Different Disciplines Require Different Motivations for Student Success

This article reports an investigation of undergraduate motivation to learn. A Likert-type rating scale measure of motivation incorporated the general motivational dimensions identified by previous investigators, as well as a systematic theoretical framework that is more novel, and attempts to acknowledge the role of discipline-specific factors in motivation to learn. The motivation questionnaire was evaluated by measuring its success in explaining the academic achievement of biology, history, computing, planning, anthropology, geology, food science and nutrition, and education students (n = 380) in standard university assessments. The findings reveal that student performance is better explained by within- than across-discipline indexes of motivation, probably because some types of motivation lead to success in some disciplines but failure in others. Furthermore, items based on the theoretical framework developed to underpin the questionnaire (which distinguishes outcome from process incentives) were also found to explain more variation in student performance than general motivation items. Some practical implications of the findings are considered.     

工作激励理论研究综述

为了获知如何按照组织设定的责任去激励员工履行职责,工作激励越来越成为人力资源管理理论研究和实践所关注的重要课题。本文从激励的定义、激励的需求理论、激励的过程理论、激励的行为取向、激励理论的整合几个研究角度总结归纳并讨论,进而促进更深入的研究、应用和发展。     

英语学习动机与高职高专英语口语教学

通过问卷调查的形式,对高职高专学生英语口语学习动机进行分析,探索如何通过激发学生的学习动机,促进学生学习英语口语的积极性,从而有效地提高英语口语教学水平。     

关于儿童欺负行为研究的思考

儿童欺负行为主要发生在校园或者以校园为媒介的社交群体内,是一种常见的校园不良行为,并有可能发展为校园暴力。对欺负行为及其动机进行分析,培养儿童健康人格,采取科学教养方式,加强正面教育是对欺负行为进行有效干预的重要途径。     

汉语词的理据特点

汉语词的理据包括意味形式和内在形式两大类。其中内在形式理据是主流，具有意合性特点。本文通过实例对汉语词的理据特点及其理论和实践意义进行了描述。     

学生学习英语的动机研究

动机是激励人去行动的内部动因和力量,高中学生正处于生理、心理成熟期。强化高中学生英语学习动机,可以提高教学效果,本文调查分析了高中学生英语学习动机,并从培养学生乐于语言学习等方面,提出了几点教学对策。     

Professional development of kindergarten teachers in Croatia – a personal choice or an obligation

The quality of educational processes with children of preschool age and long-term educational outcomes are largely related to the work quality of teachers. Lifelong learning and professional development, as predictors of quality, need to be regarded as an ongoing task for kindergarten teachers. Findings of an empirical study of Croatian kindergarten teachers’ views (N = 388) on professional development point to a link between teachers’ intrinsic motivation and their professional development. Motivation explains 46.87% of the variance Personal commitment to professional development. A slight positive correlation was found between the level of formal education and the frequency of professional development (r = .216, p < .01). Although the level of education of kindergarten teachers is not a good independent predictor, it affects readiness to self-fund professional development (p < .01). As for the significance of conferences as a form of professional development, participants of the study identified them as an effective opportunity (M = 4.68, SD = .52), promoting both quality practices (M = 4.69, SD = .54) and exchange of experiences (M = 4.68, SD = .56). The length of participants’ professional work experience affects their assessment of the significance of practitioners’ networking as a way of improving the quality of everyday practices (F = 1.43, p < .05).     

试论动力源（MOTIVATION）在英语教学中所发挥的作用

学校的教学应从教师为中心转变为学生为中心，让学生在学习内容、方法等方面有更大的选择余地。这样做的结果，会使学生对学习产生浓厚的兴趣，加强自信心，把握机遇，培养独立性，成为自己命运的主人。     

爱伦·坡短篇小说话语力量新探

爱伦·坡被誉为“心理小说”和“侦探小说”的开创者 ,他在其优秀短篇小说《丽姬娅》和《厄舍府的倒塌》中利用故事叙事者的话语的力量调动读者的兴趣 ,使读者和叙事者一起进入故事的梦幻情景之中 ,产生了强烈的震慑力。作者高超的叙事技巧给读者留下了深刻的印象