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Overcoming Motivational Barriers to Understanding and Accepting Evolution Through Gameful Learning

2019
The vast majority of the scientific community agrees upon the importance and validity of evolutionary theory while many in the American (US) public struggle to understand or accept it. For those individuals who perceive evolution to contradict their worldview, the effortful accommodation of new information into their existing worldview, conceptual ...
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Learning and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities of Practice: Motivators, Barriers, and Enablers

Advances in Developing Human Resources, 2008
The problem and the solution . Virtual (online) communities of practice (VCoPs; when community members share and cocreate knowledge in online discussions and other forms of knowledge exchange) are increasingly viewed as important vehicles of collective learning in the workplace. Currently, factors leading to successful online knowledge sharing are not
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MOTIVATION TO LEARN AND COURSE OUTCOMES: THE IMPACT OF DELIVERY MODE, LEARNING GOAL ORIENTATION, AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS AND ENABLERS

Personnel Psychology, 2006
This naturally occurring quasi‐experiment examined how learning goal orientation (LGO), delivery mode (classroom vs. blended learning), and the perception of barriers and enablers related to motivation to learn and course outcomes. Study participants were 600 students enrolled in either classroom or blended learning courses.
HOWARD J. KLEIN, RAYMOND A. NOE, CHONGWEI WANG   +2 more
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Understanding Barriers and Motivations of Non-Traditional Students Learning Programming in an Online CS1 Course

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education, 2020
Due to the increasing number of computing jobs and national demands, we are seeing a surge of non-traditional students (aged over 25), entering the online CS1 courses. We are at a large metropolitan public research university, where 30% of the students are non-traditional students.
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The barriers and motivators to learning infection control in clinical placements: Interviews with midwifery students

Nurse Education Today, 2013
To investigate the barriers to and motivators for learning infection prevention and control as identified by midwifery students.Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 15 undergraduate midwifery students within one large university. Data were analysed using Framework Analysis.Barriers to good clinical practice were identified by students which ...
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Motivations and Barriers to Lifelong Learning in Singapore: Evidence From Focus Group Discussions

Singapore Labour Journal
Lifelong learning is recognised as essential given rapid technological developments and is supported by government policy in Singapore through SkillsFuture. However, take-up rates of SkillsFuture-supported training remain modest. We conducted a mixed methods study on SkillsFuture-eligible Singaporean workers (n = 53), with and without recent ...
Jiunwen Wang, Charmaine H. Y. Tan, Walter Theseira   +2 more
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Breaking Barriers: Promoting Motivation, Engagement, and Learning Success among Biology Undergraduates from Minority Backgrounds

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings
This research presents an in-depth exploration of the transformative potential of hands-on learning (which would be used interchangeably with the term ECP-Experiment Centric Pedagogy) in the domain of biology education, with a focus on student engagement and academic achievement. Over three semesters, students enrolled in three biology courses (BIO 103,
Blessing Adeika, Adedayo Ariyibi, Pelumi Abiodun, Oludare Owolabi   +3 more
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The Relationships between Turkish Learning Attitudes and Motivational Barriers to Learning Turkish of Students Who Learn Turkish as a Foreign Language

2022
The study aims to determine the relationship between Turkish language learners' attitudes toward learning Turkish as a foreign language and their motivational barriers to learning Turkish. The views of participants were first described and then compared according to various variables, and finally, the relationship between the two variables was ...
İNALÖZ, Ahmet Buğra, YILMAZ, Kürşad
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Barriers to self-motivated conceptual music learning: activity theory as a framework for comparing dissimilar cases

Music Education Research, 2016
ABSTRACTThis paper describes the use of activity theory to compare dissimilar cases in a study of adult online music learners. The purpose of the study was to better understand the barriers that keep self-motivated users of online open education resources from experiencing successful independent learning.
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Asssessment of motivations and barriers to students learning through online at litz tech pvt ltd

International Journal on Science and Technology
The study explores motivations and barriers in online learning, highlighting flexibility, accessibility, and self-paced learning as key motivators. Major challenges include limited interaction, reduced motivation, tech issues, and socio-economic disparities. Recommendations focus on interactive design, support systems, and equitable digital access.
Nisha M -, Deepa K -, Dr.K Senthilkumar -   +2 more
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