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Showing 1 to 20 of 341 for “"Intrinsic motivation"”.
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Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement: The Role of Teacher Behaviors in Promoting Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement
<p>Research has shown that students’ intrinsic motivation for school work is a more important contribution and predictor of academic achievement than extrinsic motivation. This study hypothesized that there are certain behaviors a teacher can do to promote intrinsic motivation in students. A …
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Organizational Trust, Intrinsic Motivation and Discretionary Effort: Three Studies
… to quantify how organizational trust and intrinsic motivation improves outcomes for businesses and employees. Analysis of the national sample showed that organizational trust and alignment with the company's purpose are associated with higher employee incomes, longer job tenure, greater …
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THE EFFECTS OF COMPETITION AND EXTERNAL REWARDS ON INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
… that the presence of an external reward reduces intrinsic motivation. Deci's (1975) theory of cognitive evaluation and Lepper, Greene and Nisbett's (1973) overjustification hypothesis account for these findings using attribution theory. Basically, these tw.</p>
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The Impact of Corequisite Algebraic Models on Students' Intrinsic Motivation
… relatedness, and competence, as they relate to intrinsic motivation, are examined in both the seven-hour a week corequisite algebra course and a three-hour a week non-corequisite algebra course at a two-year serving institution located in Houston, Texas. Utilizing an explanatory mixed method …
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Intrinsic Motivation Under Repeated and Non- Repeated Rewards During a Reading Task
… have debated about the underlying causes of intrinsic motivation (i.e., the subjective experience of pursuing an activity for its own sake), disagreeing about whether performance-contingent rewards increase or decrease intrinsic motivation. On one hand, the content-based view of intrinsic …
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Internship design and its impact on intrinsic motivation and student career choice.
… to an individual’s satisfaction and intrinsic motivation with the proposed intern’s model offering improved R2 coefficients, over the original JCM, by using different predictive variables. The study further sub-divides the sample by examining the findings by cohort and emphasis area. …
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Academic achievement as a function of intrinsic motivation and distraction during study
… to explore the relationship between students’ intrinsic motivations, their tendency to study with distractions present, and their overall academic success. Participants consisted of 215 undergraduate students in online psychology courses. Participants completed the Needs Assessment …
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Online doctoral student retention : a qualitative study exploring eight students' intrinsic motivation.
… instrumental case study was to explore how intrinsic motivation aided in retention among online doctoral students and to investigate the challenges that may impede their degree attainment. Intrinsic motivation is comprised of three psychological principles: relatedness, autonomy, and …
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The effect of extrinsic reward on sport performance, perceived competence and intrinsic motivation
… of performance in the extrinsic rewards (ER) and intrinsic motivation (IM) relationship was examined. Four studies refined Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI; Ryan, 1982?) internal consistency with Australian adolescents. In main study one, 147 Melbourne schoolchildren aged 13 and 16 performed 20 …
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Student motivation: the impact intrinsic motivation and extrinsic rewards have on elementary students
… study was to determine what happens when intrinsically motivating strategies and an extrinsic reward program are implemented in a fifth-grade inclusion classroom. The intrinsic strategies of enthusiasm, incorporating student choice into the lessons, and cooperative learning groups were …
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF PERCEIVED FACULTY DISCRIMINATION AND NATIVE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
… Native American college undergraduate students' intrinsic motivation was explored. The following variables were studied, perceived faculty discrimination, family support, and intrinsic motivation in an attempt to gain insight on the changing Native American enrollment rates. An interest was taken …
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Effects of instructional strategies on intrinsic motivation and meaningful learning of senior nursing students
… instructional strategies on nursing students’ intrinsic motivation and meaningful learning. With the quasi-experimental design, senior nursing students enrolled in different semesters of the same course were assigned to an experimental group where the innovative instructional strategies that …
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The Relation of Fitness Assessment Feedback to Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Activity Among College Students
… focused on how fitness assessment results affect intrinsic motivation for physical activity in college students. The specific mechanism examined was that between the constructs of intrinsic motivation, competence and autonomy from the self determination theory (SDT) and cognitive evaluation theory …
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The Effects of Simulation on Junior Level Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Motivation
… clinical excursion (VCE) on self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation of 126 culturally diverse junior level nursing students. The purpose of this study was to determine if these simulation activities were motivationally effective and equitable teaching methods for students of culturally diverse …
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Adolescent free time activity participation and its relationships with perceptions of parenting and intrinsic motivation
… the internalization process associated with motivation. The relationship between parents and youth is key to guiding youth to structured experiences that aid in development (e.g., sports, extracurricular activities), as well as making appropriate choices when faced with the prospect of …
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