We discuss the expectancy-value theory of motivation, focusing on an expectancy-value model developed and researched by Eccles, Wigfield, and their colleagues. Definitions of crucial constructs in the model, including ability beliefs, expectancies for success, and the components of subjective task values, are provided. These definitions are compared to those of related constructs, including sel...

Anxiety and Motivation are important psychological variables in sports and its need to achieve high level of competition. Without knowledge of these two variables athletes cannot give best in competition. The aim of study was to find out the relationship between Anxiety and Motivation of intervarsity Badminton players. The total sample consisted of twenty players age ranged from 17 to 25 years....

In this study, the hierarchical model of achievement motivation [Elliot, A. J. (1997). Integrating the ‘‘classic” and ‘‘contemporary” approaches to achievement motivation: A hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. In P. Pintrich & M. Maehr (Eds.), Advances in motivation and achievement (Vol. 10, pp. 143–179). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press] is used to investigate the moti...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the pursuit of achievement goals in medical students and to assess the relationship between achievement goals, learning strategy, and motivation. METHODS Two hundred seventy freshman and sophomore premedical students and sophomore medical school students participated in this study, which used the Achievement Goals Scale and the Self-Regulate...

The motivation to engage students has been a challenge in teaching and learning statistics. This study investigates the effectiveness of online peer learning in enhancing students’ academic achievement and promoting their motivation. The researcher employed a quasi-nonequivalent (preand posttest) control group design to investigate the effectiveness of online peer learning. The participants in ...

The technological capabilities of an online-learning environment allow an instructor to make an online class better than a face-to-face class by providing students with learning activities that are individualized to meet their needs and characteristics. One possible learning activity is an illustrated web lecture, which consists of a text-based presentation, such as PowerPoint, with an audio re...

The relationship between Physical Fitness and Motivation to Learn has been discussed since the 1980's. Since budgetary considerations have caused school districts to cut physical education program hours in K-12 education, professionals in the field have questioned the value of such cuts, and have researched the link between physical education, academic achievement, and motivation to learn. Such...

te purpose of research was identifying the relationship between achievement motivation and efficiency of agricultural faculty staff, islamic azad university shoushtar branch. the method of research was a descriptive-correlative. the sample size was agricultural faculty staff (n=45). a five-point likert-type scale was used as the instrument to gather data in order to measure the achievement moti...

The present study probed 250 English as foreign language (EFL) learners' de-motivation by investigating its role in students' burnout, i.e., a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding or stressful. It also sought to examine the indirect impact of de-motivation and direct impact of burnout on language achieve...