Cooperative Approaches and Academic Motivation towards Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ Achievement

The Effect of Cooperative Learning Techniques on Pre-service Teachers’ Self-esteem, Achievement and Absences

Cooperative learning has been used effectively at the elementary and secondary levels, but it has only recently found its way to the college level. Therefore, in colleges, universities and work places throughout the world, tremendous efforts are underway to move from a lecture-based approach to more active, cooperative learning activities. This study investigates the effect of cooperative learn...

Attitude Towards Academic Fraud and Its Relation with The Motivation of Students' Academic Achievement and Self-Esteem

Introduction: Fraud is one of the most important factors in learning among students Therefore, identification of factors influencing attitudes towards academic fraud is essential. The aim of this study was to investigate the attitude toward academic fraud and its relation to the motivation of academic achievement and self esteem in students of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in 2018. M...

The neural basis of academic achievement motivation

We have used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the neural correlates of motivation, concentrating on the motivation to learn and gain monetary rewards. We compared the activation in the brain obtained during reported high states of motivation for learning, with the ones observed when the motivation was based on monetary reward. Our results show that motivation to learn correlates w...

Pre-service Secondary Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education

The attitudes held by pre-service teachers have been shown to affect their willingness and ability to implement an inclusive approach to education. A sample consisting of 193 pre-service secondary teachers enrolled in secondary education courses at an Australian university were surveyed to determine their attitudes towards inclusive education, with a particular focus on attitudinal changes acro...

Academic self-concept, autonomous academic motivation, and academic achievement: Mediating and additive effects