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Cheng, Hong-Yu; Chen, Lu – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
To foster the pursuit of a better understanding of how the shift of teaching paradigms from teacher-centred instruction to student-centred instruction might have effects on Chinese students' learning, this study investigated the associations between teaching paradigms (student-centred and teacher-centred) and students' academic motivation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Conventional Instruction, Student Motivation
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Larose, Simon; Duchesne, Stéphane; Boisclair-Châteauvert, Geneviève – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
This study examines the dispositions and experiences of support of college students associated with unexpected pathways toward college graduation. The final sample was drawn from a national sample of 3,998 youths who participated in a longitudinal project. Using the k-nearest neighbors' algorithm, we created four groups based on the Québec High…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Graduation
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Turhan, Nihan Sölpük – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
Measurement tools that are used in education are important factors that affect course success and motivation of students. This study aims to determine the opinions of high school students on different question types. As the subgoals of the research, the study aims to determine the reasons for multiple choice test preference and its effect on…
Descriptors: Test Items, Preferences, High School Students, Learning Motivation
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Filiz, Bijen; Durnali, Mehmet – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2020
The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between academic motivation and social-emotional competency of student-athletes in terms of gender, grade, and active participation in sports. The study group consisted of 200 volunteer student-athletes studying at a sports high school. The Academic Motivation Scale and the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Social Development
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Lim, Siew Yee; Chapman, Elaine – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2015
The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) is a comprehensive and widely used instrument for assessing motivation based on the self-determination theory. Currently, no such comprehensive instrument exists to assess the different domains of motivation (stipulated by the self-determination theory) in mathematics education at the pre-tertiary level (grades…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Motivation
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Anderson, James C., II – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
This descriptive-correlational study examined the personal factors that may affect the self-determination of 110 freshmen who have elected to enroll in an urban agriculture program. The personal factors, termed the motivational profile, consisted of influences in the decision to enroll in the program, the student's type of motivation to attend the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Agricultural Education, Urban Youth, High School Freshmen