The purpose of this review was twofold. First, we wanted to identify fundamental terms within the motivation literature associated with the study of academic achievement or academic development. Having identified these terms with the help of experts in the field of motivation, we wanted to document how motivation researchers defined and used these terms within their programs of research. To acc...

Trials and attempts are common and are the means by which players upgrade their skills during gameplay. It is unclear whether or not high level of motivation holds when the gameplay is characterized by a high degree of repetitiveness. Assessing effects that these multiple trials may have on players’ motivation is a crucial step in order to clarify how and to what extent a mission could be playe...

Mastery motivation refers to the intrinsic motivation children have to interact with their environments in order to learn about them. It appears early in life, and has been regarded by many researchers as a key motivator for development. It has also been suggested that young school age children with Down syndrome show lowered motivation to perform tasks. It is important to know if this low moti...

We analyze in this paper the dynamics of the production rates in creative professions from a purely theoretical point of view. The analysis is an extension of a previous work in which self-esteem was assumed to be the unique source of motivation. By contrast, in this paper we assume that the individual is stimulated by a mix of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and we show that extrinsic motiv...

Architectural patterns were originally defined in a narrative style, enriched by relevant contextual information [Alexander 1977]. They described the motivation and rationale from the point of view of the persons who would use the “architectural product” described by the pattern. Software design patterns, on the other hand, are defined in a more structured format, and the motivation is typicall...

introduction: students learn similarly in terms of ability and talent, but they have many differences in academic achievement. these differences can be shown not only in school lessons but also in other extra-curricular activities. the present study aims to investigate the factors affecting academic motivation and achievement motivation in students of kermanshah university of medical sciences. ...