A study of student attitudes toward independent project work indicates that grades may be a larger motivation than learning, and that students may exploit the assessment system in varying degrees to attain their end. However, "project game" players had no statistically significantly higher grades. (MSE)

Presents five high school teachers' ideas about how to create a desirable environment for their students' learning in English classrooms. (SG)

The present study was conducted to determine the effects of students' perception of both teacher support and students' reaction to questioning on the instrumental help-seeking strategy used by students. The researchers also examined the relationships between these three variables and the motivational components of achievement goal theory. A…

The present study sets out to examine motivation to learn English by Chinese research students in an informal setting. Data were collected, using semi-structured interviews, from four research students at two points in time during their first year in the UK. The main findings are: they believed that learning English was important; their main goal…

Analysis of data collected in six elementary schools reveals that the amount and quality of choices in school are strongly linked to positive attitudes about teachers and school and thus to learner interest. (Author)

A survey of German language students at all levels at Oklahoma State University sought information on the students' motivation for learning the language, previous exposure to it, attitudes toward the language and its structures, preferred language learning strategies, difficulties with aspects of the language, and actual or anticipated uses of…

Author found some gaps in the published findings on the London EPA project. (Editor/RK)

Provides suggestions for instructors on how to effectively motivate training class of hostile students. Principles of learning and motivation, lively training introduction, good instructor example, a motivating message, making learning reinforcing, separating feeling from knowledge, motivating with student action, and recognizing students'…

Motivation theories may be applied in educational contexts to improve student attitudes and learning achievement. Keller's ARCS Model of Motivational Design stresses attention, relevance, satisfaction, and confidence. Attention and relevance make instruction stimulating, whereas satisfaction and confidence create positive expectations. Through…

Professional responsibility requires that educators teach all students and make a deliberate effort to excite even those who seem not to care. This article provides educators with seven keys to motivating hard-to-reach students and provides practical applications of each. (Author/GCP)

This paper reports results of intensive field work in urban high school mathematics and science classrooms based on research with students attending eight high schools located in large, disparate urban sites across the U.S. During the course of our observations and interviews we recorded students' activities as well as their impressions of…

This paper reports the effect of continuous summative assessment on the behaviour and learning environment of students. Assessing the performance of students is considered to be the most important thing a teacher can do for their students and it can have a profound effect on their learning. Continuous summative assessment was introduced as a form…

This study investigated students' conceptions of constructivist learning activities in a problem-based learning (PBL) and a traditional curriculum. We examined whether students who have chosen for a problem-based curriculum have different conceptions of constructivist assumptions compared to students who have chosen to be enrolled in a…