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Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali Salmani – Online Submission, 2012
This paper claims that the current theories of Self-regulated learning (SRL) are short-sighted. The author provides a comprehensive, but brief, overview of SRL which addresses such issues as (a) SRL processes, (b) SRL strategies, (c) compartments of SRL, (d) theories of SRL, (e) agency in SRL, and (f) models of SRL. He then presents a new model…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Models, Educational Theories, Learning Processes
Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Helena; Moreira, Aurora; Lopes, Betina; Watts, Mike – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2014
Background: Critical thinking is one of the very highest orders of cognitive abilities and a key competency in higher education. Asking questions is an important component of rich learning experiences, structurally embedded in the operations of critical thinking. Our clear sense is that critical thinking and, within that, critical questioning, is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking, Science Education, Competence
Anumba, Ethel – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that facilitated college persistence and retention among African American males who were enrolled in an undergraduate program at two four-year public universities in Southern California. This research addressed the growing problem of college attrition among Black males by conducting an in-depth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence
Scudella, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Federal policy around supervision and evaluation has prompted state action to develop new evaluation systems to increase student achievement. Systems, such as the Framework for Educator Effectiveness implemented in Wisconsin, are tied to teacher performance as well as student achievement. This type of performance-based evaluation system relies on…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Academic Achievement
Nader-Grosbois, Nathalie; Lefevre, Nathalie – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study compares self-regulation in 29 children with intellectual disability and 30 typically developing children, who solved tasks using physical materials or computers. Their cognitive, linguistic levels were assessed in order to match the children of both groups. In the presence of their mothers and fathers, the children were asked to…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Self Management, Problem Solving, Computers
Wang, Qi; Chen, Xiaojuan; Chen, Yongsheng – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
The present study combined the literature analysis with the empirical study and proposed a Chinese local conception of psychological empowerment, which was defined as a process of personality-oriented, self-motivated, and proactive control with the aim of community members' citizen participation. Its basic dimension comprised an inclination to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Measures (Individuals), Psychology, Foreign Countries
Costabile, Angela; Cornoldi, Cesare; De Beni, Rossana; Manfredi, Paola; Figliuzzi, Sante – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Metacognition is a good predictor of University students' achievement and should be more systematically considered since it might also help reduce student drop outs. In particular drop out is a dramatic problem for Italian Universities since it may concern more than 40% of students. The identification of factors that lead to academic failure and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Academic Achievement, Study Skills
Karpudewan, Mageswary; Ismail, Zurida; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
The global environmental crisis intensifies particularly in developing nations. Environmental educators have begun to understand that changing the environmental impact requires not only changes in pro-environmental knowledge and attitudes but also in associated, self-determined motivation. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Environment, Developing Nations, Environmental Education
Chan, Regina; Yuen, Mantak – Gifted and Talented International, 2013
This article reports on a small-scale qualitative study that investigates how intrapersonal and environmental factors shape the beliefs and experiences of four talented Hong Kong sportsperons. Research questions focus on how their talents were identified and developed, obstacles they encountered, and the major influences on their development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Talent Development, Performance Factors, Influences
Froiland, John Mark; Oros, Emily; Smith, Liana; Hirchert, Tyrell – Contemporary School Psychology, 2012
Intrinsic motivation (IM) to learn, if cultivated, can lead to many academic and social/emotional improvements among K-12 students. This article discusses intrinsic motivation to learn as it relates to Self Determination Theory and the trouble with relying solely on extrinsic motivators. The academic benefits of IM in the specific subject areas of…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Self Determination, Self Motivation
Wolters, Christopher A.; Benzon, Maria B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2013
College students ("N" = 215) completed a self-report instrument designed to assess different regulation of motivation strategies as well as aspects of their motivational beliefs, use of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies, and procrastination. The study serves to extend the research on the self-regulation of motivation…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Self Management, Self Motivation
Bartels, Jared M.; Herman, William E. – Online Submission, 2011
Research suggests that students who fear failure are likely to utilize cognitive strategies such as self-handicapping that serve to perpetuate failure. Such devastating motivational dispositions clearly limit academic success. The present study examined negative emotional responses to scenarios involving academic failure among a sample of…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Academic Failure, Fear, College Students
Chaffin, Mark; Funderburk, Beverly; Bard, David; Valle, Linda Anne; Gurwitch, Robin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: A package of parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) combined with a self-motivational (SM) orientation previously was found in a laboratory trial to reduce child abuse recidivism compared with services as usual (SAU). Objectives of the present study were to test effectiveness in a field agency rather than in a laboratory setting and to…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Recidivism, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Leng, Eow Yee; Ali, Wan Zah bte Wan; Baki, Roselan; Mahmud, Rosnaini – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2010
The objective of the study is to determine the suitability of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) in assessing Malaysian form one students' intrinsic motivation gained through the tasks engagement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy class. 236 students completed the IMI in Bahasa Malaysia version. The reliability value…
Descriptors: Self Motivation, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Student Motivation
Reed, Tara Camille – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges serve a vital role within the American education system and as the number of nontraditional students increase, further research is warranted in understanding how these particular students can be retained. Nontraditional student enrollment is highest at community colleges; however, they have the lowest rates in being retained.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Student Attitudes, Nontraditional Students