Abstract Background Motivation is critical for supporting persistence and achievement in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In this study, we focus on the assessment of motivation among secondary school students. We provide validity reliability evidence Mathematics Questionnaire (MMQ)—adapted from Science designed college students—using data 2551 students seven st...

We collected think-aloud, pre-test, post-test, and motivation data from 43 undergraduates to examine the impact of conceptual scaffolds on the fluctuation of certain motivation constructs and use of self-regulatory processes during learning with hypermedia. Participants were randomly assigned to either the No Scaffolding (NS) or Conceptual Scaffolding (CS) condition. During the experimental ses...

OBJECTIVES Create a head-and-neck keloid quality of life (QOL) questionnaire. Demonstrate the reliability of the keloid-specific QOL scale according to test-retest and internal consistency standards. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Patients presenting to a keloid clinic in a tertiary referral institution between April 2012 and February 2013 were enrolled on their first visit....

BACKGROUND Preconception care (PC) aims to identify and reduce a number of modifiable factors that can adversely affect pregnancy outcome. AIM To ascertain both knowledge of the attitudes towards PC among members of primary health care teams (PHCTs) and registered women of childbearing age in a representative sample of general practices in Harrow. METHOD A questionnaire survey was conducted...

knowledge transfer was the most important factors of success for organizations in today's complex and changing environment as one of aspects of knowledge management. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation by transfer the employee’s knowledge in social security organizations in kerman. the method research is descriptiv...

Abstract With the 2012 EU guidelines on dual careers (DC), DC research gained increasing awareness in Europe focussing particularly student-athletes’ motivation. The Student Athletes’ Motivation toward Sports and Academics Questionnaire (SAMSAQ), arguably most prominent instrument this area, has been used various cross-cultural studies assessing present investigation contributes to discourse ai...