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Direct linkGrobler, Adelene A.; Knight, Mirriam R.; Lens, Willy; Lacante, Marlies – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2014
A relatively large number of South African learners drop out of school during the last 2 years of high school. This has important negative consequences for the individual learners, as well as for the country as a whole since it contributes greatly to the high number of unskilled and unemployed people. This study was carried out to explore whether,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, High School Students, Self Determination, Learning Motivation
Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Sierens, Eline; Soenens, Bart; Luyckx, Koen; Lens, Willy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
The present research complements extant variable-centered research that focused on the dimensions of autonomous and controlled motivation through adoption of a person-centered approach for identifying motivational profiles. Both in high school students (Study 1) and college students (Study 2), a cluster analysis revealed 4 motivational profiles: a…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Multivariate Analysis, Profiles, High School Students
Peer reviewedLens, Willy; Decruyenaere, Marleen – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Characteristics of motivated and demotivated students in humanities and high and low technical secondary education were studied for 1,824 Belgian students in the eighth, tenth, or twelfth grade. Subgroups based on motivation were formed using student self-ratings, teacher ratings, and scores on predictor measures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Humanities, Learning Motivation
