Secher (29) states that in the course of the last 30 years races in rowing eights have become about 35 seconds faster. Because of the improvement of the performances and the closeness of the results achieved by world class rowers, scientific investigations on rowing have become more and more important. The objectives of these investigations are first the analysis and second the improvement of t...

INTRODUCTION A novel assessment of systems-based practice and practice-based learning and improvement learning objectives, implemented in a first-year patient-centered medicine course, is qualitatively described. METHODS Student learning communities were asked to creatively demonstrate a problem and solution for health care delivery. Skits, filmed performances, plays, and documentaries were c...

abstractdeveloping self-regulated learners has been the life-long ambition of different stakeholders in education. this study was set out to find the relationships between self-regulated strategies as defined by time and resource management, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, achievement goals classified as mastery, performance-approach and performance-avoidance, and the listening achievem...

There is controversy on the conditions under which cooperative learning methods can improve academic achievement. Group-specific motivational aspects might contribute to the effectiveness of cooperative learning among which classroom goal structures were focused on. More specifically, the study aimed at investigating the efficiency of cooperative writing technique through performance versus mas...

With the development of research on educational psychology and foreign language teaching and learning, one of the most controversial concepts in educational psychology might be the issues related to the students’ achievement goal orientations. Regarding the goals that students adopt which might influence their academic success and failure, this study was undertaken to determine whether gender a...

The present study investigates the impact of goal setting and curiosity (HR outcomes) on the job performance of the employees. Non government sector in Islamabad, Pakistan was targeted in this regard. Data was collected from 282 respondents belonging to local and international NGOs. SPSS was used as data analysis tool and a comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data. In 20% cases ques...