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Van Nuland, Hanneke J. C.; Taris, Toon W.; Boekaerts, Monique; Martens, Rob L. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
The self-determination theory (SDT) assumes that healthy motivation needs to be intrinsic in nature and that the basic psychological needs competence, autonomy and relatedness are prerequisites for intrinsically motivated behaviour. Intrinsically motivated students in turn show more persistence and understanding of classroom material. However, in…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Persistence, Psychological Needs, Secondary School Students
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de Koning, Els; Boekaerts, Monique – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
This article reports on a study regarding the school-identification of 1819 first-year students in secondary vocational education. We measured the school-identification of these adolescents and used the perspective of self-regulation to define three blocks of potential determinants, including the students' personal goals (1) their appraisals of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, Self Management, Goal Orientation