Showing papers by "Markku Niemivirta published in 1999"
Abstract: The relations and possible interaction of students' motivational orientation and the quality of their inquiry in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) were examined. The study was performed among ten-year-old students (N = 26) in a Finnish elementary school. At the beginning of the learning project, the students were administered similar self-report questionnaires to identify their motivational tendencies. In order to compare the students' general motivational tendencies with their actual engagement, the lessons were videotaped for collecting data on the students' learning and social interaction processes during CSILE (Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environment) work. Furthermore, CSILE students' written work was analyzed to examine their practices of knowledge production and the epistemological nature of their inquiry. The study indicates that CSCL may facilitate the active participation of students who have a lot of difficulties in traditional school learning. In addition, regardless...
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TL;DR: It is the assumption that understanding the construction of a learner's motivation requires more detailed and integrated argumentation than researchers in the field of constructivist learning theories have recently presented.
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TL;DR: This paper explored the influence of various motivational and cognitive factors on goal setting and task performance and found that goal level was a function of both task-related abilities and motivational beliefs, while subjects who tended to hold beliefs that action outcomes are determined by chance were also likely to display atypical goal setting.
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