Search results for "Motivation"

NATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PARTICIPANTS AND PHYSICS TEACHERS

2021

The development of student's interests and skills is strategically important to foster their career choice in the field of science, technology and engineering, which is one of the goals of Latvia's National Development Plan for 2021-2027. Physics Olympiads can be used as one of the enrichment measures to supplement formal school teaching in raising student motivation and developing their skills and talents. We explore directions in which the existing system of Physics Olympiads can be improved, with the goals of reaching a wider audience of teachers and students and achieving further integration with the learning processes in schools. We have conducted a survey of physics teachers (NT=188),…

Critical Theoretical Concerns

2016

This chapter analyses centres on the number of critical theoretical questions that are left open without being properly clarified, nuanced and addressed in the previous chapters. The important point in this chapter is to clearly communicate to the reader the existence of potential limitations in the present analysis. Moreover, the chapter further clarifies the basic assumptions and premises on which the book’s arguments are built.

An emotional framework in foreign language pedagogy : facing the Postmethod challenge

2015

Nuevas herramientas y nuevas ideas para los responsables de recursos humanos. Validez estructural y predictiva del cuestionario de satisfacción ponde…

2013

One of the fundamental tasks for an Human Resource Management (HRM) practitioner consists in designing a reward system that can be broadly understood and can influence the attitudes and, subsequently, the behavior of individuals to permit achievement of organizational objectives. To do so, appropriate tools are necessary to allow key actions to be identified in terms of motivating employees; thereby, avoiding opportunistic costs derived from allocating resources needed to close the gap in employee satisfaction, with regard to non-priority factors for workers in satisfying their own personal needs. This article, thus, presents a dual assessment scale consisting of 44 items, categorized into …

ADATTAMENTO ITALIANO DELLA SCALA DI MOTIVAZIONE INTERNA ED ESTERNA A RISPONDERE SENZA PREGIUDIZIO DI PLANT E DEVINE

2006

The present paper examines the psychometric proprieties of the Italian version of the Internal and External Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice Scale (Plant & Devine, 1998) about Moroccan peoples. Two studies tested the scale's goodness of fit with confirmatory factor analysis and its convergent and discriminant validity. In line with original findings of Plant and Devine, results show a good internal validity of the scale and the expected correlational pattern.

Il recupero scolastico dei bambini stranieri. Una ricerca-intervento con il coinvolgimento degli studenti del Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Formaz…

2016

Accade spesso che nonostante l'impegno quotidiano degli inse- gnanti, gli alunni delle scuole delle zone più deprivate delle cit- tà vivano con profondo malessere i tradizionali ritmi scolasti- ci, che dimostrino un diffuso disimpegno per le attività di stu- dio e che spesso abbandonino il percorso scolastico. Pur essendo in possesso di sufficienti potenzialità cognitive, gli alunni culturalmente e socialmente svantaggiati non riescono ad adat- tarsi ai normali schemi delle proposte formative-curricolari, spesso entrano in conflitto con l'istituzione scolastica e con gli insegnanti e di conseguenza abbandonano il percorso formativo (Coggi, 2009). Gli alunni stranieri richiedono un'atten…

Aberrant probabilistic reinforcement learning in first-degree relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder

2020

Contains fulltext : 215845.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Background: Motivational dysregulation represents a core vulnerability factor for bipolar disorder. Whether this also comprises aberrant learning of stimulus-reinforcer contingencies is less clear. Methods: To answer this question, we compared healthy first-degree relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder (n = 42) known to convey an increased risk of developing a bipolar spectrum disorder and healthy individuals (n = 97). Further, we investigated the effects of the behavioral activation system (BAS) on reinforcement learning across the entire sample. All participants were assessed with a probabilistic learning task t…

The Use of Fear Appeals in Greek Magazine Advertisements

2015

This paper examines fear appeals in Greek magazine advertisements. A total number of 3,262 advertisements were selected from a sample of 14 magazines representing various genre. Advertisements were content analyzed, on the basis of fear appeal categories and consequences. The findings indicate that advertisements use the fear appeal in 16.46 percent of the total number examined. Positive fear appeals and social consequence theme show the highest frequency of appearance with 91.06 and 79.83 percent respectively. There is also a variance in the use of various types of fear appeals, according to magazine classifications and product categories.

Incentive-based Policies, Human Resource Motivation and Performance of Public Organizations: a System Dynamics Approach

2009

Singuliers généralistes. Sociologie de la médecine générale.

2010

International audience; Chacun de nous connaît un médecin généraliste, en qui il peut trouver un interlocuteur privilégié pour ses soucis de santé. En tant que groupe professionnel pourtant, les généralistes ont longtemps été peu considérés dans notre système de soins et restent méconnus : que sait-on des façons d'être généraliste ? de l'évolution de la profession ? Souvent passionnés par leur métier vécu comme un engagement personnel, les médecins généralistes sont-ils satisfaits de leurs conditions de travail et de leur place dans la société? À partir d'enquêtes récentes, des sociologues expliquent ce que sont et font les généralistes dans leur cabinet, ils analysent les "flous du métier"…