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Williams, Heather A.; Kotrlik, Joe W. – Online Submission, 2004
This study sought to determine factors that drive an HRED postsecondary faculty member to be a high producer of research. A HRED faculty career research productivity mediated model was designed and evaluated based on theory and previous literature. The model consisted of environmental variables (control variables), perceived organizational…
Descriptors: Interests, Productivity, Human Resources, Faculty

Bisson, Christian; Luckner, John – Journal of Experiential Education, 1996
The characteristics of fun are that it is relative, situational, voluntary, and natural. Fun can have a positive effect on the learning process by inviting intrinsic motivation, suspending one's social inhibitions, reducing stress, and creating a state of relaxed alertness. Includes summary of questionnaire responses from 20 experiential education…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Educational Strategies, Emotional Response, Experiential Learning

Oldfather, Penny – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Offers an interpretive case study designed to provide insights about students' thoughts, feelings, and actions when not initially motivated for literacy tasks, and ways in which some students were able to become intrinsically interested. Reveals three different patterns of engagement (or lack thereof), represented in three different "Situations"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Grade 5, Grade 6
Learning, 1995
A tear-out folder for teachers creates a working reference file on student motivation. The file includes a glossary and explanations of what holds students' attention, how to motivate students, and how to evaluate the classroom environment to determine how the teacher's words and the classroom atmosphere affect student motivation. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Incentives
Ramsgard, William C. – Performance and Instruction, 1994
Explains the CAM (Clarity, Awareness, Merit Recognition) process for performance reviews in which supervisors declare personal values, expectations, and operational methods; select employee skills for enhancement and define results; provide feedback, recognition and reinforcement; and distribute merit rewards and build deeper mutual commitments to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Merit Rating
Robinson, Richard – Research in Distance Education, 1992
A survey based on Knowles' andragogical principles received 294 responses (45 percent) indicating that Canada's Open College students enrolled for very pragmatic reasons, were intrinsically motivated, used life experiences in assignments but could not do so in examinations, and were not interested in self-directed learning, perhaps because of time…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Distance Education
Teacher Empowerment and the Disappearing Act: Making Connections between Empowerment and Motivation.

Pickle, Judy – Thresholds in Education, 1991
A teacher's identity is shaped by direct work with individual students, not by paperwork or competitive tasks. Teacher empowerment is grounded in teacher motivation, with emphasis on teacher-student relationships. Empowerment depends on relating new roles and decision-making tasks to classroom work, recognizing teachers for success with difficult…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Cooperation, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education

Tuckman, Bruce W. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
The effects of working in groups (WIG), goal-setting, and a control condition on self-regulated performance were compared for 126 college students (prospective teachers at high, middle, and low self-efficacy levels). A strong interaction between performance condition and individual self-efficacy level surfaced. WIG only increased performance of…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors

Coleman, Denis – Journal of Leisure Research, 1993
Study assessed the moderating effects of leisure-based social support and leisure dispositions on life stress and health. Surveys of 104 adults indicated that leisure dispositions, particularly perceived leisure freedom, interacted with life stress to explain some severity of illness variance. Leisure-based social support was not related to…
Descriptors: Adults, Leisure Time, Mental Health, Personal Autonomy

Stumbo, Norma J.; Peterson, Carol A. – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 1998
The leisure ability model is based on the concepts of internal locus of control, intrinsic motivation, personal causality, freedom of choice, and flow. It uses these ideas as the basis for three service components: treatment, leisure education, and recreation participation. The paper presents examples of utilization of this model and addresses the…
Descriptors: Leisure Education, Leisure Time, Life Style, Locus of Control

Dev, Poonam C. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1998
Reviews research results from 14 studies that focus on the intervention methods practiced to enhance academic intrinsic motivation for students with learning disabilities (LD) and measures used to assess academic intrinsic motivation in students with LD. Data analysis shows that intrinsic motivation strongly relates to academic achievement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities

Cuskelly, Monica; Zhang, Airong; Gilmore, Linda – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
Discusses the importance of teaching children with Down syndrome self-regulation, particularly the capacity to delay gratification and mastery motivation. Research findings in these two areas are described, including the role of maternal interaction in the development of mastery motivation. Future research needs are highlighted. (CR)
Descriptors: Children, Delay of Gratification, Downs Syndrome, Mothers

Piirto, Jane – Roeper Review, 1998
This study analyzed the lifespan development of 80 women who are contemporary creative writers. Themes in the women writers' lives were characterized by developmental events, including nurturing of talents by both male and female teachers and mentors; professional situations; and core personality/personal attributes that were similar to men…
Descriptors: Adults, Authors, Coping, Creativity

van Rooyen, Hugo Gerhardus; And Others – American Biology Teacher, 1994
Using the syllabus theme Insecta, strategies for implementing a holistic approach to teaching biology is described. This approach relies largely on self-activity, self-discovery, differentiation, and intrinsic motivation on the part of the student to enhance their learning experiences. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Biology, High Schools, Holistic Approach, Inquiry

Bastick, Tony – International Review of Education, 2000
Outlines reasons given by new teachers in different countries for joining the teaching profession. Discusses a differential motivational model between metropolitan versus developing countries. Presents findings from a study of Jamaican teacher trainees, which verify that extrinsic, intrinsic, and altruistic considerations were three distinct…
Descriptors: Altruism, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education