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Direct linkKuijpers, 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
den Boer, Anton W. J. P.; Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L.; Heijltjes, Anita E. G. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2021
Cumulative assessment refers to interspersed testing in which each assessment covers all previous content and the mean assessments' grade weighs in for the final exam grade. The effect of cumulative assessment on motivation and performance might differ between summative (i.e. assessment grades weigh in for the final exam grade) and formative (i.e.…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Experiments, Engineering Education
Download full textNoordzij, Gera; Wijnia, Lisette – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived problem quality in the relationship between students' (N = 226) achievement goals and autonomous motivation to study in a problem-based learning (PBL) environment. Specifically, the relationships between students' achievement goals (mastery-approach, performance-approach,…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Problem Based Learning, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Meens, Evelyne E. M.; Bakx, Anouke W. E. A. – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
Over the last few decades, the Netherlands has been experiencing that numerous student teachers (i.e., pre-service teachers) leave teacher training after a short period of time. To address this attrition problem the current study aimed to gain insight into student teachers' motives for enrolling, continuing or withdrawing from a primary teacher…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Schoenfeld, Gregg – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2015
This 2015 "mba.com Prospective Students Survey Report" explores the motivations, career goals, preferred program types, financial choices, decision time lines, and intended study destinations of individuals interested in pursuing a graduate management education. Findings analyzed in the report represent responses from nearly 12,000…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, College Admission, Graduate Study
van Rooij, Els C. M.; Jansen, Ellen P. W. A.; van de Grift, Wim J. C. M. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
Academic self-efficacy is a crucial predictor of first-year university study success, which makes it a key intended outcome of pre-university education. Students with high academic self-efficacy at the end of secondary education likely experience a better transition to university. This study aimed to investigate which factors relate to Dutch…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, College Students, Personality Traits
King, Donna – Studies in Science Education, 2012
Context-based chemistry education aims to improve student interest and motivation in chemistry by connecting canonical chemistry concepts with real-world contexts. Implementation of context-based chemistry programmes began 20 years ago in an attempt to make the learning of chemistry meaningful for students. This paper reviews such programmes…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Problem Based Learning, Learning Motivation, Chemistry
Rohaan, Ellen J.; Taconis, Ruurd; Jochems, Wim M. G. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
Pedagogical content knowledge is found to be a crucial part of the knowledge base for teaching. Studies in the field of primary technology education showed that this domain of teacher knowledge is related to pupils' increased learning, motivation, and interest. The common methods to investigate teachers' pedagogical content knowledge are often…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Reliability, Knowledge Base for Teaching
van der Veen, Ineke; Jong, Uulkje De; Leeuwen, Marko Van; Korteweg, Jaap Anne – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
Higher education students interest in their subject has been found to clearly decrease during the first year of their studies in the Netherlands. This decrease is much smaller for students in the second year, and even turns into an increase in higher years. The loss of interest after enrolment in higher education has also been found in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Professional Education
