Title of Dissertation: MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LEARNING AND MOTIVATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: A SELFDETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE Haichun Sun, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Associate Professor, Ang Chen Department of Kinesiology Self-determination theory (SDT) explains human motivation by focusing on the importance of motivational regulation based on three basic needs: the needs for compe...

Objectives: Self-assessment, as one type of alternative assessment, with the increased attention to learner-centered curricula, needs analysis, and learner autonomy has gained popularity in recent years. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of self-assessment on Javanroodian Foreign Language (Kordestan) Learners’ Oral Performance ability. Methods: The assessment program ...

The field of self-access language learning (SALL), which is an established way supporting learners outside the classroom through provision resources and spaces, spans more than five decades currently in a phase that Mynard (2019a) refers to as ‘basic psychological needs wellbeing’ phase. This turning point SALL wherein focus has shifted towards need for (more explicitly) facilitating autonomy-s...

Covid-19 pandemic has affected the educational sectors in many countries. Learning activities that are usually carried out directly or face-to-face, have turned into online learning. The purpose of this study was to analyze selection learning media promote learners' autonomy during pandemic. This present employed literature research method. There four steps method namely, designing review, cond...

The study aimed to determine the relationship between multimedia education, self-determination, and learners? engagement in a remote distance learning environment. research adopted descriptive correlational design which includes 100 out of 154 teachers learners 10 schools Dapdapan District under Division San Pablo City during school year 2021-2022. A four-part survey questionnaire was utilized ...

A utonomy is a widely used concept in education policy and practice. The etymology of the concept derives from the Greek autonomos ‘having its own laws’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015). As such, the debates around the concept circulate around individuals’ or groups’ ability and capacity to self-rule, and the governance and/or constraints, which limit such a capacity. However, autonomy has also been...

Introduction This survey review considers seven recent publications relating to autonomy in language learning. For the purpose of this review, they have been grouped into three categories, as follows: 1) Collections of articles about autonomy in language learning, and research studies in the field 2) Books intended as practical guides on implementing specific aspects of autonomy in language lea...