Language Motivation,Use and Achievement

“How is it that some people can learn a second or foreign language so easily and so well while others, given what seem to be same opportunities to learn, find it almost impossible?” (Gardner and Lambert, 1972: 131). This seemingly simple question triggered off a series of studies which has kept researchers rather busy since 1960.     

认清形势迎接新的挑战

加入世界贸易组织以后对我国的经济发展、劳动者就业有积极作用 ,但也存在不容忽视的负面影响 ,我们必须采取积极有效的措施 ,主动出击迎接挑战     

Academic Achievement,Motivation and Future Selves

The study examined the relation between possible selves, academic performance, motivation, self‐esteem and persistence on task. The assumption was that envisioning a desired end‐state produces information processing favouring the desired state and, as a consequence, the action seems more likely and people are able to construct more efficient plans. We hypothesized that academic performance is best for subjects who are able to produce well‐elaborated, vivid pictures of future selves. The sample consisted of 289 students, 14 and 15 years old, of both sexes. The statistical analysis revealed that those who endorsed specific, elaborated positive selves outperformed the other groups in academic achievement. There was also indication that this group of students showed more persistence on task. The results are discussed in terms of their importance for the motivational role of possible selves in achievement situations.     

Achievement Goals and the Hierarchical Model of Achievement Motivation

The achievement goal approach has attained prominence in the achievement motivation literature and has produced a valuable empirical yield. However, the precise nature of the achievement goal construct is in need of scrutiny, as is the issue of how achievement goals and their antecedents combine to produce competence-based self-regulation. In this article, we address these important conceptual issues in the context of the hierarchical model of achievement motivation. The approach–avoidance distinction, which has been an integral part of the achievement motivation literature since its inception, is highlighted throughout.     

西方关于成就动机研究的一些新进展

近年来西方心理学对于成就动机的研究出现了一些新的研究动态,在成就动机的学习趋向、成绩趋向、过失趋向方面有了进一步的研究成果。研究日趋细化,开始更多地将幸福感、健康、社会价值趋向等其他的心理因素引入到成就动机的研究中去。同时,也出现了较大的成就动机的理论模型。     

迎接教育信息化发展新阶段的挑战

本文在分析了教育信息化的基本内涵和教育信息化不同发展阶段的主要特征后指出:要让教育信息化健康、深入地向前发展,关键在于要能通过教育信息化实现提高教育质量的跨越.并在此基础上,提出了实现教育质量跨越的理论与方法,最后还给出了实现基础教育跨越式发展的案例.     

发展继续教育 迎接世纪挑战

继续教育作为我国科教兴国、人才建设的重要推动力量，为迎接新世纪的挑战，今后一段时期内，要不断深化改革，致力于建立终身学习制度，努力做好继续教育立法工作，确定工作重点，大力开展农业继续教育，为实施西部大开发战略服务，发挥高校、科研院所、企业培训机构的力量，建立健全工作体系和运行机制，扩大经济和社会效益，发展远程教育网络，扩大国际交流合作，以促进继续教育事业的顺利发展。     

成就动机、家庭影响力及学业成就的关系研究

以570名中小学生为研究对象,以成就动机问卷和家庭影响力调查表为工具探讨了家庭影响力、成就动机及学业成就的关系。主要获得以下结果:1.家庭影响力与成就动机关系密切;2.不同水平的学校在家庭影响力和学生的成就动机上有差异;3.成就动机对学业成就有一定预测作用,但是,在不同年级会有不同表现。     

First Generation College Students: Motivation,Integration, and Academic Achievement

The study reported in this article investigated motivation and integration dimensions that influence college academic achievement of first-generation students compared to nonfirst-generation students. Participants consisted of 277 ethnically diverse students who were attending a community college. Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses revealed that motivation and integration dimensions contributed significantly to academic achievement for first-generation students, but not for nonfirst-generation students. Specifically, among first-generation students, academic integration contributed to higher grade point averages while extrinsic motivation and amotivation contributed significantly to lower grades. Implications of these finding and recommendations are discussed.     

Motivation and Junior College Achievement

Abstract

The academic achievement of junior college students was felt to be strongly influenced by their motivation. A Motivation Check-Sheet was designed and administered to entering freshman at a junior college. The check- sheet scores doubled the amount of variance accounted for in the students’ academic achievement. The procedure lends itself to wide application.     

对成就动机性别差异的分析与思考

成就动机是人们取得成就的内部动力。研究表明,成就动机存在性别差异,即女性的成就动机水平低于男性。文章对成就动机的性别差异的成因进行了分析并提出了相应的建议。     

成就动机与学生学习

成就动机与学习成绩有正相关 ,激发学生的学习动机是提高学习成绩的前提条件之一 ;学习动机与成功概率密切相关 ,布置适合学生实际的学习任务 ,让学生以适度的“成功率意识”去从事学习 ,可激发学习动机。     

成就动机与教学设计

教学设计的首要步骤是对学习者进行分析.其中,对学习者学习风格之一的成就动机进行分析是很重要的一环.本文在简要介绍成就动机理论的基础上,探讨了成就动机理论对教学设计的启示,提出了一个基于成就动机的教学设计模型.     

Motivation for School Achievement: Measurement and Validation

Abstract

An objective instrument for assessment of motivation for school learning is reported along with evidence of its validity. Rural ninth-grade students in Appalachian Kentucky constituted the sample for studying relation, ships among variables of school motivation, willingness to compete, and achievement in reading, mathematics, and language. Students in general mathematics and in algebra classes were asked to volunteer for an academic type of contest. Later the mean motivation score of volunteers exceeded the mean for non-volunteers significant at the .01 level of confidence. Algebra students’ mean motivation score was significantly higher than the mean for general mathematics students (P > .001). Three months after the motivation scores were obtained scores on the California Achievement Test were collected. Product-moment correlations between motivation scores and achievement scores ranged from .604 to .718.

Although other writers have reported correlations between objective measures of motivation and teachers’ marks, no previous correlations with achievement test results could be found for comparison. Correlations with GPA’s tend to be in the range .32 to .55 which is considerably below the range resulting from this study. Data collected in this project supported hypotheses that the objective measure of school motivation would predict levels of utility for competition and achievement. It is concluded that for the sample of students involved the test presented is reliable and has validity for the prediction of willingness to try and levels of achievement as measured by a standardized test.     

推行国际标准化管理主动迎接入世挑战

加入WTO后,我国经济将受到很大影响.教育作为服务行业之一,面临更严峻的挑战.由于长期受计划经济体制的影响,各类教育机构存在着因管理粗放带来的教育质量和效益不高等问题.如何将国际标准化管理引入教育领域,稳步提高教育质量和效益,面对日趋激烈的国际化竞争主动迎接挑战,是教育行业或业面临的重大课题.     

动机定向、成就归因、自我效能感与学业成就之间的关系研究综述

动机定向、成就归因、自我效能感对学业成就的影响是教育心理学领域的重要研究课题。系统介绍动机定向、成就归因、自我效能感对学业成就影响方面的研究进展。     

Achievement Motivation and Academic Dishonesty: A Meta-Analytic Investigation

Educational Psychology Review - Academic dishonesty is a rampant and troubling phenomenon in the educational sector. Although demographic factors have been linked with students’ academic...     

中国高教筹资多元化:成就、挑战、展望

运用市场机制筹措教育经费，按照适度超前的高等教育发展总体目标，通过引进社会投资、融资、教育彩票、教育国债等市场手段，集聚教育资金；进一步推行教育费用的成本分担，逐步形成适应不同办学体制学校、不同科类专业，并按经济发展、财政能力和通货膨胀率而自动调整的收费制度。     

Social Emotions and Personality Inferences: A Scaffold for a New Direction in the Study of Achievement Motivation

The study of achievement motivation has been focused on the prediction of performance, while neglecting the self- and other-directed emotions and personality inferences that are inherent in achievement settings. Attributional principles are used here to provide a research scaffold to study these neglected topics. Included within the paper are examinations of admiration, anger, arrogance, contempt, deceit, derogation, encouragement, envy, flattery, gratitude, guilt, hopelessness, modesty, pride, schadenfreude (joy in the failure of another), shame, and sympathy. These are some of the psychologically meaningful emotions and personality inferences that are in need of research attention in achievement contexts.