This study explores the relationship and interconnections between EFL teachers’ beliefs and their motivational practices in the classroom. The present study combined qualitative and quantitative methods of research. First, the motivational practices of 30 teachers in two private language schools in Tehran were explored with a classroom observation instrument, the Motivation Orientation of Langu...

 EFL learners may advocate the desire to have a fulfilling experience while doing tasks rather than focus solely on finishing them. However, learners' perspectives have been virtually ignored in the classroom task implementation. Thus, the current study attempted to explore the perceptions of Iranian EFL learners towards listening pre-tasks in motivational and cognitive strategies instruction a...

Objectives: Some studies have recognized factors that are effective on academic achievement. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship among personality factors, motivational strategies and achievement goals in predicting academic achievement of 2nd grade high school intellectually disabled students in Tehran Province. Methods: In present correlation study, 200 intellect...

Introduction This paper discusses the role of virtual university students' motivational strategies for learning. The paper is based on a study, which is part of a larger IQ-FORM research project (WWW-site http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/iqform/). First is presented the aim and the theoretical background of IQ FORM research project and then is introduced theoretical framework for motivational strateg...

GQM+Strategies is an approach that aligns the business goals at each level of an organization to strategies to achieve overall business goals and assesses the achievement of such goals. Strategies are extracted from business goals based on rationales (contexts and assumptions). Using the proposed approach, which refines the GQM+Strategies model by extracting rationales based on the analysis of ...

Physical Education (PE) teachers can influence students’ self-determination through the motivational strategies that they use. The present study examined how teachers’ reported use of three motivational strategies (providing a meaningful rationale, providing instrumental help and support, and gaining an understanding of the students) were predicted by perceived job pressure, perceptions of stud...

This study investigated motivational strategies and the assessment of learners‟ motivation during serious game play. Identifying and intelligently assessing the effects that these strategies may have on learners are particularly relevance for educational computer-based systems. We proposed, therefore, the use of physiological sensors, namely heart rate, skin conductance, and electroencephalogra...