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Initial Teacher Education: Does Self-Efficacy Influence Candidate Teacher Academic Achievement and Future Career Performance?
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Shawer, Saad F. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This quantitative investigation examined the influence of low and high self-efficacy on candidate teacher academic performance in a foreign language teaching methodology course through testing the speculation that high self-efficacy levels would improve pedagogical-content knowledge (PCK). Positivism guided the research design at the levels of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Strategies for Stimulating the Motivation to Learn.
Keller, John M. – Performance and Instruction, 1987
This discussion of learning motivation focuses on the four basic concepts of the ARCs Motivation Model: getting learners' attention, showing relevance, building confidence, and generating satisfaction. Strategies for dealing with these concerns are suggested. The second article in this series will deal with the design process. (LRW)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Educational Strategies, Instructional Improvement, Learning Motivation
Cooperative Learning in Computer-Based Instruction.
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Rysavy, S. Del Marie; Sales, Gregory C. – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1991
Reviews recent research on cooperative computer-based instruction (CBI) and discusses findings related to achievement levels and ability, patterns of study, social interchange, motivation and attitudes, and gender differences. Guidelines for the implementation of cooperative CBI are presented, and implications for software designers are suggested.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development
Cognitive and Motivational Determinants of Students' Academic Performance and Achievement: Goals, Strategies, and Academic Outcomes in Focus.
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Dowson, Martin; McInerney, Dennis M. – 1998
The relationships between middle school students' multiple motivational goal orientations and their use of multiple cognitive and metacognitive strategies were studied with a focus on relations between these motivational and cognitive variables and students' academic achievement in two curriculum areas. Participants were 602 middle school students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
An Exploratory Study of Information-Seeking Behaviors and Learning with Hypermedia Information Systems.
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Small, Ruth V.; Grabowski, Barbara L. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1992
Describes a study that identified various individual information seeking behavior patterns and determined how users' motivation, prior knowledge, gender, and cognitive processing influenced learning and retention within a hypermedia environment for undergraduate students. Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test is described and further research is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
Improving Learning Persistence of Military Personnel by Enhancing Motivation in a Technical Training Program.
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Whitehill, Betty V.; McDonald, Barbara A. – Simulation & Gaming, 1993
Describes a study that investigated the effect of motivational variables on task persistence and performance in Navy technical training by giving students problems in a self-paced computer simulation game or drill with variable or fixed payoff points. Student responses to an evaluation questionnaire are discussed. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation
Contextual Differences in Student Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning in Mathematics, English, and Social Studies Classrooms.
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Wolters, Christopher A.; Pintrich, Paul R. – Instructional Science, 1998
Examines contextual differences in student motivation and self-regulated learning in seventh- and eighth-grade mathematics, social studies, and English. Results revealed differences by subject area and gender in motivation and cognitive strategy use variables, but not in regulatory strategy use or academic performance; relations among these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Correlation