The aim of the study was to explore pre-service primary school teachers' motivational beliefs about mathematics in the light of the expectancy-value theory. We wanted to find out to what extent the ...motivational beliefs of pre-service teachers are related to their previous experiences in mathematics and to their engagement in learning mathematics and mathematics anxiety. The participants were 237 pre-service primary school teachers in their first year of study. They completed a mathematics exam and a questionnaire on their motivational beliefs (self-efficacy and subjective value), previous experiences in mathematics (level of high school math program, mathematics competencies, epistemic beliefs and achievement goals during high school), engagement and mathematics anxiety. The results of hierarchical regression analyses show that previous experiences with mathematics are important predictors of self-efficacy and subjective value. Furthermore, motivational beliefs are significant predictors of the pre-service teachers' engagement in learning mathematics and mathematics anxiety, along with their previous experiences with mathematics. The results are in line with the expectancy- -value theory and indicate that it is important to foster the development of adaptive beliefs about mathematics during the initial education of pre-service teachers.
Samoregulacija učenja aktivno je participiranje u procesu učenja te podrazumijeva kognitivne, metakognitivne i bihevioralne procese koji obuhvaćaju strategije učenja i suradničko učenje. U osnovi je ...samoregulacije motivacija, koja se u školskim uvjetima može specifičnije odrediti u terminima ispitne anksioznosti, samoefikasnosti i intrinzične te ekstrinzične vrijednosti. Cilj je ovog istraživanja bio provjeriti postoji li razlika izmeðu muških i ženskih sudionika te izmeðu učenika petih i sedmih razreda u intrinzičnoj i ekstrinzičnoj vrijednosti, samoefikasnosti, ispitnoj anksioznosti, strategijama učenja i suradničkom učenju. Sudionici su bili učenici petih i sedmih razreda (N = 172) iz dviju osnovnih škola u Hrvatskoj. Nisu pronaðene razlike izmeðu muških i ženskih sudionika u intrinzičnoj i ekstrinzičnoj vrijednosti, samoefikasnosti, strategijama učenja i suradničkom učenju. Meðutim, rezultati su pokazali statistički značajne razlike u svim navedenim varijablama izmeðu mlaðih i starijih učenika. Slabija motivacija i samoregulacijsko učenje kod starijih učenika potvrðuju dosadašnja istraživanja na ovom području. Rezultati se promatraju u okviru razvoja ličnosti i teorije samoodreðenosti koja opisuje akademsku motivaciju, a time i samoregulaciju učenja.
This article presents the toponymic corpus of the National park Paklenica, collected during the field work in the villages Starigrad-Paklenica and Seline. Each toponym is marked on the toponomastic ...map and presented in the Alphabetic index which enables a simple search for toponyms. In the introduction, a brief description of the dialects of the villages Starigrad-Paklenica and Seline is given. The main part of the article deals with the semantic systematisation of the toponyms. In this section, the toponyms are classified according to the semantic groups and different impulses which motivated the creation of a name are analysed.
The thematic focus of this article is the question of Biblical phraseology. It draws on the source connection between Biblical phrasemes and their prototext. The relationship between the phrasemes ...and their source material is approached in a specific way, through the prism of its reflection in a particular cultural and linguistic environment and as regards the knowledge of contemporary users of a particular language. In a sociolinguistic research project conducted in a Russian cultural and linguistic environment, the authors seek an answer to a question that also pertains to broader cultural knowledge-that is, to what extent contemporary users of Russian are aware of the interconnection between a selected group of phrasemes and Biblical texts.
In the process of foreign language learning, motivation, as one of the affective factors, plays a very important role. Motivation is constantly changing during the learning process. It is associated ...with dynamic changes and various internal and external influences students are exposed to. Hence, in this process there are frequent fluctuations in the level of motivation (Dörnyei and Skehan 2005). In its affective appearance, motivation significantly influences the manner and course of foreign language acquisition, determining its intensity, type, duration and effectiveness. This paper is a follow-up to the research on motivation to learn French and Italian conducted during the school year 2019/2020 at a vocational high school in Dubrovnik. The paper sets forth the results of a survey conducted on a sample of two groups of vocational high school students, one learning French (N=124) and the other learning Italian (N=146). An adapted questionnaire, originally designed by Mihaljević Djigunović (1998) to measure both the type and intensity of students’ motivation to learn a foreign language, was used as a measuring instrument. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The aim was to examine the relationship between motivation and the following factors: gender, length of study, grades, exposure to extracurricular activities as well as residence in French/Italian speaking countries. The research results showed a significant correlation between motivation and these variables in the group of French students, while in the case of Italian students the correlation of these variables was observed only on particular scales of motivation. Research studies addressing the issue of learning these two foreign languages in the Croatian context are scarce. Therefore, the obtained results contribute to the knowledge about the motivation to learn French and Italian as foreign languages and can be useful to SLA researchers and foreign language teachers.
Autori se bave motivacijom zaposlenih u tvrtkama za preradu drva i analizom razina pojedinih motivacijskih čimbenika prije početka ekonomske krize (2004) i nakon što je ona zahvatila Slovačku i ...postala ozbiljna. Cilj rada je definirati najvažnije čimbenike motivacije zaposlenika te utjecaj ekonomske krize na promjenu važnosti pojedinih motivacijskih utjecaja, pri čemu je naglasak na ekonomskim i socijalnim čimbenicima. Da bi se prikupili relevantni podaci primijenjena je metoda anketiranja odnosno upitnika, a za obradu i testiranje podataka poslužila je statistika. Pri korištenju T-testa izračunavana je značajna razina p za pojedine motivacijske čimbenike u razdoblju od 2004. do 2012. godine. Rezultat istraživanja jest definiranje značajne razlike srednje vrijednosti pojedinih motivacijskih čimbenika i usporedba njihovih vrijednosti prije i nakon nastanka ekonomske krize. Na temelju ovog istraživanje može se utvrditi da ekonomska kriza nema utjecaja na razinu motiviranosti zaposlenika u promatranim poduzećima.
The conducted research was induced by the lack of research into the motivation for choosing a maritime career in Croatia, which is a traditional maritime country. The main objective of the research ...was to examine the reasons for enrolling in secondary school programs and undergraduate studies related to two maritime orientations (nautical navigation and marine engineering) in Croatia. The survey involved 403 students from seven secondary schools and 264 students of undergraduate studies. The reasons for enrolling in maritime education are categorized into two groups; motivation related to choosing a maritime career and motivation unrelated to a maritime career. The analysis of the obtained data indicated that the choice of maritime education orientation was dominated by the motivation underlying the selection of the maritime profession (79 % in the secondary and 93 % in the higher education students' sample). The identified reasons (strong interest in the nature and dynamics of the maritime profession, employment opportunities, wage rates and tradition) were categorized according to the level of autonomous regulation in selection. The reasons for choosing a maritime course of education unrelated to the maritime profession are particularly prevalent in the sample of secondary school students.
Provedeno istraživanje imalo je za cilj identificirati čimbenike učinkovitosti e-učenja na usvajanje ishoda učenja u nastavi Prirode i Biologije u osnovnoj školi. Također su identificirane i razlike ...u dobi učenika kao jedan od faktora učinkovitosti e-učenja. U istraživanju su sudjelovala 162 učenika od 5. do 8. razreda. Učenici svakoga razreda, na temelju rezultata predtesta, bili su podijeljeni na kontrolnu i eksperimentalnu skupinu. Učenici eksperimentalne skupine nastavne sadržaje ispitivanih nastavnih cjelina usvajali su putem sustava e-učenja, a učenici kontrolne skupine imali su tradicionalnu nastavu u učionici s pomoću aktivnih metoda rada. Dvofaktorska 4x2 ANOVA koristila se s ciljem provjeravanja postavljenih hipoteza. Rezultati pokazuju kako se učenici 5. i 6. razreda diferenciraju od učenika 7. i 8. razreda kao uspješniji u eksperimentalnoj skupini. Dodatno, istraživanje potvrđuje da je e-učenje uspješno kao i tradicionalna nastava pa se zasigurno može koristiti u uvjetima kada učenici ne mogu biti na redovnoj nastavi u razredu. Rezultati istraživanja mogu biti poticaj učiteljima za jačanje vlastitih IKT kompetencija, implementaciju IKT-a u nastavni proces te osmišljavanje novih scenarija e-učenja u nastavi Prirode i Biologije.
The Ukrainian primary healthcare programme of preventive and screening recommendations has not been evidence-based. The traditional system of continuous medical education in Ukraine places ...participants in the role of passive listeners. This study explored the effects of an interactive training course on evidence-based prevention and screening of cardiovascular risks, on changes in Ukrainian family doctors' (FDs) and primary care nurses' (PCNs) knowledge and readiness to change practice over time.
Three hundred and seven FDs and PCNs participated in the study. Changes in participants' knowledge were assessed with 20 multiple choice questions, and their readiness to change practice with a five-item questionnaire. These were administered before, immediately after, three and twelve months after training.
The mean pre-course knowledge score was 6.1 (SD 1.8) out of 20, increasing to 14.9 (SD 2.3) immediately afterwards (p<0.001). Three months later it was 10.2 (SD 3.2) and at one year it was 10.4 (SD 3.3), both of which were significantly higher than the pre-training level (p<0.005). The percentage of participants that were highly motivated to change their practice increased from 18.4% before the training to 62.3% immediately afterwards (p<0.001). Three months later, this fell to 40.4%. At 12 months it further reduced to 27.4%, but was still significantly higher than the baseline level (p<0.001).
The interactive training was effective in increasing both participants' knowledge and their readiness to change their clinical practice. The impact of the training diminished over time, but was still evident a year later.
U ovom je istraživanju vraćen fokus na dvije osobine koje su prije pojave petofaktorskog modela ličnosti, uz inteligenciju, smatrane ključnim odrednicama radnih i karijernih postignuća, motiv za ...postignućem i motiv za moći. Provjereno je hoće li ovi motivi predviđati
tri važna radna ishoda: rad na rukovodećoj poziciji, plaću i intrinzičnu motivaciju za posao, povrh osobina petofaktorskog modela. Pri tome je rad na rukovodećoj poziciji operacionaliziran zauzimanjem posla na višim razinama organizacijske hijerarhije; plaća kao visina mjesečne neto plaće, a intrinzična motivacija za posao izmjerena je upitničkom mjerom. Istraživanje je provedeno na 160 zaposlenika različitih hrvatskih radnih organizacija, čiji su podaci prikupljeni internetskim anketnim upitnikom. Korelacijske i regresijske analize pokazale su da su motivi za postignućem i moći važna determinanta ovih radnih ishoda te ih objašnjavaju bolje od osobina petofaktorskog modela.
Pri tome je motiv za postignućem bio važnija determinanta intrinzične motivacije za posao, a motiv za moći rukovodeće pozicije i plaće. Ovi nalazi pokazuju kako aspekti ličnosti koji su uže povezani s radnim kontekstom, kao što su motiv za postignućem i motiv za moći, imaju dodatnu vrijednost te bi ih se trebalo uzeti u obzir zajedno sa širokim osobinama petofaktorskog modela u svrhu što boljeg predviđanja radnih ishoda.
In this study, the focus of the research was shifted back to the two individual difference characteristics that were, before the appearance of the five-factor model, considered as key determinants of work and career outcomes next to intelligence: the achievement motive and the power motive. It was examined whether the two motives will predict three important work outcomes: occupancy of a management position, salary and intrinsic work motivation, over and above the five-factor model traits. The occupancy of a management position was operationalized as working at higher levels of organizational hierarchy and salary was operationalized as the amount of monthly net salary. Intrinsic work motivation was measured with a self-report questionnaire. The study was conducted on 160 employees of various Croatian work organizations and data was collected through an online survey. The correlational and regression analyses showed that the achievement motive and the power motive were important determinants of the work outcomes, explaining them better than the five-factor model traits. The achievement motive showed to be more important for intrinsic work motivation, whereas the power motive was more important for management position and salary. These findings show that individual difference characteristics which are more closely related to the work context, such as the achievement motive and the power motive, have considerable incremental validity and should be considered alongside the broad dimensions of the five-factor model in order to improve the prediction of work outcomes
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