Digital technologies can have positive effects on student learning in higher education. Based the ICAP framework, they should be particularly effective when teachers use them to encourage engagement constructive and interactive as opposed passive active activities. Using a sample of 381 education students, we investigated if these activities depends whether are implemented class or not, how affects outcomes. Results indicated that were class, students felt encouraged engage more...

Worldwide, higher education institutions made quick and often unprepared shifts from on-site to online examination in 2020 due the COVID-19 health crisis. This sparked an ongoing debate on whether this development it easier for students cheat. We investigated did indeed cheat more than exams use of was also associated with rates other behaviors deemed as academic dishonesty. To answer our research questions, we questioned 1608 German a wide variety about their behavior during summer semester...

Background: Motivation is central for student learning and achievement, yet it does not operate in isolation. Peer relationships play a fundamental role shaping students' motivation, engagement, academic development. Explicit investigation of the interplay between motivation peer scarce, with especially reciprocal dynamic nature these interactions still being little understood subject present issue.Aims: This special issue aims to bridge theoretical methodological gaps understanding how...

Achievement goals of university instructors for teaching were examined.We investigated the structure these goals, stability this across different groups instructors, and relations to teaching-related outcomes.Achievement positive affect, attitudes towards help, self-reported quality assessed in a sample 1,066 German from three status (221 full professors, 370 postdoc staff members, 427 members without PhD).The results confirmed that wellestablished mastery, performance approach, avoidance...

Die 4K sind unklar definierte Konstrukte, die irgendwie für zukünftige Berufsfelder relevant sein sollen. Forderung, sie in der Schule zu vermitteln, ist naiv.

Teachers' goals play an important role in teaching quality and student outcomes. However, the processes through which this aspect of teacher motivation translates into specific behaviours remain unclear. This study investigates how directed at students classroom are associated with visual information processing events, aiming to link professional vision. The involved 51 preservice teachers average 36 days practical experience. Participants' eye movements were recorded tracking while they...

The present study examines the achievement goals of university instructors, particularly structure such goals, and their relationship to biographic characteristics, other aspects instructors' motivation, teaching quality. Two hundred fifty-one instructors (184 without Ph.D., 97 with thereof 51 full professors; 146 males, 92 females) answered a questionnaire measuring self-efficacy, enthusiasm in altogether 392 courses. Teaching quality was assessed using reports from 9,241 students who were...

Studying with digital media, learners often struggle because of inadequate self-regulation. Previous research presented clear evidence metacognitive prompts being effective in supporting learning media. This study examines the potential motivational regulation prompts, which are assumed to additionally support self-regulated learning. During a 50-minute session media environment, 215 university students received either no only or both types prompts. Task value, control, task-related...

Background Previous research has shown that achievement goals affect the frequency of academic dishonesty. However, mixed findings suggest especially effect performance might depend on contextual factors. Aims We wanted to investigate whether crucial aspects situation influence magnitude (here: focused appearance) Specifically, we propose social norms regarding acceptance dishonesty moderate positive Sample sampled 105 German university students. They were teacher trainees, mostly in their...

Although professional training or development opportunities can help university academics to expand their competences and implement high quality educational practices, differ in the extent which they engage such learning resulting gains. A theoretical explanation for these differences involves motivations form of achievement goals. Accordingly, current study we investigated effects academics' goals on engagement gains courses. Forty-eight German completed assessments prior course...

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted the educational sector on a global front. A plethora of research has been conducted to better understand effects that had education as whole, including investigations into different topics (e.g., school closures, e-teaching and learning, mental physical health), populations students, teachers), levels school, higher education). To summarize available literature during both qualitatively quantitatively, many systematic reviews meta-analyses...

Instructor feedback in higher education is widely acknowledged as being beneficial for learning and achievement. Students' motivation a central determinant of how students perceive incorporate it into their process offers potential to explain foster successful use but still little understood. In detail, students' achievement goals, serving representations what strive settings, self-efficacy revision, are two particularly relevant motivational concepts that can offer insights revising work....

Abstract: Teaching quality is a crucial factor within higher education. Research on this topic often requires assessing teaching as global construct through self-reports. However, such instruments are criticized due to the lack of alignment between teacher and student reports instructional practices. We argue that while teachers might over- or under-estimate specific dimensions quality, aggregation these in form overarching well reflects differences teachers. Accordingly, we test ten-item...

Abstract Academic dishonesty is a pervasive problem undermining the effectiveness of educational institutions. From motivational perspective, researchers have proposed achievement goals as antecedents academic dishonesty. Empirical findings corroborate notion that mastery (focus on learning and competence development) are negatively linked to However, even though theoretical considerations suggest positive links between performance demonstration) dishonesty, empirical mixed. To provide...

Abstract Prior research has explored various factors to explain differences in teaching experiences and behaviors among school teachers, including self-efficacy, basic psychological need satisfaction, emotions. However, these have predominantly been examined isolation, limited investigated their role the context of higher education teaching. To address gaps, analyses on both within between teacher level are needed. The aim present study was therefore investigate interplay motivational...