In this two-part study, high-ability students’ experiences of need support, satisfaction, and motivation in regular pull-out classes were compared. Quantitative results from Study 1 indicated that students (N = 203) reported more satisfaction their needs for autonomy, competence, relatedness favorable motivational outcomes class compared to class. both settings, predicted outcomes. These findin...

225 Descriptive statistics for teachers' reported self-efficacy 226 Descriptive statistics for classroom environment 227 Teachers' characteristics and classroom disciplinary climate and teachers' self-efficacy 229 Teachers' professional development and classroom disciplinary climate and teachers' self-efficacy 231 Teaching practices, beliefs and attitudes and classroom disciplinary climate and ...

BACKGROUND Health care workers are exposed to psychosocial work factors. Autonomy and social support are psychosocial work factors that are related to stress, and are argued to largely result from the psychosocial safety climate within organisations. This study aimed to assess to what extent the relation between psychosocial safety climate and stress in health care workers can be explained by a...

This case study focused on the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team during the period from 2004 to 2011, when Graham Henry (head coach) and Wayne Smith (assistant coach) coached and managed the team. More specifically, this case study examined the motivational climate created by this coaching group that culminated in winning the Rugby World Cup in 2011. In-depth interviews were completed with Henr...

This dissertation focuses on how student motivation emerges and changes in the day-today classroom context. Drawing on self-determination theory, it proposes that specific features of the classroom instruction—and of what teachers say and do—may either support or frustrate students’ need for autonomy. Autonomy-supportive instruction is hypothesized to enhance interest and competence perception ...

Clinical learning occurs in the context of a dynamic environment. Learning environment found to be one of the most important factors in determining the success of an effective teaching program. To investigate, from the attending and resident's perspective, factors that may affect student leaning in the educational hospital setting at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS). This study comb...

This meta-analysis aimed to reveal the extent which perceived teachers' autonomy support affects academic achievement and motivation among higher education students. Overall, 153 correlations between achievement-related variables (academic performance, motivation, basic psychological needs satisfaction, engagement) were collected through a systematic review. They integrated estimate population ...