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Wu, Ya-Ling – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
Gamification can enhance learners' autonomous motivation and enable them to feel enthusiastic during the cognitive absorption process. Therefore, this study explores developing a productive mobile learning (m-learning) atmosphere that enables focused immersion students to learn, enhancing their gratification and decreasing their cognitive load, to…
Descriptors: Games, Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Cognitive Processes
Ebersold, Selina; Rahm, Tobias; Heise, Elke – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore the psychological mechanisms of how perceived autonomy support by the principal affects positive and negative aspects of teachers' well-being. While satisfaction of the basic psychological needs (Deci and Ryan in Psychol Inquiry 11:227-268, 2000, https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1207/S15327965PLI1104_01; Ryan and Deci in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Professional Identity, Well Being, Psychological Needs
Maarten Vansteenkiste; Nathalie Aelterman; Leen Haerens; Bart Soenens – Advances in Motivation and Achievement, 2019
Given the complexity of societal, technological, and economic challenges encountered by schools and teachers, one may wonder whether and how teachers can still optimally motivate their students. To adopt a motivating role in today's ever-changing, even stormy, educational landscape, teachers need more than a checklist of motivating practices. They…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Learning Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Self Determination
Di Battista, Rossana; Robazza, Claudio; Ruiz, Montse C.; Bertollo, Maurizio; Vitali, Francesca; Bortoli, Laura – European Physical Education Review, 2019
Grounded in achievement goal theory and basic psychological needs theory, the aim of this study was to examine the impact of the interaction of perceived motivational climate in physical education with psychological needs satisfaction (relatedness, competence and autonomy) and psychobiosocial states on student intention to engage in leisure-time…
Descriptors: Intention, Leisure Time, Physical Activities, Physical Education
Burgueño, Rafael; Macarro-Moreno, José; Medina-Casaubón, Jesús – SAGE Open, 2020
This research aimed to adapt and psychometrically examine the Multidimensional Perceived Autonomy Support Scale in Physical Education in the Spanish context. The participants were 560 (264 men and 296 women; M[subscript age] = 14.49, SD[subscript age] = 1.05) physical education secondary school students. The results underpinned a 15-item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Secondary School Students, Personal Autonomy
Lin, Luc Chia-Shin – SAGE Open, 2019
The convenience and pervasiveness of smartphones have created an environment where teacher-parent communication can be easily fostered through mobile apps. The current study aims to explore the role of instant messaging apps in teacher-parent communication. Social capital and the uses and gratifications theory were used to develop a theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Communication, Telecommunications
Paul, Narmada – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the impact of instructional support of fourth-grade students' basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) on their motivation to participate in asynchronous online discussions and their argumentation skills. An instructional intervention called Need Supportive Blended Learning (NSBL) was developed and tested…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Computer Mediated Communication, Persuasive Discourse
Garn, Alex C.; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Lonsdale, Chris – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Student motivation research seeks to uncover greater understanding of when, how, and why students succeed or fail in school settings. Self-determination theory has been at the forefront of helping educational stakeholders answer questions on student motivation. This study investigates the motivation mediation model proposed by self-determination…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Need Gratification, Student Motivation, Self Determination
Ansorger, Jennifer – Education Sciences, 2021
Through the lens of an adapted Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I have analyzed (1) the impact of the three main educational reforms of the 20th and 21st centuries on culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) and low-socioeconomic (SES) students in the core subjects up to the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) the efficacy of current classroom assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Assessment, Needs Assessment, Student Diversity
A Qualitative Investigation of Need Fulfillment and Motivational Profiles in Collegiate Cheerleading
Raabe, Johannes; Readdy, Tucker – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: Cheerleading is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States. Members of spirit squads play an undeniable role in developing a university's athletic image, and participation in cheer has the potential to affect adolescents and young adults in a positive manner. Yet, cheerleaders also encounter stereotypes, constant…
Descriptors: College Athletics, College Students, Need Gratification, Motivation
Flunger, Barbara; Mayer, Axel; Umbach, Nora – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
The present study investigated whether an autonomy-supportive intervention influenced students' need satisfaction, achievement emotions, and strategies of self-regulated learning differently depending on several student characteristics. The study was conducted with a sample of 345 9th-grade students in 17 physics classrooms who were randomly…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Intervention, Need Gratification, Psychological Patterns
Hofer, Jan; Busch, Holger; Au, Alma; Polácková Šolcová, Iva; Tavel, Peter; Tsien Wong, Teresa – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The present study examines the association between various facets of generativity, that is, cultural demand for generativity, generative concern, and generative action, with the satisfaction of the needs for relatedness, competence, and autonomy in samples of elderly from Cameroon, China (Hong Kong), the Czech Republic, and Germany. Participants…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Need Gratification, Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies
Karaday, Emre; Ilker, Gökçe Erturan – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2018
This study aimed to explore the relationship between basic psychological needs, motivational regulations, and self-esteem in Turkish high school physical education environment. Nine hundred and fifty seven high school students (505 girls, 452 boys) were applied the questionnaire pack in physical education lessons. Students' general self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Self Esteem, Physical Education
Akbag, Müge; Ümmet, Durmus – Online Submission, 2017
In this research, it is aimed to investigate the predictive role of grit as a personality trait and basic psychological needs satisfaction on subjective well-being among young adults. Participants of this research are 348 voluntary young adults who are final year undergraduate students in the government universities of Istanbul city, Turkey, as…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Psychological Needs, Need Gratification, Young Adults
Abós Catalán, Ángel; Sevil Serrano, Javier; Julián Clemente, José Antonio; Martín-Albo Lucas, José; García-González, Luis – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2018
The present study aimed to validate a Spanish-version of the Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale (BPNWS-Sp) and to examine the associations between needs satisfaction and engagement and burnout in secondary education teachers. Using a sample of 584 secondary education teachers, the results supported the three-factor model, composite…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Behavior Rating Scales