The effect of self-explanation was evaluated against an alterative way to spend the same amount of time: completing additional practice. Self-Explanation was compared against an Additional Practice and a Same Practice condition. Problem solving strategy use and explanation quality within mathematical equivalence were investigated. Seventy-five second through fourth grade students received an in...

This article describes the Volitional Questionnaire and presents recent empirical efforts to develop and validate this instrument. The Volitional Questionnaire is an observational method of gathering data on motivation that is designed for persons who are unable to self-report their own motives. Studies to date suggest that the instrument can provide a valid measure of volition, though a number...

In the last decade, careful studies of the living brain have opened the way for human consciousness to return to the heights it held before the behavioristic coup of 1913. This is illustrated by seven cases: (1) the discovery of widespread brain activation during conscious perception; (2) high levels of regional brain metabolism in the resting state of consciousness, dropping drastically in unc...

This paper expands the current concept of volition in the Model of Human Occupation. The present version views personal causation, values, and interests as traits that determine choices to engage in occupations. Through a detailed investigation of the life histories of two persons with psychiatric disorders, this paper illustrates how volition is embedded in a personal narrative. Two features o...

Accessible summary Self-determination means that people decide for themselves about their future. is very important in people's transition to adulthood and independent living. Six young adults talked with peers facilitators living an independent-living flat Mexico. We wanted learn what it was like these The shared that: (a) It decision whether move flat; (b) They feel independently challenging;...

introduction. this is quasi experimental research in order to determine and compare the learning level of nursing skills ( in b.a students) with self-directed learning and tutor-directed learning pattern in shaheed beheshti univeristy of medical sciences and health services, nursing and midwifery faculty, 1998-1999. methods. first of all, a questionnaire composed of some demographic data such a...

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This review deals with the physiology of the initiation of a voluntary movement and the appreciation of whether it is voluntary or not. I argue that free will is not a driving force for movement, but a conscious awareness concerning the nature of the movement. Movement initiation and the perception of willing the movement can be separately manipulated. Movement is generated subconsciously, and ...