This chapter reviews the recent research on motivation, beliefs, values, and goals, focusing on developmental and educational psychology. The authors divide the chapter into four major sections: theories focused on expectancies for success (self-efficacy theory and control theory), theories focused on task value (theories focused on intrinsic motivation, self-determination, flow, interest, and ...

This study aimed to investigate students’ acceptance and use of Moodle employing the model of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and further understand the four constructs of the model. Data, collected from 47 university students’ questionnaire survey, revealed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence were the major three keys of the UTAUT mod...

The aim of the study was to explore pre-service primary school teachers' motivational beliefs about mathematics in light expectancy-value theory. We wanted find out what extent teachers are related their previous experiences and engagement learning anxiety. participants were 237 first year study. They completed a exam questionnaire on (self-efficacy subjective value), (level high math program, ...

Even though computers play a massive role in everyday life of modern societies, older adults, and especially older women, are less likely to use a computer, and they perform fewer activities on it than younger adults. To get a better understanding of the factors affecting older adults' intention towards and usage of computers, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology (UTAUT) was...

This paper develops a novel dynamic correction method for the reliability assessment of large oil-immersed power transformers. First, with the transformer oil-paper insulation system (TOPIS) as the target of evaluation and the winding hot spot temperature (HST) as the core point, an HST-based static ageing failure model is built according to the Weibull distribution and Arrhenius reaction law, ...

the decline in avoidable mortality (am) and increase in life expectancy in shanghai is impressive. gusmano and colleagues suggested that shanghai’s improved health system has contributed significantly to this decline in am. however, when compared to other global cities, shanghai’s life expectancy at birth is improving as london and new york city, but has yet to surpass that of hong kong, tokyo,...

Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model has demonstrated the influencing factors for generic information systems use such as tablet personal computer (TPC) and mobile communication. However, in the context of digital library system, there has been very little effort to determine factors affecting the intention to use digital library based on the UTAUT model. This paper ...

Students' competence beliefs and task values are proximal psychological predictors of their achievement-related choices academic achievement. Situated expectancy-value theory (SEVT) suggests that these situationally sensitive interact over short periods time. In the present study, we explored dynamic nature students' situation-specific in five sections an introductory calculus course across one...