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Erna Listyaningsih; Euis Mufahamah; Amirul Mukminin; Florante P. Ibarra; Ma. Ruby Hiyasmin M. Delos Santos; Rosario F. Quicho – Power and Education, 2024
One of the initiatives to strengthen the Indonesian economy is entrepreneurship. Concern has been raised about how little entrepreneurship is being pursued by recent college graduates. Several earlier studies have discovered that an entrepreneur can successfully run his business if there is an interest in entrepreneurship. Therefore, the purpose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Student Motivation
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Belinda Merkle; Laura Aglaia Sophia Messerer; Oliver Dickhäuser – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
Choosing a field of study (study major) is challenging for prospective students. However, little research has examined factors measured prior to enrollment to predict motivation and well-being in a specific study major. Based on literature on affective forecasting and person-environment fit, prospective students' well-being forecast could be such…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Motivation, Well Being, Prediction
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He, Hong; Chen, Yunyun; Li, Ting; Li, Hui; Zhang, Xuemin – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
Considerable research suggests a link between mind wandering and diminished levels of motivation and interest. During episodes of mind wandering, individuals may engage in efforts to redirect their attention back to the task at hand (known as focus back effort). Building on the resource-control hypothesis, we hypothesized that the influence of…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Student Motivation, Student Interests, Individual Differences
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S. Ephraim Neumann; Kallie Neumann; Zhiling Zheng; Nikita Hanikel; Jonathan Tsao; Omar M. Yaghi – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Educational content is consistently adapted to enhance the learning experience of students at all experience and skill levels. Student motivation and accessibility are key factors in teaching science to a broad audience. The presented experiments engage the students by relating the content to that which is immediately relevant to them: the threat…
Descriptors: Water, Student Interests, Science Education, Laboratory Experiments
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Sisilia Sylviani; Fahmi Candra Permana; Ahamad Tarmizi Azizan – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
This study explores the inclusion of the visual arts in mathematics instruction as a means of piquing students' interest in a topic that is frequently regarded as difficult. We evaluate numerous research that have been undertaken in this situation by completing an extensive literature study. Our findings show that the inclusion of visual arts in…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Mathematics Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Interests
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Razan Shatnawia; Abdalla Khataybeh – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
This study aimed at investigating the level of science teachers' understanding of the science passion in Jordan in the light of some variables (experience and qualification), the population consisted of (460) science teachers' for the basic stages of government schools and the sample of the study consisted of (235) teachers' selected randomly. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Student Interests
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Kuijpers, Alma J.; Dam, Michiel; Janssen, Fred J. J. M. – Teacher Development, 2023
Understanding how teaching interest and motivation develop during the academic STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) study program is essential to design effective interventions to increase teacher recruitment. This article describes a new approach to study STEM teachers' career choice processes. The retrospective method, which…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Choice, Student Interests, Student Motivation
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Natalie K. Ferand; Catherine A. DiBenedetto; Brian E. Myers; Debra M. Barry – Career and Technical Education Research, 2023
Public perception of agriculture represents a significant barrier in preparing people to enter the agricultural sector because careers in agriculture are outdated, low paying, or less desirable. However, emphasis on science has been shown to attract students to school-based agricultural education (SBAE) programs. Research has shown that offering…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Science Instruction, Agricultural Education, Credits
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Scott Matteson; Michael M. Grant – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
The purpose of this research was to explore how and in what ways students perceived the integration of student response technology, case studies, and discussions in a largely populated undergraduate course in management of human services at a large midwestern university affected their motivation, interest, and feedback. Qualitative data collection…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Feedback (Response), Student Motivation, Student Interests
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Thao, Le Thanh; Anh, Nguyen The; Huynh, Tran Thi Phuong; Lap, Trinh Quoc – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2023
In Vietnam, middle or high-ranking leaders and managers are required to have knowledge of politics. Those who hold leadership roles in both the private and public sectors should master a solid knowledge of political science. This study was conducted to learn about the intrinsic motivation of learners in Vietnam towards participating in an advanced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Political Science, Student Interests
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Reaburn, Robyn – Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 2023
It is wildly held belief that one way to interest students in mathematics is to use real-world examples. Mathematics teachers are aware of the lack of interest in mathematics by many students and seek ways to improve their motivation. It seems reasonable to suggest that demonstrating to students the ubiquitous nature of mathematics may help…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Student Interests, Relevance (Education), Student Motivation
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Can Mese – Review of Education, 2023
Interest is a variable that assists students in acquiring knowledge and instructors in creating an encouraging classroom environment. Situational interest, on the other hand, is a type of interest that will assist students' interest to develop by organising environmental conditions. The research on situational interest has been ongoing for more…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Interest Research, Student Interests, Cognitive Processes
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Cheng Zhang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Under the current information technology development and social interaction digitalization, China shows an increasing interest in the possibilities of digital solutions improving the effectiveness of pedagogical processes when forming and developing sports competencies and skills in football players. The present article is devoted to the study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Student Interests, Team Sports
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Dagmar Strohmeier; Jessica Trach; Daniela Chávez; Giulio D'Urso – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
The longitudinal associations of bullying by teachers with (a) social and academic student characteristics, (b) supportive relationships with peers and adults, and (c) the school context were investigated. Three waves of data were collected over two years among 630 adolescents in Austria (50% girls; 78.8% non-immigrants; mean age = 12.52 years, SD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Characteristics
Anu Resmi Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Motivation to learn is a necessary factor to benefit education. However, only some students are motivated to learn. Some students are extrinsically motivated through physical rewards or prizes, which are temporary. Other students are intrinsically motivated through different factors such as curiosity, recognition, competence, and relatedness,…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior
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