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1	Designing Experiential Media for Volitional Usage: An Approach Based on Music and Other Hobbies January 2013 (has links) abstract: Achievement of many long-term goals requires sustained practice over long durations. Examples include goals related to areas of high personal and societal benefit, such as physical fitness, which requires a practice of frequent exercise; self-education, which requires a practice of frequent study; or personal productivity, which requires a practice of performing work. Maintaining these practices can be difficult, because even though obvious benefits come with achieving these goals, an individual's willpower may not always be sufficient to sustain the required effort. This dissertation advocates addressing this problem by designing novel interfaces that provide people with new practices that are fun and enjoyable, thereby reducing the need for users to draw upon willpower when pursuing these long-term goals. To draw volitional usage, these practice-oriented interfaces can integrate key characteristics of existing activities, such as music-making and other hobbies, that are already known to draw voluntary participation over long durations. This dissertation makes several key contributions to provide designers with the necessary tools to create practice-oriented interfaces. First, it consolidates and synthesizes key ideas from fields such as activity theory, self-determination theory, HCI design, and serious leisure. It also provides a new conceptual framework consisting of heuristics for designing systems that draw new users, plus heuristics for making systems that will continue drawing usage from existing users over time. These heuristics serve as a collection of useful ideas to consider when analyzing or designing systems, and this dissertation postulates that if designers build these characteristics into their products, the resulting systems will draw more volitional usage. To demonstrate the framework's usefulness as an analytical tool, it is applied as a set of analytical lenses upon three previously-existing experiential media systems. To demonstrate its usefulness as a design tool, the framework is used as a guide in the development of an experiential media system called pdMusic. This system is installed at public events for user studies, and the study results provide qualitative support for many framework heuristics. Lastly, this dissertation makes recommendations to scholars and designers on potential future ways to examine the topic of volitional usage. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Media Arts and Sciences 2013 Multimedia Music human-computer interfaces long-term goals serious leisure
2	Using a Goal-Setting and Feedback Procedure to Increase Running Distance Wack, Stephanie 01 January 2012 (has links) Goal-setting procedures have been employed in many different sports, and have been shown to be a beneficial component for enhancing sports performance. For this study, a changing-criterion within multiple-baseline design was used to evaluate a multi-component intervention for increasing running distance for five healthy adults. The intervention consisted of goal setting with performance feedback. Participants set a short-term goal each week and a long-term goal to achieve upon completion of the study. The study incorporated the use of the NikeTM + SportKit for automated recording of the distance of each run. Results of the current study demonstrated for all participants that goal setting and performance feedback was an effective method to enhance sports performance for individuals wanting to increase their running distance. endurance health long-term goals short-term goals sports American Studies Arts and Humanities Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
3	Decision-making without the formal decision-maker : A study made at Menlo Innovations Katzmann, Björn, Veres, Gustav, Filhage Wahlström, Elias January 2021 (has links) This thesis studies how decision-making might work in an organization without a predetermined formal decision-maker. By studying three selected areas in organizational decision making at a flat organization, the way decisions are made without a formal decision-maker is presented. The study includes an analysis of what factors drive decisions and possible effects of the flat organizational approach. This thesis focuses on decisions regarding wage-setting, recruitment, and the setting of long-term goals. The study finds several relevant conditions which contribute to making a flat organization's decision-making system possible, including organizational culture and transparency. The study indicates that cultural fit is an important aspect in maintaining a flat structure at an organization. To access data, in order to examine the principles of decisions, study at Menlo Innovations has been performed. The core of the study relies on semi-structured interviews with the employees, a virtual tour of the organization, a pre-recorded interview with Menlo representatives, and additional articles and documents. This data has helped the thesis answer how decision-making in the areas of wage-setting, recruitment, and the setting of long-term goals, might work in an organization without a predetermined formal decision-maker. Flat organization Hierarchy Decision-making Wage-setting Recruitment & Long-term goals Business Administration Företagsekonomi
4	Big Five dimensioners relation till långsiktiga mål hos studenter Lind, Simon, Berglind, Max January 2024 (has links) Att bestämma långsiktiga mål är en livslång process som påverkar hur en person styr sitt liv och strävar efter olika mål. Studien undersöker sambandet mellan individens långsiktiga mål och personlighetsfaktorer, med fokus på Self-Determination Theory som ram. 234 svenska universitetsstudenter besvarade en enkät som inkluderade fem bakgrundsfrågor, Big Five Inventory och Aspiration Index. Majoriteten av deltagarna var kvinnor (n=184 %=78.6). Resultaten analyserades för att undersöka hur personlighetsdimensionerna samt bakgrundsvariablerna korrelerar med sju delar av långsiktiga mål. Det utfördes Pearsons korrelations test och sju separata hierarkiska regressionsanalyser. Resultatet visade att vissa delar av personlighetsdimensionerna hade en relation till samtliga livsmålen. Resultaten indikerar att Utåtriktning och Emotionell instabilitet korrelerar med yttre strävan, medan Vänlighet, Samvetsgrannhet och Öppenhet relaterar till inre strävan. En observation var hur faktorerna kön och ålder påverkade individers långsiktiga livsmål. Sammantaget bidrar denna studie till en fördjupad insikt om kopplingen mellan Big Five dimensionerna, bakgrundsfaktorer och individens långsiktiga livsmål. Big-five Inventory Self-determination-theory Aspiration index Personality long-term goals Psychology Psykologi
5	Prestationsmätningar och medarbetarengagemang : En fallstudie om kopplingen mellan medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet och långsiktiga mål samt strategier / Performance measures and employee engagement : A case study about the connection between employees attitude toward customer satisfaction measures and long-term goals and strategies Almqvist, Sanna, Wiberg, Pernilla January 2018 (has links) Titel: Prestationsmätningar och medarbetarengagemang: En fallstudie om kopplingen mellan medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet och långsiktiga mål samt strategier Nivå: C-uppsats i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Sanna Almqvist och Pernilla Wiberg Handledare: Tomas Källquist Datum: 2018 – januari Syfte: Bakgrunden till denna studie grundar sig i att tidigare forskning lyfter olika aspekter av nyttan av prestationsmätning ur ledare eller företagets perspektiv. De efterfrågar dock mer forskning om hur medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar leder till engagemang. Vårt syfte är därmed att öka förståelsen för hur medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet engagerar dem i deras vardagliga arbete att sträva mot långsiktiga mål och strategier. Metod: Denna studie grundar sig i ett aktörssynsätt med ett hermeneutiskt och socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv. Insamlandet av det empiriska datamaterialet har skett genom kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuerna omfattats av teman som återfunnits vid skapandet av den teoretiska referensramen som bygger på tidigare forskning inom ämnet. Genom en abduktiv forskningsansats har det empiriska datamaterialet och den teoretiska referensramen analyserats i samspel och påverkat varandra för att kunna besvara studiens syfte. Slutsats: Slutsatsen i studien är att positiv inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet engagerar medarbetare i det vardagliga arbetet. Studien tyder ytterligare på att olika engagemang hos medarbetare leder till strävan mot olika slags mål. Studiens bidrag: Denna studie bidrar ur en teoretisk synvinkel till att belysa medarbetares inställning till prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet, samt deras perspektiv på koppling mellan prestationsmätning och långsiktiga mål och strategier. Vidare bekräftas även tidigare forskning inom medarbetarengagemang. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Studien kommer fram till att det skulle vara intressant att vidare forskning belyser likheter och skillnader inom de två olika spåren av prestationsmätningar gällande kundnöjdhet som återfunnits i denna studie, indirekta och direkta. / Title: Performance measures and employee engagement: A case study about the connection between employees attitude toward customer satisfaction measures and long-term goals and strategies. Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Author: Sanna Almqvist and Pernilla Wiberg Supervisor: Tomas Källquist Date: 2018 – january Aim: The background to this study is based on previous research highlighting different aspects of the benefit of performance measurement from a leader or company perspective. But they request more research on how employees attitude to performance measurements leads to engagement. Our aim is thus to increase understanding of how employees' attitude towards performance measurements within customer satisfaction engages them in their daily work to strive towards long-term goals and strategies. Method: This study is influenced by a hermeneutic and social constructionist perspective. The empirical data has been collected through qualitative semistructured interviews. The interviews were covered by topics that were found in theoretical framework based on previous research on the subject. Through an abductive research method, empirical data and the theoretical frame of reference have been analyzed in interaction and influenced each other in order to answer the aim of the study. Conclusions: The conclusion of the study is that a positive attitude toward measurements within customer satisfaction, engage employees in everyday work. The study also points to that different involvement of employees leads to the pursuit of different kinds of goals. Contribution of the thesis: This study, from a theoretical point of view, contributes to illustrating employees' attitude to customer satisfaction measurements, as well as their perspective on linking performance measurement with long-term goals and strategies. Furthermore, previous research in employee engagement is also confirmed. Suggestions for future research: The study reveals that it would be interesting for further research to illustrate similarities and differences within the two different traces of customer satisfaction measurements found in this study, indirect and direct measurements of customer satisfaction. Non-financial measures customer satisfaction long-term goals strategies attitude engagement employees Icke-finansiella prestationsmätningar kundnöjdhet långsiktiga mål strategier inställning engagemang medarbetare Business Administration Företagsekonomi
6	Communicating expectations during inclusive learning programme meetings with parents of children with down syndrome Swanepoel, Hanlie January 2013 (has links) The aim of the research undertaken was to answer the question “How do insights during Inclusive Learning Support Programme (ILSP) meetings between parents and teachers of children with Down syndrome (DS) inform mutual attainment of each groups' expectations?” Inclusive Education (IE) for the learner with DS was introduced informally during the early 1990s in South Africa within a few local schools in Pretoria. Transcribed interviews and observations were used from a sample of teachers and parents of children with DS conducted by the ILSP coordinator to collect data. They were analysed using Herman’s and Herman’s- Konopka's (2010) dialogical self theory, positioning theory and pronoun grammar analysis. Results showed there are two opposing tensions in education. One is a need for stability. This is offset by the dynamic nature of education practice with its many actors - learners, teachers, managerial and supervisory staff, support staff, institutions and government departments. Every actor interprets education according to their goals, subjective beliefs and understanding of what the education process is occupying a dominant position but working from a shadow position. IE brings its own set of tensions to the actors in education. Policy documents from government, as interpreted in schools in South Africa, express the need for stability in education. The study was limited to the constraints of the academic format. More accessible versions of the findings and recommendations can be developed in papers. For ILSP coordinators practically to have a promoter position in the dialogue between teachers and parents there is a need for them to become acutely aware of the positions they adopt in dialogue in themselves and with reference to others. The study has offered a new way of interpreting the expectations of both parties in the ILSP meetings and rendering a solution to the often frustrating outcomes. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Educational Psychology / unrestricted Inclusive Education Dialogue Monologue Positions Shadow positions Position repertoire Dialogical Self theory Positioning theory Phenomenology Spatiotemporal linguistic Dialogical space Short term and long term goals Learning support Assessment UCTD
7	Music Therapy Profession: Current Status, Priorities, and Possible Future Directions Ferrer, Alejandra Judith 18 December 2012 (has links) No description available. Music Music Education music therapy profession current status of music therapy music therapy curriculum professional growth of music therapists long-term goals of music therapy music therapy in the media music therapy research American Music Therapy Association
8	En studie i elevmotivation genom självreglerande lärande som metod för inlärning i moderna språk / A study on Learner Motivation by means of Learner Autonomy as Studying Technique in Modern Language Learning Gehrke, Karina Wiebke January 2022 (has links) Onödiga språkvalsbyten i moderna språk kan anses vara resultat av motivationsbrist kopplat till intrycket att glädje i språkvalsstudier inte leder till gymnasiebehörighet. Denna studie ämnar undersöka och fördjupa kunskap om a) samband mellan självreglering och elevmotivation, samt b) samband mellan glädje och motivation. Hattie och Zierer (2019) konstaterar att mer självreglering leder till ökad elevmotivation. För att pröva om denna slutsats kan verifieras, genomfördes en empirisk studie med lärarintervjuer som besvarade följande fråga: Vad anser lärare är en bra återkoppling till eleverna? För att kunna nå en slutsats i frågan om samband mellan självreglering och elevmotivation etablerades först en definition av begreppet självreglering. I detta syfte användes en teori som står för uppsatsens analytiska ramverk. Ramverket baseras på författare som arbetar i linje med Richard M. Ryans och Edward L. Decis Self-Determination Theory (SDT). Då slutsatsen att mer självreglerande lärande leder till ökad elevmotivation inte kunde verifieras i min empiriska studie, genomfördes en noggrann litteraturstudie. Utifrån denna kunde jag sedan göra en analys av mina frågeställningar med anslutande diskussion. Resultatet antyder att lärare bör fokusera på elevmotivationens kvalitet, med den prototypiska intrinsiska motivationen som mål, för att kunna motverka motivationsbristen i skolan. I detta forskningsarbete kom jag dessutom fram till slutsatsen att en högre motivation i allra högsta grad kan leda till ett mer effektivt lärande i allmänhet. Nyckelord: effektivt lärande, elevmotivation, intrinsisk motivation, motivationsbrist, Self-Determination Theory, självreglering, återkoppling formative assessment learner autonomy Self-Determination Theory motivation language studies language learner autonomy SDT intrinsic motivation extrinsic motivation learning motivation self-regulation student motivation modern languages language learning formative feedback self-regulated learning effective learning task level process level self-regulation level feedback long-term goals learning goals high school eligibility curriculum primary school language choice multilingual society result-oriented curriculum learning system language skills curriculum in modern languages upper secondary school motivation difficulty motivation problem German lack of motivation planning phase implementation phase self-reflection phase metacognition metacognitive strategy metacognitive process thought process visible learning controlled learning autonomous self-regulation sense of autonomy social values personal values self-regulation style identified regulation integrated regulation SDT work method self-reflection goal setting learning activity formative Motivation im Unterricht Lernermotivation Autonomie Fremdsprachenunterricht Formative Diagnostik Lernerautonomie Lernmotivation Selbstregulation Autonomie Schülermotivation moderne Sprachen Sprachenlernen formative Beurteilung formatives Feedback selbstgesteuertes Lernen effektives Lernen Freude am Lernen Aufgabenebene Prozessebene Selbstregulationsebene Feedback Lernziele Lehrplan Grundschule mehrsprachige Gesellschaft ergebnisorientierter Lehrplan Lernsystem Sprachkompetenz Lehrplan in Moderne Sprachen Sekundarstufe II Motivationsschwierigkeit Motivationsproblem Fach Deutsch DaF Motivationsmangel Planungsphase Umsetzungsphase Selbstreflexionsphase Metakognition metakognitive Strategien metakognitiver Prozess Denkprozess sichtbares Lernen intrinsische Motivation extrinsische Motivation kontrolliertes Lernen autonome Selbstregulation Autonomiegefühl soziale Werte persönliche Werte Selbstregulationsstil identifizierte Regulation integrierte Regulation SDT Arbeitsmethode Selbstreflexion Zielsetzung Lernaktivität lärandemotivation självreglering autonomi elevmotivation moderna språk språkinlärning formativ bedömning formativ återkoppling självreglerande lärande effektivt lärande glädje i undervisning uppgiftsnivå processnivå självregleringsnivå återkoppling långsiktiga mål lärandemål gymnasiebehörighet läroplan språkvalslektion grundskola språkval flerspråkig samhälle resultatorienterad lärosystem språkkunskap kursplan i moderna språk högstadiet motivationssvårighet motivationsproblematik tyska motivationsbrist planeringsfas genomförandefas självreflektionsfas metakognition metakognitiv strategi metakognitiv process tankeprocess synligt lärande inneboende motivation yttre motivation kontrollerad autonom självreglering extrinsisk motivation intrinsisk motivation autonomikänsla sociala värden personliga värden självregleringsstil identifierad reglering integrerad reglering SDT arbetsmetod självreflektion målsättning inlärningsaktivitet formativ Learning Lärande

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