In this study, we explored the relationship between university teaching faculty’s knowledge, concern, and feelings of responsibility toward climate change and their propensity to address this topic in their classroom curriculum. We sent surveys containing 30 questions to approximately 3,150 faculty at two state research universities in the southwest United States. We addressed three research qu...

The Effect of Using Supportive Teaching Strategies on Student Learning and Remembering   M. Samiee Zafarghandi, Ph.D.* M. Iravaanimanesh**   Learning many of the concepts in mathematics are challenging for many students. To help students overcome these challenges, teachers employ appropriate teaching strategies. One such set of strategies aim at building supportive scaffoldings. ...

BACKGROUND Self-determination theory (SDT) of motivations distinguishes between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Intrinsic motivation is observed when one engages in an activity out of genuine interest and is truly self-determined. Intrinsic motivation is the desired type of motivation for study as it is associated with deep learning, better performance and positive well-being in comparison...

According to self-determination theory (SDT), need-supportive teaching positively influences students’ engagement to learn. Need-supportive teaching involves teachers providing students with structure, autonomy support, and involvement. It enables teachers to support students’ psychological needs to feel competent, autonomous, and related. Supporting students’ needs consequently has a positive ...

well established in the literature, very few studies have attempted to train teachers to offer a greater autonomy support to their students. In fact, none of these studies has been carried out in physical education (PE). The purpose of this study is to test the effects of an autonomy-supportive training on overt behaviours of teaching among PE teachers. The experimental group included two PE te...