The “Next Generation”, “Net Generation”, “digital natives”, “ millennials” o r the “Googl e g eneration”, are some of the names used to de scribe the new generation entering to th e workforce, gro wing u p in a n etworked world and having a d ifferent se t of needs and e xpectations as to learning and train ing. Thus, there is a n eed to find new elearning en vironments th at would en sure the ...

Is all motivation good for learning? Dissociable influences of approach and avoidance motivation in declarative memory Vishnu P. Murty, Kevin S. LaBar, Derek A. Hamilton, and R. Alison Adcock Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke Univ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure motivation for smoking cessation. Motivation is known to be important for success of smoking cessation. The reliability of the scale was assessed and its predictive validity for smoking cessation was evaluated. METHODS We recruited 333 men aged 20 to 70 that visited smoking cessation clinics at seven public health centers. ...

The present anticipation of future goals creates instrumental motivation for immediate actions that are expected to be instrumental for achieving those future goals. Instrumental motivation is however by definition extrinsic motivation. Based on empirical research in educational settings, it is commonly argued that extrinsic motivation is of lower quality than intrinsic motivation. More recent ...