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Non-industrial textile production as optimal experience : applicability of the Flow Theory to clothing and textiles subject matter

Creator:: Blood, Janet
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow Theory by Csikszentmihalyi as it relates to non-industrial textile production activities. In using the Flow Theory, researchers attempt to explain why individuals continue participation with a specific activity; namely that the activity induces...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow

The use of motivational interviewing within school counseling programs for academically unmotivated eighth grade students

Creator:: Hadraba, Heather D.
Abstract:: School counselors are challenged with creating a wide range of programs to address three developmental domains: personal/social, career, and academic, with an increasing requirement to provide accurate and sufficient data substantiating their professional contributions to students’ academic achievement. At the same time, the professional literature reports that during adolescence there...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: during adolescence there is a documented decline in academic motivation for an alarming percent of

Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

Creator:: Hastings, Kevin L.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers with the Oregon chapter of The Nature Conservancy. This study helps fill in voids left by a lack of research on the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers. Studies that have explored restoration volunteer motivation relied largely on surveys that revealed altruistic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: restoration volunteers. Studies that have explored restoration volunteer motivation relied largely on surveys

The relationship between farm supply cooperatives' economic performance and their organizational power centers' levels of motivation to achieve objectives

Creator:: Lough, Harold W.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AND THEIR ORGANIZA- TIONAL POWER CENTERS' LEVELS OF MOTIVATION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES Abstract

The effects of a S.M.A.R.T. goal setting and self-monitoring intervention on physical activity and fitness in middle school students

Creator:: McDonald, Samantha M.
Abstract:: A large body of evidence suggests physical activity is inversely associated with several cardio-metabolic risk factors among children and adolescents. Despite these health benefits, a majority of youth are not meeting the physical activity guidelines set forth by the USDHHS. Schools have been identified as an ideal vehicle for interventions;...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

On wings of eagles : a look at self-regulation of how high school students manage their learning with a student-centered curriculum

Creator:: Harper, Julia O. L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how high school students managed their learning while working within the guidelines of a student-centered approach to teaching and learning. Data collected included interviews, questionnaires, participant observations, and Kolbe Conative Index scores supplied by the school. Seven teachers and forty students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Descriptions of how individuals' explanations, justifications, and excuses influence their motivation and

An examination of the relationship among TARGET structures, team motivational climate, and achievement goal orientation

Creator:: Becker, Susan L.
Abstract:: Current research on sport motivation has focused primarily on goal perspective approaches in an attempt to understand behavior in achievement situations (Ames, 1984; Nicholls, 1984). According to Nicholls' (1984) theory, the achievement goal orientation an individual develops may be influenced by both individual differences and situational factors. Relative to situational...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Achievement Goal Orientation. Abstract approved: SavSdra J. Suttie Current research on sport motivation has

Relationship among involvement characteristics, fashion innovativeness, and fashion opinion leadership of female college students

Creator:: Choi, Mi-Jeong
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Involvement reflects a strong motivation in the form of high perceived personal relevance of a product or a

Investigating science identity and motivation constructs in undergraduate chemistry through novel instrument development

Creator:: Wolfe, Teresa M.
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine in what ways incorporating active engagement into a traditional lecture chemistry course contributed to students' science identity and their motivation to learn the science, and 2) determine how the development of a science identity could be measured through the use of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 13, 2013. Title: Investigating Science Identity and Motivation Constructs in Undergraduate

Inspiring End-user Programming Through Exposure to Multi-platform Computing and Improved Integrated Development Environments

Creator:: Beardsley, Dedrie
Abstract:: The art of software engineering inherently requires high-level problem solving and perseverance, as programmers and designers wrestle with complex design and implementation challenges in the process of turning loose concepts and ideas into working code. In the current developer ecosystem, engineers are commonly incentivized extrinsically by monetary rewards, approval or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - motivators from the computer science research and methods effecting intrinsic motivation in psychology

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Non-industrial textile production as optimal experience : applicability of the Flow Theory to clothing and textiles subject matter

The use of motivational interviewing within school counseling programs for academically unmotivated eighth grade students

Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

The relationship between farm supply cooperatives' economic performance and their organizational power centers' levels of motivation to achieve objectives

The effects of a S.M.A.R.T. goal setting and self-monitoring intervention on physical activity and fitness in middle school students

On wings of eagles : a look at self-regulation of how high school students manage their learning with a student-centered curriculum

An examination of the relationship among TARGET structures, team motivational climate, and achievement goal orientation

Relationship among involvement characteristics, fashion innovativeness, and fashion opinion leadership of female college students

Investigating science identity and motivation constructs in undergraduate chemistry through novel instrument development

Inspiring End-user Programming Through Exposure to Multi-platform Computing and Improved Integrated Development Environments

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