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Cara A. Singh; Krista R. Muis – Educational Psychologist, 2024
The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated theoretical model of socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL), which is an elaboration of Efklides' Motivation and Affect in Self-Regulated Learning model that situates metacognition, affect, and motivation at the socially shared level. Building from existing theoretical and empirical…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Learning Motivation, Group Behavior
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Wolbert, Lynne; Schinkel, Anders – Oxford Review of Education, 2021
Wonder-full education recognises experiences of wonder as lying at the heart of learning and education. If we accept the premise that wonder is important for/in education, what should characterise wonder-full education? This paper clarifies what it is like to wonder, how the aims of wonder-full education are best described, and it discusses three…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation, Curriculum Design, Teacher Competencies
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Gary, Kevin – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2019
Phenomenologist Jean-Luc Marion describes our capacity for awe as an ability to recognise that certain phenomena are saturated. More than we constitute them with our categorical frames or organising objectives, the phenomena constitute us; their excess and givenness overwhelms our ability to fully grasp them. It is through this experience of awe…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Standards
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Walker, Jude – Journal of Transformative Education, 2017
Shame both stymies and motivates learning; it prevents adults from participating in educational programs yet, with accompanied self-examination, it can be the catalyst for transformation. While fundamental for understanding adult learning, shame is (shamefully) inadequately theorized in the field of adult education: We don't talk enough about…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Psychological Patterns, Transformative Learning, Adult Education
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Sun, Haibin – Higher Education Studies, 2020
Gender differences exist in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math. There are differences between male and female undergraduates in the learning of various subjects. This paper analyzed the gender differences caused by intellectual and non-intellectual factors, such as math ability, verbal ability, spatial capability,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physics, Science Education, Majors (Students)
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Astleitner, Hermann – Journal of Instructional Research, 2018
There is rising evidence that it is an increasingly difficult task for teachers to engage students in learning. This important problem in daily instruction has produced numerous research activities focusing on conditions and consequences of student engagement. However, these activities have led to a complex situation in which findings are widely…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Instructional Design, Instructional Materials, Learning Motivation
Tavarez DaCosta, Pedro – Online Submission, 2018
Through this work we are focusing on discussing the relationship between the Traits of Personality and the performance of Students in EFL Learning (introversion/extroversion and other determining factors of the educational Process) within the Dominican's Society context as largely perceived by Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. There have…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Means, Barbara M., Ed.; Stephens, Amy, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2021
Computing in some form touches nearly every aspect of day to day life and is reflected in the ubiquitous use of cell phones, the expansion of automation into many industries, and the vast amounts of data that are routinely gathered about people's health, education, and buying habits. Computing is now a part of nearly every occupation, not only…
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
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Weiwei, Huang – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
As a theory based on the hypothesis of "happy man" about human nature, happiness management plays a significant guiding role in the optimization of the training model of local Chinese normal university students during the transitional period. Under the guidance of this theory, China should adhere to the people-oriented principle,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Philosophy, Preservice Teacher Education
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Deakin Crick, Ruth; Huang, Shaofu; Ahmed Shafi, Adeela; Goldspink, Chris – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2015
Understanding students' learning dispositions has been a focus for research in education for many years. A range of alternative approaches to conceptualising and measuring this broad construct have been developed. Traditional psychometric measures aim to produce scales that satisfy the requirements for research; however, such measures have an…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Learner Engagement, Personality Traits, Lifelong Learning
Hense, Jan; Mandl, Heinz – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
This conceptual paper aims to clarify the theoretical underpinnings of game based learning (GBL) and learning with digital learning games (DLGs). To do so, it analyses learning of game related skills and contents, which occurs constantly during playing conventional entertainment games, from three perspectives: learning theory, emotion theory, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Electronic Publishing, Feedback (Response)