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Singaravelu, G.; Muthukrishnan, T. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
The present study illuminates the causes of the learners in identifying and discriminating syllables and syllabic words in English. It displays the ways for eliminating syllables and syllabic words in English by using self-motivated learning gadget. Single group experimental method was adopted for the study. Fifty students studying in standard Vi…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Syllables
Kurubacak, Gulsun – Online Submission, 2007
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss self-motivated learning through Project-Based Online Learning (PBOL). Besides, this paper aims to explore the dimensions and dynamics of self-motivated learning in a digital society. The strategies and principles of PBOL based on new communication technologies of evidence and truth through critical…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Online Courses, Self Motivation, Learning Motivation
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Mason, Sheila – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2007
In this paper I will explore the implications of an analysis of two kinds of knowledge, the exercise of practical wisdom and the insights associated with narrative knowing, for "connected" teaching. My aim is to show that both kinds of thinking share important similarities insofar as they include the experience of openness and surprise of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Leadership, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Association (Psychology)
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Winters, Fielding I.; Greene, Jeffrey A.; Costich, Claudine M. – Educational Psychology Review, 2008
Computer-based learning environments (CBLEs) present important opportunities for fostering learning; however, studies have shown that students have difficulty when learning with these environments. Research has identified that students' self-regulatory learning (SRL) processes may mediate the hypothesized positive relations between CBLEs and…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Academic Achievement, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Hensel, Elizabeth; Kroese, Biza Stenfert; Rose, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: Less than 10% of people with intellectual disabilities are employed. The aim of the present study was to investigate what psychological factors might predict employment outcome for people with intellectual disability who had received a placement in a supported employment service. Method: Sixty people were interviewed whilst they were…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Supported Employment, Mental Retardation, Job Training
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Nerland, Monika; Jensen, Karen – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2007
This article explores self management in professional work in the context of a shift from traditional professionalism to forms of governance where functions and responsibilities previously attributable to the professional communities are "insourced" to the individual worker. Drawing on data from an interview study among recently educated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Motivation, Self Management, Risk Management
Hogle, Jan G. – 1996
This paper describes the life and achievements of businessman, philanthropist, and photographic innovator, George Eastman. Aspects of multiple intelligences theory with regard to Eastman's life are discussed. The paper details Eastman's many and varied successes after a poor childhood and notes that, although he left school at 13 to help support…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Inventions, Multiple Intelligences, Photography
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Clark, Richard E. – Performance Improvement, 2003
Describes strategies for fostering individual motivation, focusing on unique motivation issues faced by teams and how to overcome them. Suggests that motivational programs can improve performance and solve performance problems, and that the challenge is to find ways to support individual and cultural beliefs about success and what makes them…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Self Motivation, Success, Teamwork
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Friday, Shawnta S.; Friday, Earnest – Journal of Management Development, 2003
A study of 291 police officers of white, black, and Hispanic/Latino ethnicity revealed that black officers scored significantly higher than others on feedback and higher motivating potential scores and satisfaction with promotion opportunities. Black and Hispanic/Latino officers scored higher than whites on task identity. Different job…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Feedback, Job Satisfaction, Police
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Reeve, Johnmarshall; Nix, Glen; Hamm, Diane – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003
Investigates commonly cited experiential qualities (internal locus, volition, perceived choice) to propose a model of the essential nature of perceived self-determination in intrinsic motivation. Results supported model in which internal locus and volition, but not perceived choice, constitute valid indicators of self-determination. Discusses…
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Models, Self Determination
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Hillesheim, James W. – Educational Theory, 1990
Discusses interpretations of a key Nietzschean concept, "Selbstuberwindung," translated as "self-overcoming," which challenges the concept of "self-mastery" or "self-control" found in traditional educational thought. Also discussed is Nietzsche's construction of images of self-overcoming individuals,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Role Models, Self Actualization, Self Control
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Kinman, Gail; Kinman, Russell – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2001
A literature review on motivation and cognitive style and a survey of participants in management development suggests that participants' motivation may not be conducive to effective outcomes. In-house programs using workplace learning models in organizations with strong and pervasive cultures may constrain opportunities to put learning into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Corporate Education, Learning Motivation, Management Development
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Boudreau, John W.; Boswell, Wendy R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2001
The NEO Personality Inventory and intrinsic and extrinsic career success measures were completed by 1,885 U.S. and 1,871 European executives. Neuroticism was associated with lower extrinsic success for U.S. executives, extroversion with higher extrinsic success for European executives. Extroversion was related positively and neuroticism negatively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Incentives, Personality Traits
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Jalajas, David S.; Bommer, Michael – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1999
Engineers (n=146) who survived downsizing participated in a study of intrinsic motivation and effects of past downsizing and threat of future downsizing. Job motivation was a more powerful influence on job behavior than fear of downsizing. (SK)
Descriptors: Behavior, Employee Attitudes, Engineers, Job Layoff
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Boekaerts, Monique; Cascallar, Eduardo – Educational Psychology Review, 2006
In this article, we address four main questions, including: What is self-regulated learning for? What key strategies do students need to guide and direct their own learning process? What cues in the learning environment trigger self-regulation strategies? What can teachers do to help student to self-regulate their learning, motivation, and effort…
Descriptors: Self Management, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Cues
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