Search results for "motivation"

Nazwy drzew w śląskiej toponimii

2015

The paper deals with geographical names in Silesia deriving from the names of tree species. An analysis of the names derived from appellatives, allows for a reconstruction of the categorization methods of the world, anthropological conceptualization, and a popular image of reality. Name creators choose names derived from the appellatives which are for certain reasons important and valuable for them, from the existing collection of names. For example, the following names of trees and shrubs become a productive toponymic base: oak, birch, alder; they belong to the basic categorization level and are important for the rural community due to their usable and practical significance (in constructi…

Using Digital Coaching to Promote Physical Activity to University Students with Low Levels of Physical Activity : A Qualitative Intervention Study

2021

To Gamify or Not to Gamify? : Gamification in Exercise Applications and Its Role in Impacting Exercise Motivation

2016

Gamification and different exercise applications have become increasingly popular in recent years. The common purpose of gamification is to enhance one’s motivation and engagement to certain activities. Gamification has been commonly understood as the use of game elements in non-game context. In this paper, we propose a divide between the process and the experience of gamification. This paper is the first to propose such division and the results demonstrate its necessity. Gamification exists also in many exercise applications. The purpose of this study is to explore how the use of an exercise application affects users’ exercise motivation and behaviour by concentrating especially on the rol…

Children and Parental Barriers to Active Commuting to School: A Comparison Study

2021

The main objectives of this study were: to compare the barriers to active commuting to and from school (ACS) between children and their parents separately for children and adolescents; and to analyze the association between ACS and the children’s and parents’ barriers. A total of 401 child–parent pairs, from Granada, Jaén, Toledo and Valencia, self-reported, separately, their mode of commuting to school and work, respectively, and the children’s barriers to ACS. T-tests and chi-square tests were used to analyze the differences by age for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Binary logistic regressions were performed to study the association between ACS barriers of children an…

Ungdomars fysiska kondition, fysiska aktivitet samt motiv till motionsintresse

2012

Using game elements to increase students’ motivation for providing peer assistance

2017

Master's thesis Multimedia and Educational Technology MM500 - University of Agder 2017 Abstract Peer assistance is a support system where people of equal status help each other solve problems. It is also a recognized method within education where students support each other with their assignments. The positive effect of peer assistance is well known, and it would be favorable if more students participated and took on the role as peer-teachers. To increase the activity of peer assistance, several incentives can be used, including game elements. In “Using game elements to increase peer assistance among university students”, (Nordengen & Brinch, 2016, p. 1) tried to predict which game elements…

Análisis de los motivos para la participación en actividades físicas de personas con y sin discapacidad

2006

Tradicionalmente, la actividad física adaptada ha sido utilizada para conseguir efectos terapéuticos y rehabilitadores en las personas con discapacidad. Actualmente, los educadores relacionados con la actividad física y deporte adaptado pretenden hacer ver a la sociedad en general que las personas con discapacidad pueden practicar actividades físicas y deportivas por las mismas motivaciones que las personas sin discapacidad. Para contribuir a este objetivo, y empleando como marco de referencia la teoría de las metas de logro, hemos analizado las motivaciones de una muestra de 80 personas con discapacidad funcional y otras 80 sin ningún tipo de discapacidad, todas ellas practicantes de activ…

Changes in Drop Out Intentions: Implications of the Motivational Climate, Goal Orientations and Aspects of Self-Worth across a Youth Sport Season

2021

The main objective of this work was to study the motivational antecedents of the intention to drop out of youth sport from the postulates of the achievement goal theory (AGT), placing special emphasis on the motivational climate that coaches create in their teams. Specifically, we analyzed whether changes in the perception of the motivational climate between the beginning and the end of the season predicted changes in players’ goal orientations, whether these, in turn, predicted changes in self-esteem and contingent self-esteem, and finally, whether the latter predicted the intention to drop out. Participants in the study were 552 players (Mage = 11.23, SD = 1.14), who completed the questio…

Factores situacionales y disposicionales como predictores de la ansiedad y autoconfianza precompetitiva en deportistas universitarios

2015

Apoyados en la teoría de la autodeterminación y la teoría de las metas de logro, el objetivo del presente estudio fue poner a prueba dos modelos que examinan secuencialmente las relaciones entre factores situacionales (clima motivacional creado por el entrenador), factores disposicionales (orientaciones de meta y regulaciones motivacionales), y consecuencias de ansiedad y autoconfianza precompetitivas (considerando sus dimensiones de intensidad y dirección). También se analizó el papel mediador de las orientaciones de meta y de las regulaciones motivacionales, en la relación entre el clima motivacional y la ansiedad y autoconfianza precompetitivas. Se utilizó un diseño transversal de recogi…

Pašnoteikšanās teorija un stratēģijas skolēna ar īpašām izglītības vajadzībām motivācijas mācīties paaugstināšanai

2018

Diplomdarbā tiek padziļināti pētīta pašnoteikšanās teorija un stratēģijas saistībā ar izglītību, sniedzot iespēju skolēnam speciālās izglītības vajadzībām rast vēlmi mācīties, tādējādi uzlabojot savas sekmes un zināšanas. Gadījuma pētījums tika veikts ar vienu skolēnu ar speciālām vajadzībām, strādājot ar un sniedzot izvēles iespējas pieņemt lēmumus; reflektēt; apzināties mācību un personīgās vajadzības un mērķus; un iedrošinot katru dienu, izvirzītie mērķi šādā veidā kļuva īstenojamāki un iespējami. Tika secināts, ka mācot skolēnu ar speciālām vajadzībām, ar darbā izvēlētajām stratēģijām, sniedz labumu gan skolā, gan ārpus tās.