Language learners have frequently been classified according to individual difference variables such as aptitude, personality, cognitive style, and motivation. However, a language teacher’s view seems to have been missing from such classifications. This exploratory research investigated whether and by which criteria Iranian EFL teachers classify their students. Based on preliminary interviews wi...

the goal of this study was to investigate the effect of using computer conceptual maps­, compared with  usual way of drawing them by pencil and paper­, in increasing learning, recalling and educational progress motivation in geology course among high school students. the study was conducted in semi experimental method in which students of 3 classes were classified in 3 groups. (group 1: common ...

background: based on researches done  in recent decades, there are several therapeutic approaches to increase self-esteem and achievement motivation of students. among these methods, we can refer to cognitive-behavioral therapy. the purpose of this research is assessment of effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group training on self-esteem andachievement motivation of students. methods: the re...

this study aimed at examining the effect of employees’ work motivation on organizational citizenship behaviors in sport and youth offices of chaharmahal-va-bakhtiari province. all employees (n=152) in these offices completed motivation sources inventory (barbuto et al., 2004), and their leaders evaluated their organizational citizenship behaviors by organizational citizenship behavior scale (po...

the study of the relationship between memory and achievement motivation with gender and academic achievement of students of urmia medical sciences university     feizi pour h [1] *, farjah gh [2] , qaderneghad m [3]     received: 9 nov , 2011 accepted: 21 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : memory gives possibility to mental life of human including thoughts, perceptions, opinions, and...

This paper investigates a method of using equivalent fault metrics to optimize N-detect scan ATPG patterns. The introduction goes over the motivation for using N-detect scan patterns and why dynamic N-detect patterns are useful. The next section discusses what equivalent fault metrics are and why equivalent fault metrics might apply to dynamic Ndetect scan patterns selection. We then present ex...

We investigated whether motivation for same-sex sexual contact was related to mid-cycle peaks in estrogen levels (typically associated with ovulation) among women with consistent versus inconsistent patterns of same-sex sexuality. Twenty women (M age = 30 years), all of whom have been providing data on their sexual behavior and identities since 1995, completed daily diaries assessing sexual mot...