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Crone, Travis S.; Babb, Stephanie J. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
The current study further explored the relationship between nontraditional students and academic entitlement. Previous research has established that the presence of more nontraditional factors predicts lower levels of reported academic entitlement. The mechanisms responsible for this connection have not been explored though. The current study…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes, Locus of Control, Student Motivation
Dyvanee Chavira – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The objective of this dissertation was to explore the impact of gender, maternal parenting style, and social class on the level of motivation in first-year college students. Existing research has shown that, individually, these three variables can influence motivation in students. However, we do not know how a mothers' parenting style paired with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Motivation, Parenting Styles, Mothers
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Çetin, Baris – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of the relationship between university students' intrinsic motivation scores towards self-regulated learning, their intrinsic motivation scores towards university, and their academic achievements. The cross-section scanning model was used in the study. The participants of the study consisted of 30…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Self Control, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students
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Çelik, Birol; Demirbas-Çelik, Nur; Uzunboylu, Hüseyin – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
Language is an important tool of communication, especially in a foreign setting. Foreign language teachers, help their students to access foreign experiences by reason of their ability to communicate with foreign nationals. Teachers' motivation however influences foreign language education and its effectiveness. The aim of this study is to examine…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation
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Çingöz, Yunus Emre; Altug, Tolga – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2023
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of university sports environment perception on academic motivation. A total of 206 students studying at various faculties of Bayburt University participated in the research. In the study, the "Personal Information Form" created by the researchers to determine the demographic information of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Athletics, College Environment, Student Motivation
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Mustafa Pamuk; Osman Circir – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
It is important for students to be successful in their academic lives, both for themselves and their families. Some certain individual obstacles on the path to success can diminish students' achievement as well as their motivation, which is a crucial factor for success. Sometimes parents can be involved in these processes. In this context, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Influence
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Meghan B. Owenz; Megan Tewksbury; Clare Cruz – To Improve the Academy, 2025
Inclusive teaching has become one of the most frequently written about topics in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Educational Development. However, the field's advancement is limited by an overreliance on faculty perspectives, affective student measurement, and a lack of measurement tools for specific instructor behaviors that promote…
Descriptors: Inclusion, College Instruction, Teacher Behavior, College Faculty
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Cody, Brettjet L.; Kuyini, Ahmed Bawa; Smith, Leann V. – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) with a sample of Arab college students. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis revealed a 7-factor structure similar to the original scale. Items measuring intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, or amotivation, as specified in the original…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Factor Structure, Arabs, Student Motivation
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Chevrier, Basilie; Lannegrand, Lyda – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
According to the self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), academic motivation can take different forms (Litalien et al., 2019; Vallerand et al., 1989). First, "intrinsic motivation" (IM) is defined as a spontaneous inclination to assimilate and master an activity. Second, "extrinsic motivation" (EM) refers to a desire…
Descriptors: College Enrollment, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, Selective Admission
Kaitlyn Marie Richter – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to know if and to what extent there was a relationship between self-determination and the dimensions of online learner readiness (motivation for learning, online communication self-efficacy, self-directed learning, learner control, and computer/internet self-efficacy) with online academic…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness
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Romero-Frías, Esteban; Arquero, Jose Luis; del Barrio-García, Salvador – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
In recent years, MOOCs have become firmly established as valid e-learning environments and, as such, have been developed by many universities using different types of platform. Given the voluntary nature of MOOC enrollment, motivation is crucial to our understanding of why students register for and complete these courses. The present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Student Motivation, College Students
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Atasever, Askay Nur; Çelik, Levent; Eroglu, Yüksel – Participatory Educational Research, 2023
In this study, the mediating role of digital addiction in the relationship between academic motivation and life satisfaction was examined. The present study was quantitative in nature and correlational design was used. The data were collected through Google Forms. 191 university students selected by convenience sampling method participated in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Handheld Devices, Computer Games, Learning Motivation
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Kolesnichenko, Natalia Yu.; Hladun, Tetiana S.; Diahyleva, Olena S.; Hats, Lyubov Y.; Karnaukhova, Antonina V. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The article is devoted to the study of the main purpose and features of increasing the students' educational motivation at the tertiary educational institution (TEI) in times of urgent need for a total overhaul of the educational paradigm and principles of teaching not only at higher educational establishment but also in the Ukrainian education…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Koyuncuoglu, Özdal – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
Academic motivation are claimed to be influencing factors on college students' various outcomes. The aim of this study is to compare the academic motivation and career decidedness of university students based on the variables of gender, year of study, academic achievement and expectations for pursuing graduate education. 376 students at Karatay,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Career Choice, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Pavlova, Iuliia; Bodnar, Ivanna; Shvets, Vadym; Petrytsa, Petro; Nalyvayko, Natalia – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
The purpose of the research was to adapt the Academic Motivation Scale in the context of investigating students' motivation to study physical education and sports, including the assessment of psychometric properties and experimental validation of the model tool. In this study, a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods was…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Learning Motivation, Test Construction, Physical Education
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