The present chapter offers an overview of empirical investigations into the phenomena of WTC, motivation, language anxiety and boredom with a particular focus on changes in their levels over longer and shorter periods of time as well as factors influencing such fluctuations in traditional and digital contexts. [For the complete volume,…

Academics agree that indigenous peoples from throughout the world have experienced negative outcomes from research conducted by university, governmental, and private agencies (Chung-Do et al., 2019; Keaulana et al., 2019; Mataira, 2019; Smith, 2012). If not for community-based organizations' interventions, similar negative outcomes would otherwise…

The African American dropout rate and retention rate for college is higher than their Caucasian counterpart which may be because of many issues such as financial, social, medical, and physiological. The problem addressed in this study was: African Americans are not completing their undergraduate degree at the same pace as their Caucasian…

This study examines motivational factors based on college students' and faculties' perceptions of motivation using a three-phase mixed-methods research design. The purpose of this research is to determine which factors are most impactful to students' perceptions and actions, so that these data can be used to inform programmatic decisions and…

This applied research study was conducted to promote proficiency in fourth-grade reading. There was a need for improvement in fourth-grade reading after receiving data from the school and state assessments. The study examined the implementation of specific reading and vocabulary strategies, student interventions, strengthening of teacher-student…

The purpose of this qualitative single-case study is to examine the current level of motivation and the demotivational reasoning of a Turkish EFL teacher working at a secondary school in the secondary service area in Turkey. The data were collected from three sources for triangulation: a) interview, b) self-reflection papers, and c) a diary kept…

Entirely 1325 students participated in this research that was conducted to specify the differences between motivation levels of students in terms of age, gender, class and department variables. 'Academic Motivation Scale' that is seven points Likert scale was developed by Karaguven (2012) was used as the data collection tool in this research that…

The relationship between motivational language, school culture and work-related life quality was researched by structural equation modeling (SEM) in this study. The population of the research was composed of 378 school teachers teaching at different schools of in Manisa province of Turkey. The volunteer teachers were selected using convenience…

This study investigated the Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) impact on academic resilience (AR), motivation, teacher support (TS), and personal best goals (PBGs) in different learning environments, specifically online classes and traditional physical classrooms. The research involved 84 participants divided into experimental (online classes, N =…

In the current research, the impacts of portfolio assessment (PA) on the grit tendencies, motivation, and willingness to communicate (WTC) of Saudi Arabian EFL learners were examined. The population of this study was fifty-eight EFL learners who were assigned to two groups in order to accomplish this purpose. Following that, both groups were given…

The outcomes of studies on the effectiveness of special education (SE) remain unclear. There are only a few studies on the effects of SE that have used advanced methodology to minimise the influence of potential selection bias. This study examined the plausible effects of SE on students' affective and motivational outcomes using a…

In the post-pandemic era, distance education and training modes without space constraints are gradually becoming a new trend in training. Game-based training combined with situational simulations is a potential approach. This study used a simulation company scenario and a decision-making analysis task of promotion assessment as the game context,…

This dissertation examines students' social-emotional experience with knowledge building pedagogy from the lenses of grit and growth mindset. The goal of this dissertation is to understand how interest, perseverance of effort and growth mindset oriented feedback engage students social emotionally in knowledge building to sustain and deepen their…

This study responds to calls for more research on motivations for learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in the new era dominated by global English. In particular, it focuses on the role of societal contextual factors surrounding the status of English and the status of the LOTE as an L2/L3, as factors which may offer a more nuanced…

This study examines the perceptions and responses of Vietnamese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to academic integrity concerns that arise from the use of AI, specifically chatbots like ChatGPT, in foreign language education. The study employed an open-ended survey to collect data from 31 Vietnamese EFL teachers who were asked to…