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Direct linkKatz, Idit; Assor, Avi – Educational Psychology Review, 2007
This article addresses the controversy regarding the value of offering choices as a teaching practice. Inconsistent of results regarding the effects of choice in various settings suggest that choice can be either motivating or de-motivating. Based on the self-determination theory of motivation (Deci & Ryan, 2000), we propose that choice can be…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Learning Theories
Alfi, Orit; Assor, Avi; Katz, Idit – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Current theory and research in the area of motivation indicate that while frequent academic failures are clearly undesirable, temporary failure in challenging academic tasks can have important psychological benefits when followed by successful coping. However, teachers' responses during our school reform programme suggest that some special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Academic Failure, Teacher Attitudes
