Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Diane L. Schallert. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

<p>The purpose of this thesis is to explore how love relationship affects the identity and attitude towards school of study motivated girls in 17-18 years of age with the subsidiary purpose to get anidea of how the gender order is maintained in the relationship.</p><p>The study is based on theories of gender theory and identity theory, which concerns gender as aresult of actions and how the gender order is maintained. The identity theory is based as a choice toconvey different roles.</p><p>The study is founded on qualitative research interviews with six different girls, where the focus wasto learn about their own experiences of how the love relationship affects them.</p><p>The results were interpreted through a hermeneutic analysis.The results show that the love relationship affect informants' identity on self-perception, what roles they convey and the attitude towards school. It turned out that the informants' attitude towards school was dependent on their boyfriend´s attitude towards school.</p><p>The results also show that girls are highly involved in the process of maintaining the gender order in which they choose to manage their time according to their boyfriend's time, and has the role of the engaging and emotional in the relationship.</p>

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how love relationship affects the identity and attitude towards school of study motivated girls in 17-18 years of age with the subsidiary purpose to get anidea of how the gender order is maintained in the relationship. The study is based on theories of gender theory and identity theory, which concerns gender as aresult of actions and how the gender order is maintained. The identity theory is based as a choice toconvey different roles. The study is founded on qualitative research interviews with six different girls, where the focus wasto learn about their own experiences of how the love relationship affects them. The results were interpreted through a hermeneutic analysis.The results show that the love relationship affect informants' identity on self-perception, what roles they convey and the attitude towards school. It turned out that the informants' attitude towards school was dependent on their boyfriend´s attitude towards school. The results also show that girls are highly involved in the process of maintaining the gender order in which they choose to manage their time according to their boyfriend's time, and has the role of the engaging and emotional in the relationship.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2000.

<p>Following study is about motivation from a student perspective. Based on the prescribed literature and published research, the concept and field of motivation have been illuminated. The purpose of the study was to examine how students in ninth grade perceived their educational motivation and what kind importance they considered it had for their performance in school. The study is also supposed to base upon the result; clarify the differences if any between schools. In an attempt to get a clear image of this a quantitative method in the form of surveys was made on two schools in the Stockholm region. One of the schools had a really good merit value, and the other had a rather poor merit- value. By choosing a quantitative method a relatively large number of students where able to participate and equally large quantity of statistics have been presented. The result point at motivation in the participating students in both schools can increase and decrease through different factors. These factors, observed in this study, are directly linked to the school and includes among other things the significant of having an influence on the education and inner factors as being able to achieve a certain degree and of external factors as the school environment.</p> / <p>Studien handlar om studiemotivation utifrån ett elevperspektiv. Med utgångspunkt i utgiven litteratur och publicerad forskning har begreppet och området motivation belysts.</p><p>Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur elever i årskurs 9 uppfattar sin studiemotivation och vilken betydelse de anser att den har för deras skolprestation. Även skillnader i resultatet mellan de två skolorna belyses.</p><p>Till detta har en kvantitativ undersökningsmetod i form av enkäter genomförts på två grundskolor i Stockholms län. Genom valet av en kvantitativ metod kunde ett relativt stort antal elever delta och statistik presenteras.</p><p>Resultatet pekar på att studiemotivationen hos eleverna på de undersökta skolorna kan både öka och minska genom olika faktorer. De olika faktorer som uppmärksammats i denna studie är direkt kopplade till skolan och innefattar bl.a. vikten av att få påverka undervisningen, inre faktorer som t ex att uppnå visst betyg eller yttre faktorer som t ex skolmiljön.</p>

Following study is about motivation from a student perspective. Based on the prescribed literature and published research, the concept and field of motivation have been illuminated. The purpose of the study was to examine how students in ninth grade perceived their educational motivation and what kind importance they considered it had for their performance in school. The study is also supposed to base upon the result; clarify the differences if any between schools. In an attempt to get a clear image of this a quantitative method in the form of surveys was made on two schools in the Stockholm region. One of the schools had a really good merit value, and the other had a rather poor merit- value. By choosing a quantitative method a relatively large number of students where able to participate and equally large quantity of statistics have been presented. The result point at motivation in the participating students in both schools can increase and decrease through different factors. These factors, observed in this study, are directly linked to the school and includes among other things the significant of having an influence on the education and inner factors as being able to achieve a certain degree and of external factors as the school environment. / Studien handlar om studiemotivation utifrån ett elevperspektiv. Med utgångspunkt i utgiven litteratur och publicerad forskning har begreppet och området motivation belysts. Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur elever i årskurs 9 uppfattar sin studiemotivation och vilken betydelse de anser att den har för deras skolprestation. Även skillnader i resultatet mellan de två skolorna belyses. Till detta har en kvantitativ undersökningsmetod i form av enkäter genomförts på två grundskolor i Stockholms län. Genom valet av en kvantitativ metod kunde ett relativt stort antal elever delta och statistik presenteras. Resultatet pekar på att studiemotivationen hos eleverna på de undersökta skolorna kan både öka och minska genom olika faktorer. De olika faktorer som uppmärksammats i denna studie är direkt kopplade till skolan och innefattar bl.a. vikten av att få påverka undervisningen, inre faktorer som t ex att uppnå visst betyg eller yttre faktorer som t ex skolmiljön.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka om elevernas upplevda studiemotivation kunde prediceras utifrån fysisk aktivitet, ålder eller kön. Metoden för denna kvantitativa studie var att deltagarna ombads besvara ett kortare frågeformulär kopplat till deras upplevda studiemotivation och fysiska aktivitetsvanor. I enkäten svarade deltagarna även på frågor som rörde ålder och kön. Det insamlade datamaterialet analyserades med en multipel regressionsanalys, med fysisk aktivitet, kön och ålder som oberoende variabler, och studiemotivation som beroende variabel. Resultaten av undersökningen visade att den oberoende variabeln kön signifikant kunde förutsäga nivån av upplevd studiemotivation. Resultatet att kön signifikant kunde predicera nivån av upplevd studiemotivation var i linje med tidigare studier, men resultatet att fysisk aktivitet inte kunde predicera studiemotivation var oförenligt med tidigare studier. Resultatet att ålder inte kunde predicera studiemotivation var omdebatterat bland tidigare studier. / The purpose of this study was to investigate if students' perceived study motivation could be predicted by physical activity, age, or gender. The method for this quantitative study was that the participants were asked to answer a shorter questionnaire linked to their perceived study motivation and physical activity habits. In the questionnaire, the participants also answered questions related to age and gender. The data was analyzed using a multiple regression analysis with physical activity, gender, and age as independent variables, and study motivation as the dependent variable. The results of the survey showed that the independent variable gender could significantly predict the level of perceived study motivation. The result that gender significantly could predict the level of perceived study motivation was in line with previous studies, but the result that physical activity could not predict study motivation was inconsistent with earlier studies. Meanwhile, the result that age could not predict study motivation was debated among earlier studies.

Work object: Relationships among social support, study motivation and adaptation at school. Actuality of the work: Students, who have psychological, educational, social and economic problems, often leave the school. There is friendly climate made for promoting progressive learning, as well as for versatile development of personality in the managed social environment. Slower development of their psychological and physical maturity may become the reason for their decreasing study motivation in the unfavourable social environment. We try to analyze relationships between social support and study motivation in this work, as that has been almost unstudied in Lithuania. We also try to review relationships between the indicators of adaptation and emotional state, that influent social support and study motivation. Answers to such questions could help to draw the attention to the importance of social support and emotional state in increasing of study motivation, and would allow extending psychological support to the students of gymnasiums, who have problems of adaptation at school. Goal of study: Analyze the relationships among social support, study motivation and adaptation at school among the students of I and III grades of gymnasium. Tasks of study: 1. Analyze the evaluations of social support at school among the students of I and III grades of gymnasium. 2. Evaluate the study motivation of the students of I and III grades of gymnasium. 3. Determine of the students of I and III... [to full text]

This diploma thesis is concerned with the creation of computer game (adventury) and its consequent use in chemistry lessons at primary school. The game may be used as means of motivation. It is set in the surroundings of Jindřichův Hradec and it includes a set of tests that enable pupils to test their knowledge of organic nomenclature.

This diploma thesis is concerned on the creation and use of computer game (adventure). It´s purpose is usability in repeating the teaching of nonmetal chemistry. The game is designed especially for pupils of elementary schools. The adventure takes place in Prachatice. Pupils learn history of the renaissance town during the playing of didactic game. The game contributes to the activation of teaching and the development of interdisciplinary relations.