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The Role of Different Types of Instrumentality in Motivation, Study Strategies, and Performance: Know Why You Learn, So You'll know What You Learn!

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Simons, Joke; Dewitte, Siegfried; Lens, Willy – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004

Background: Two theories in the field of motivation and achievement, namely the future time perspective theory and goal theory, result in conflicting recommendations for enhancing students' motivation, because of their differential emphasis on the task at hand and on the future consequences of a task. Aims: We will present a framework consisting…

Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Rewards, Time Perspective, Study Habits

From Duty to Desire: The Role of Students' Future Time Perspective and Instrumentality Perceptions for Study Motivation and Self-Regulation.

Lens, Willy; Simons, Joke; Dewitte, Siegfried – 2002

This chapter furthers the discussion of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation by contending that learning and studying are multidetermined and that intrinsic motivation is typically accompanied by extrinsic motivation. The chapter begins with a discussion of the concept of future time perspective as a cognitive-motivational personality…

Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Goal Orientation