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A web of achieving in physical education: Goals, interest, outside-school activity and learning

Ang Chen, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2004 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 3, pp 169-182
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In this paper, the authors examined the dynamics of the motivators as associated with organized outside-school physical activity experiences and learning outcomes and found that the students participating in organized outside school physical activities had a stronger ego-goal orientation and were more physically active in learning.
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This article is published in Learning and Individual Differences.The article was published on 2004-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Experiential learning & Active learning.

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The Schools We Deserve@@@A Place Called School: Prospects for the Future

Jo Anne Pagano, +1 more
- 21 Jan 1987 - 
TL;DR: A study of U.S. schools was carried out over four years as discussed by the authors, where trained investigators went into more than 1,000 classrooms in 38 elementary and secondary schools in seven different sections of the United States.
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An investigation of the status and practice of life orientation in South African schools in two provinces

Edna Rooth
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of education.iii.iiiiii.
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At the boundary of school : Continuity and discontinuity in learning across contexts

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize 186 empirical studies focusing on continuity and discontinuity in students' learning across school and out-of-school contexts, and find that continuity can be the result of different educational intentions, but it also occurs as a given.
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Predictors and outcomes of situational interest during a science learning task

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined change in students' situational interest as a function of student and task characteristics and found that students working with the more concrete version of the simulation reported an increase in their interest while the opposite was true for students working in the more abstract version.
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Situational interest, cognitive engagement, and achievement in physical education

TL;DR: The findings reinforced the value of using workbooks to facilitate cognitive knowledge learning in physical education, but raised questions about the direct function of situational interest on engaging students in cognitive learning.
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A Place Called School. Prospects for the Future.

TL;DR: A study of U.S. schools was carried out over four years as discussed by the authors, where trained investigators went into more than 1,000 classrooms in 38 elementary and secondary schools in seven different sections of the United States.
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Dimensions of achievement motivation in schoolwork and sport.

TL;DR: This paper found that the ego-involved goal of superiority was associated with the belief that success requires high ability, whereas task orientation (the goal of gaining knowledge) was associated to beliefs that success required interest, effort, and collaboration with peers.
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Revision of achievement goal theory: Necessary and illuminating.

TL;DR: Barron, Pintrich, P. K. Elliot, and T. M. Harackiewicz as discussed by the authors discuss the importance of separating approach from avoidance strivings, the positive potential of performance-approach goals, and identification of the ways performanceapproach goal can combine with mastery goal to promote optimal motivation.
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The Role Of Interest In Learning And Development

TL;DR: A.A. Renninger, K. U. Hidi, V. Nenniger, S.E. Schiefele, A. A. Krapp, B. E. Stein, D.J. Prenzel, and A.L. Shirey as mentioned in this paper discuss the relation of interest to the motivation of behavior.
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Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation : the search for optimal motivation and performance

TL;DR: The importance of goals in the study of Intrinsic Motivation was discussed in this article, where C.C. Sansone and J.M. Harackiewicz, looking beyond rewards, discussed the hidden costs and benefits of achievement goals, and the role of goal orientation in Fostering Adaptive Motivation, Affect and Cognition.
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