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Simulated Patient Consultations in a Second Language: The Role of Open Learning Tasks in Enhancing Competence and Intrinsic Motivation
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Hao Yu; Ting Xu; Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer; Maryam Asoodar – Cogent Education, 2024
Background: The present study aims to investigate the impact of open and closed tasks on the intrinsic motivation and language learning competence of international students enrolled at UM, following the medical Dutch course. The students look forward to improving their academic-Dutch second language in the field of Medicine. We hypothesize that…
Descriptors: Simulation, Patients, Medical Services, Consultation Programs
Graduating from College: Exploring First-Semester Dispositions and Experiences of Support Associated with Unexpected Pathways
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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
A Review of Affective Chemistry Education Research and Its Implications for Future Research
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Flaherty, A. A. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
In the past twenty years there has been a surge of research on chemistry students' attitudes, self-efficacy, self-concept, expectations, values, interest, motivation, effort beliefs and achievement emotions. This research has sought to understand how students feel when learning chemistry and how this may be influencing how they perform. However…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Educational Research, Psychological Patterns
The Association between Scholastic Measures, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies and Alcohol Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Ireland
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McKay, Michael T.; Harvey, Séamus A. – Child Care in Practice, 2015
Alcohol use among adolescents is associated with both short-term (truancy, illness, trouble with police) and long-term (dependence, unemployment) negative consequences. Moreover, because of its developmental nature, adolescent drinking behaviour is difficult to accurately assess. Individual-level scholastic variables and alcohol outcome…
Descriptors: Drinking, Adolescents, Correlation, Student Motivation
Students' Achievement Goals in Relation to Academic Motivation, Competence Expectancy, and Classroom Environment Perceptions
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Sungur, Semra; Senler, Burcu – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2010
The present study aimed at investigating elementary students' academic motivation (intrinsic motivation, external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, and amotivation), achievement goals (mastery approach goals, mastery avoidance goals, performance approach goals, performance avoidance goals), competence expectancies, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Classroom Environment, Goal Orientation
Basic Factors that Affect General Academic Motivation Levels of Candidate Preschool Teachers
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Celikoz, Nadir – Education, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate some personal and familial factors that affect overall academic motivation levels of candidate preschool teachers. The study group of this research consists of 285 students attending the child development and preschool education department at Selcuk University Faculty of Vocational Education in the…
Descriptors: Siblings, Preschool Education, Incentives, Job Search Methods