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Bianca Manuela Sandu; Mégane Lesuisse; Soraya García-Sánchez – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This article reports on the findings of a research study which has approached language learning motivation (LLM) following Ushioda's (2009) person-in-context relational view of L2 motivation, Consoli's life capital (2021, 2022), Dweck's mindset (2017) and Dörnyei's vision system (2009). Our study provides insights into how LLM research is key to…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students
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Wiersema, Janice A.; Licklider, Barbara; Thompson, Janette R.; Hendrich, Suzanne; Haynes, Cynthia; Thompson, Katherine – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
College students' implicit theories (or mindsets) about intelligence can affect not only their motivations toward learning, but also their cognitive habits and behaviors while learning thus impacting academic achievement. In this paper we describe learning experiences we used with our learning community to 1) introduce students to the concept of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Intelligence, Learning Experience
Erb, Michelle – 1996
Making students responsible for their own learning in biology is a national issue. The goal of this Master's project was to increase students' responsibility for their own learning in order to increase academic output and decrease the incidence of inappropriate behavior. The targeted population consisted of sophomore high school students in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Biology, Class Size