Abstract/Notes: Motivation is a topic of high interest to music educators as they attempt to understand what makes their students want to continue learning. The use of the ukulele in the music classroom has grown over the last ten years due to its versatility. Despite its popularity and music educators’ support for its use, very little research exists on students’ motivation while playing it in a general music classroom setting. Therefore, the purpose of this current study is to compare the motivation levels of two groups of multi-age fourth through sixth-grade students learning the ukulele via different curricula in the music classroom. A quantitative MANOVA design method compared the motivation levels of students experiencing two different ukulele curricula. The study collected quantitative data from (N = 175) fourth through sixth-grade students at Maria Montessori School in Rockford, IL through an adapted twenty-two-item Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI). The results indicated that there was a significant difference in motivation between students who experienced the Quaver Music curriculum and students who experienced the Music Will curriculum. The largest contributor to the difference is the Pressure-Tension subcategory, which leads one to conclude that students who experience lower levels of Pressure-Tension experience higher levels of overall motivation. Activities that promote lower levels of Pressure-Tension should be utilized in the classroom.

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Published: Lynchburg, Virginia, 2024

Language: English

ISSN: 0277-9064

Language: English

ISSN: 0010-700X

Abstract/Notes: Albania comes from a long history of behavioral theories and the error is not yet free from the influence of this theory, even though the curriculum used in pre-university education is based on constructionist approaches. The positive influence of errors in the teaching/learning process has been widely discussed, but in mathematics, there is a lack of real pedagogical plans and differentiated instructional treatment, where there is a tendency to emphasize errors as much as possible. The purpose of this article is to highlight the educational motives of error in the process of enhancing learning in mathematics. Concrete educational planning that makes use of the power of errors is especially important from the perspective of why errors should be studied and what is stimulated by their correct use. The interpretation of mistakes at the metacognitive and non-cognitive levels is of relevance, and we highlight its main parameters, which are self-acceptance, self-control, and self-correction, using a critical and creative approach. The paper provides a solid theoretical framework for the relevance of extensive mistake analysis, where proper interpretation necessitates a variety of pedagogical and didactic treatments that promote learning building. Math instructors and educational institutions at all levels will benefit from this study. / Shqipëria vjen nga një histori e gjatë e teorive bihevioriste ku gabimi ende nuk është i çliruar nga ndikimi i kësaj teorie, edhe pse kurrikula e përdorur në arsimin parauniversitar bazohet në qasje konstruktiviste. Në këtë punim është diskutuar gjerësisht ndikimi pozitiv i gabimeve në procesin e mësimdhënies/të nxënit, por në rastin e matematikës mungojnë plane reale pedagogjike dhe trajtime të diferencuara didaktike, ku gabimet priren të theksohen sa më shumë. Qëllimi i këtij artikulli është të nxjerrë në pah motivet pedagogjike të gabimeve në procesin e përmirësimit të të nxënit në matematikë. Një projektim didaktik konkret që shfrytëzon fuqinë e gabimeve është veçanërisht i rëndësishëm për sa i përket arsyes pse gabimet duhet të studiohen dhe çfarë stimulohet konkretisht nga përdorimi i tyre i saktë. Interpretimi i gabimeve në nivel metakonjitiv dhe jokonjitiv është i rëndësishëm ku veçohen parametrat kryesor, të cilët janë, vetëpranimi, vetëkontrolli dhe vetëkorrigjimi, duke përdorur qasje kritike dhe krijuese. Ky artikull ofron një kornizë solide teorike për rëndësinë e analizës së hollësishme të gabimeve, interpretimi i saktë i tyre kërkon një shumëllojshmëri trajtimesh pedagogjike dhe didaktike që nxisin ndërtimin e të nxënit. Nga ky studim do të përfitojnë mësuesit e matematikës dhe institucionet arsimore të të gjitha niveleve.

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ISSN: 2305-882X

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ISSN: 0010-700X

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DOI: 3.0.CO;2-0 target='_blank'>10.1002/1520-6807(196701)4:1<48::AID-PITS2310040112>3.0.CO;2-0

ISSN: 0033-3085, 1520-6807

Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this action research project was to observe the impacts of a revised handwriting curriculum on motivation for handwriting and independent letter formation in a Montessori 3-6 classroom. Participants in the four-week study included eight students aged 3.6 to 5.9 in a private Montessori school located in a small New England college town. The revised curriculum utilized Orton-Gillingham sequencing, plus new handwriting materials and opportunities. Data sources included a daily tally sheet to track handwriting work, daily writing samples, student interviews, and lesson plan/reflection sheets. Data showed that the average daily participation rate for all optional handwriting work was 80% and that age impacted work choice. Handwriting samples showed improvement in independent letter formation. Further research could study the impact of the new letter presentation sequence on the areas of reading and spelling; and explore the use of cursive handwriting materials with this age group.

Language: English

Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2020

Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to explore how mindfulness practices help increase motivation in high school students in a foreign language classroom. This study was conducted at a small school in an urban area in Texas. Nineteen students between the ninth and tenth grades were the participants in this research. The data collection included a pre and post motivational questionnaire that helped identify how motivated the students felt in the classroom. Data was collected on each participant through weekly self-assessments. The results of this action research showed that the implementation of mindfulness practices helped to increase the motivation of the students in the high school Spanish class. The action research project was conducted at the beginning of the second semester of the school year with a duration of four weeks.

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Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2020

Abstract/Notes: Lecture delivered November 15, 1973, at the Day Care Training Seminar of Community Coordinated Child Care at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Language: English

ISSN: 0519-0959

Abstract/Notes: Montessori's theories, developed more than 100 years ago, certainly resonate with current psychological research on improving education. Autonomy, interest, competence, and relatedness form the foundation for three contemporary efforts to organize the vast literature on motivation into a parsimonious theory. These four elements also comprise fundamental aspects of Montessori elementary educational practice. By integrating modern motivation theory development with well-established Montessori practice, one could argue that Maria Montessori was a woman before her time. She was passionate in the early 1900s about the importance of students becoming actively engaged in their own learning. Montessori schools around the world today live that vision through practices that are beginning to be recognized as crucial to the formation of internal motivation. (Contains 1 figure.)

Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040