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Student Motivation, Introductory Calculus Based Physics (PH 211) and Project Based Learning, Oh My!

Creator:: Settelmeyer, Samuel T.
Abstract:: Using research on student motivation as well as Project-Based Learning as a theoretical framework, this thesis outlines the creation process for a set of curricula. These curricula were designed to address topics of markedly low student motivation in the first term of an introductory physics with calculus course (PH 211)...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Physics presented on May 23, 2012. Title: Student Motivation

The effects of broad based holistic measurement on student engagement and motivation in educational assessment

Creator:: Brotherton, Paul Anthony
Abstract:: Educational institutions are exposed to a continuously changing environment. As in business, they experiment with their methods and techniques to improve their outputs. Performance assessment, both in education and business is a gray science. It is not just a question of evaluating performance. Performance is comprised of a number of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effects of Broad Based Holistic Measurement on Student Engagement and Motivation in Educational Assessment

Fostering relevance in introductory biology courses : an empirical study of the effects of a socio-scientific issues-based course on student motivation through the lens of self-determination theory

Creator:: Hewitt, Krissi M.
Abstract:: There has been a rapid increase in technological advances in the biological sciences that has contributed to an increase in societal issues that require attention from both scientists and citizens. Consequently, there is a need for the development of biologically literate citizens who have the ability to use their knowledge...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Empirical Study of the Effects of a Socio-Scientific Issues-Based Course on Student Motivation Through the

Differences in University Students' Self-Determined Motivation, Perceived Competence, and Physical Activity Behavior at Institutions with Either a Required or an Elective Physical Activity Education Policy

Creator:: Kim, MooSong
Abstract:: The overarching premise of this dissertation is to understand how different college and university physical activity education policies affect college and university students. Fundamentally, some American colleges and universities require their students to complete a physical activity education requirement whereas others do not. Given the different policy arrangements of college...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: enhancing student motivation. Additionally, if the elective physical activity education course policy

Tenure-track faculty : motivations, expectations, and experiences

Creator:: Pearson, Heather S.
Abstract:: This study explored the motivations, expectations, and experiences of tenure-track faculty members at a public research institution. Through semi-structured interviews with twelve participants, the study utilized a constructivist paradigm to qualitative research to address the individual experiences of faculty members entering the professoriate and pursuing tenure. With this methodology and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for the degree of Master of Science in College Student Services Administration presented April 28

Quality of effort and perceptions of attainment as affected by variables in the education of the adult undergraduate student

Creator:: Brenner, Vernon J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether certain variables have significant bearing on the education of adult undergraduate students. During the 1970's Pace (1977) and Shaver (1978) suggested that the "quality of effort" that college and university students invest in their own learning and development is a key...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: are directly associated with student motivation and dedication. Traditional notions of quality

Aspiration

Creator:: Abbott, Michelle N.
Abstract:: This thesis consists of a collection of personal essays with interconnecting themes. The title, Aspiration, suggests a desire for high achievement and also reflects the metaphor of breathing, which serves to tie the collection together. Breathing is a physiological function that is subject to both voluntary and involuntary control, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: my ambition as an endurance athlete, my decision to pursue dual degrees as a graduate student, and

Motivations for reverse transfer at Rogue Community College

Creator:: King, Aurora N.
Abstract:: As reverse transfer students become a larger part of community college enrollments, it is important to better understand the underlying causes of this nontraditional population’s emergence in the traditional community college system. This quantitative descriptive study found that approximately nine percent of the student body enrolled at Rogue Community College...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: descriptive study found that approximately nine percent of the student body enrolled at Rogue Community

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:: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name of student) (Degree) in Agricultural Economics presented on /% u/L&/L

The development and authentication of the Parker Unified Motivational and Learning Theories Model

Creator:: Parker, Mickey Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to develop a schematic model that would make motivation and learning theories more comprehensible to beginning theory students by providing a common method of displaying and integrating theories in such a way that they could claim a mutual language and could be examined and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: motivation and learning theories more comprehensible to beginning theory students by providing a common

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Student Motivation, Introductory Calculus Based Physics (PH 211) and Project Based Learning, Oh My!

The effects of broad based holistic measurement on student engagement and motivation in educational assessment

Fostering relevance in introductory biology courses : an empirical study of the effects of a socio-scientific issues-based course on student motivation through the lens of self-determination theory

Differences in University Students' Self-Determined Motivation, Perceived Competence, and Physical Activity Behavior at Institutions with Either a Required or an Elective Physical Activity Education Policy

Tenure-track faculty : motivations, expectations, and experiences

Quality of effort and perceptions of attainment as affected by variables in the education of the adult undergraduate student

Aspiration

Motivations for reverse transfer at Rogue Community College

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

The development and authentication of the Parker Unified Motivational and Learning Theories Model

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