teachers use traditional incentive and reward systems with the best of intentions. We're trying to support students' positive behavior and learning. We're hoping to motivate and inspire students to work hard and do well in school. "If everyone behaves, we'll have a pizza party. The more books you read, the more stickers you'll receive."…
Descriptors: Incentives, Rewards, Self Management, Self Motivation
The Reality of Administrative Empowerment among the Recently Employed Administrators in the Intermediate Schools
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Alfadli, Mona A.; Al-Mehaisen, Sarah M. – International Education Studies, 2019
The current study aims at identifying the reality of administrative empowerment among administrators recently employed in the intermediate schools of Riyadh Al-Khabra city, Saudi Arabia, from their perspective. The descriptive survey and comparative approach were applied to (89) administrators recently employed in the intermediate schools of…
Descriptors: Empowerment, School Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Access "and" Assessment? Incentives for Independent Study
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Lemanski, Charlotte – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2011
This paper explores incentives for students to engage with continuous learning outside the classroom, i.e. independent study. Two questionnaires were completed with undergraduate students, asking them quantitative and qualitative questions regarding their engagement (or lack thereof) with weekly readings which are non-assessed and non-monitored.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Independent Study, Student Attitudes, Lifelong Learning
The Effects of Sources of Motivation on Teachers' Motivation Levels
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Kocabas, Ibrahim – Education, 2009
This study, in which a descriptive scanning model is used, aims to determine the effects of motivational sources on teachers' motivation levels. The population sample for this study consists of teachers working in the Elazig city center in 2006-2007 academic year. A sample of 225 teachers was randomly selected from this population. Data obtained…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Motivation, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
Conation: Cultivating the "Will" to Succeed among Middle and High School Students
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Riggs, Ernestine G. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
A great deal of research has been conducted regarding extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and which concept has the most effective impact on the learning process. Teachers are constantly asking: "How can I motivate my struggling or low achieving students to learn the essential skills and strategies they will need to be able to compete in this…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Success, Student Motivation