Motivational Tool Research Articles

Repertoire as Motivational Tool for Adult Piano Students

Repertoire as Motivational Tool for Adult Piano Students

Reducing the carbon footprint of buildings to improve sustainable development mechanisms of the construction complex

The construction industry’s impact on the environment is overwhelming. Construction and industrial activities account for about 40 % of the global energy consumption that translates into about one third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The rapid growth of property development and attention to global climate change make the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions a promising area of research. The importance of the carbon impact assessment throughout the life cycle of buildings implies the improvement of emission reduction methods associated with the production and transportation of building materials, selection of optimal design solutions. Evaluation becomes key to the economic modeling of green low-carbon construction. The article addresses the current methods of the eco-economic assessment of the carbon impact of residential buildings at early stages of construction projects. Key construction resources, critically affecting the eco-performance of buildings, are identified. The comparative analysis of functionally equivalent design solutions for mid-rise residential apartment buildings, designed and constructed in the Belgorod region, is carried out. The study shows that the introduction of low-carbon principles into the design of residential buildings should and can be supported by the improved eco-economic evaluation of the construction project efficiency. This allows to capitalize the carbon impact of residential buildings and stimulate the use of effective green low-carbon motivation tools in the building market.

Проектно-исследовательское обучение как технология развития методологической культуры магистрантов

In accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education ++, the graduates of the master’s programme on “Teacher education” must be ready to solve research problems in their professional field. This implies that the students develop an appropriate methodological culture through their involvement in independent project and research activities. However, the analysis of the current state of practice in training master students in the field of education demonstrates that it is still dominated by teaching technologies that focus on performing and reproduction activities of students, contributing to developing the habit of receiving ready-to-use knowledge. As a result, the contradiction between the objective need for the formation of a methodological culture among students on the one hand, and inadequate development in many students in the field of “Teacher education”, on the other, is aggravated. The research aim was to show and substantiate the didactic conditions for project- and researchbased learning as a technology aimed at the efficient development of master students’ methodological culture. Research methods were theoretical (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization and etc.), empirical (educational experiment, testing in order to assess the level of research competence formation), and mathematical methods of data processing. Results: The process of master students' methodological culture development is based on a search for information and implementation of didactic activities and conditions that serve as a motivation tool for students to be a part of research activities. The course on “Methodology and methods of educational research” becomes a platform for methodological culture development among master students on the “Teacher education” programme. The efficiency of students’ methodological culture development is increased if: (a) the structure and content of their methodological culture are designed on the basis of convergence of conventional and research-based approaches and (b) the project-and research-based teaching technology is implemented through a short-term (limited by the course duration) projects and a number of variable components (a combination of individual and team forms of independent activities),“inverted” or “blended” learning techniques; interdisciplinary, problematic and interactive training; reflection at the end of each class; exams in the form of a project defense, etc.). Impact: The results will be useful for development of educational and methodological support for research-oriented teaching in the process of theoretical and practical training of future bachelors, masters, graduate students, as well as in the system of additional and vocational education.

The role of motivation in improving performance from an Islamic perspective: دور التحفيز في تحسين الأداء من منظور إسلامي

We concluded from this study that motivation is an important and essential part of the organizational process of the institution and that its importance lies in representing a strategy to achieve the goals of the individual and the organization together, as incentives are a development tool for the individual working in the organization. It also became necessary as it has a reflection on the quality of work and thus the abundance of production, so incentives pushed employees and workers to high levels of performance in the areas in which the stimulation methods were developed, whether material or intangible, while the pace remained terribly slow, as is the case in regions. A vast expanse of the Arab world where the wheel of production remained souls, Therefore, this study examines whether the Islamic approach to motivating workers and employees is able to be one of the most important approaches to motivating workers, and this is what the study sought, which shed light on that Islamic Sharia, as it came with tolerant teachings through which it was possible to create motives and motivate workers to work and produce other than These methods can be accessed by searching for them in the legislative texts and their interpretations, such as the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and after studying the biography of the Prophet (may God be pleased with them) and the history of Islam. Hence, it is possible to identify the problem that the study adopted, which is the absence of a basic reference to determine the motivation, especially in the crowd of many references that are subject to political, social or economic considerations and may be inherited sometimes. It is the one who determines the methods and methods of stimulation. The criterion by which methods and tools of motivation are measured on the basis that the reference that is valid across times and places on the basis of taking into account the development of tools and the change of shapes and models, the study has reached results to this goal, and that it can be learned from the teachings of Sharia administrative materials in Field of stimulation.

TERMOBINGO: desenvolvimento e aplicação de jogo educativo como recurso facilitador na aprendizagem de entalpia de ligação

<p>The ludic is resource that has always helped educators in the development of the learners’ cognitive abilities. In the Chemistry Education, several papers were reported about the relevance of the ludic in the teaching and learning processes. This paper reported a class experience in the application of an educational game called “TERMOBINGO” (game that helps students to learn how to determine the reaction’s enthalpy by the bond enthalpies’), in a class of the 3rd year of High School. We noted that ludic activities act as motivation tool for teaching and learning processes in classroom and they also act as alternative method to decrease teaching and learning problems. In addition, the students realized how important was the knowledge about chemistry concepts in order to participate effectively in the ludic activity. Thus, through this work we understand the importance of the games’ use in the educational process, as an instrument that facilitates integration, sociability, stimulate the playful, and mainly learning.</p>

Computational thinking using ICT in Chemical education: a research record in Amazonas/Brazil Region

The research records of the last decade bring a systemic look, which involves historicity and triggers strategies with perspectives to solve problems and dilemmas that involve the educational context. The article addresses the difficulties that teachers have in integrating ICT as a motivating tool for the problem of the lack of interest of students in chemistry classes. The observation was made with chemistry teachers from thirteen public schools in the city of Manaus in the Midwest Zone, the State Department of Education of Amazonas - SEDUC. The results obtained through the questionnaires applied were tabulated and analyzed using the Likert scale, demonstrating how insufficient this integration is. The implications of this research address the difficulties that need to be overcome in relation to the computational thinking of chemistry teachers, bringing perspectives on the need for continuing education courses for professionals involved with this science.

Exploring ESL Teachers’ Insights on Corrective Oral Feedback in a Malaysian Secondary Education Context

Feedback is one of the most significant elements in the process of teaching and learning. It serves as a tool to enhance students’ second language proficiency. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate how oral feedback is viewed and how it has been maneuvered to assist second language learner’s linguistic competence from the viewpoint of English teachers. Teachers’ perception of feedback is very important because it will determine the amount of feedback used in the process of teaching and learning. This is a qualitative study employing case study research design. It was conducted to 10 English language teachers from secondary schools in Malaysia The instrument used in this study was a semi-structured interview. Data collected from the interview were analyzed using thematic analysis. Several themes have been found during data analysis such as feedback as tool for motivation, oral feedback and learning from mistakes, students’ acceptance of teachers’ oral feedback and feedback as a medium to develop language proficiency. The result indicated that English teachers in Malaysia generally showed positive perception of oral feedback. Furthermore, teachers also reported to have noticed improvement in students’ language competence by listening to teachers’ feedback. Therefore, appropriate measure should be taken to ensure that teachers can provide effective oral feedback during teaching and learning.

Fitness Assessment Feedback May Lower Intrinsic Motivation for Physical Activity among College Students

Fitness assessments are commonly used as a motivational tool in exercise classes and fitness training. However, there is little research on their actual effect. This study explored how the feedback from a fitness assessment may affect intrinsic motivation for physical activity in college students. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design where 430 college students were assigned to either an intervention or one of two control groups. The fitness assessment was only distributed to the subjects in the intervention group. Students were surveyed at four-time points to examine subjects’ competence, autonomy and intrinsic motivation. A repeated measures general linear model measured differences between those who did and did not receive the fitness assessment. Intrinsic motivation (F(6,848)=2.33 p=.031) and competence (F(6, 848)=3.81, p=.001) diminished significantly in the group receiving fitness assessment feedback as compared to either control group. Additionally, for those in the intervention group that perceived their feedback as negative there was a significant decrease in competence (F(1,155)=15.59, p<.001), intrinsic motivation (F(1, 155)=6.41, p=.012), and physical activity (F(1,155)=7.46, p=.007). Fitness assessment feedback may hinder intrinsic motivation toward physical activity at least among those dissatisfied with the feedback.

Selling the Ability to “Have It All”: How Direct Selling Organizations Exploit Intensive Mothering Ideologies

Abstract Drawing on 27 interviews with consultants in the direct selling industry, this article argues that consultants’ motivations to do stigmatized work with low financial rewards are tied to cultural pressures to adhere to intensive mothering ideologies. Some direct selling organizations in the United States are changing from a home party model—selling products out of homes—to a social commerce model—selling and recruiting using social media. Using a gendered organizations approach, these organizations portray themselves as feminine organizations, celebrating caregiving and allowing consultants—predominantly women—to reconcile work-family tensions through flexible work. Yet, this business model incentivizes a small number of financially successful consultants to train a much larger group to perform costly emotional labor for low pay. Consultants use the guilt tied to intensive mothering ideologies as a motivational tool in which they portray the cultural benefits of being a “good mother”—always available to and cultivating her children—as outweighing the emotional cost of doing stigmatized work that strains personal relationships. Rather than financially or emotionally supporting women, these organizations exploit women’s investments in finding individualized solutions to work-family conflict and reaffirm racialized, classed, and sexualized ideologies.

Modification of working conditions of teaching staff of higher education institutions: legal aspects

Introduction. Working conditions of the teaching staff of higher education institutions are not static, as they reflect the changes taking place in the outside world. The increase in the role of informatization, the acceleration of the information flow, the changing of the information field, the introduction of scientometric indicators, the recognition of the impact of stress in the workplace on the health of an employee – all this accompanies the work of the teaching staff. The analysis of these phenomena makes it possible to single out three large groups of working conditions for the teaching staff of higher education institution, which today are undergoing changes, to identify the prerequisites for their occurrence and to formulate their consequences for the entire educational process. The purpose of the study was to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the working conditions of higher education teachers, which are currently undergoing changes. Methods and methodology. The work used the methodology of a comprehensive study, including methods of document analysis, comparative analysis, secondary use of sociological, economic and medical data. The results of the study show that the digitalization of vocational education, including higher education, is carried out in different conditions than the digitalization of schools, which leads to the emergence of a new paradigm of interaction between higher education teachers and students. As a result of research, the absence of a centralized acquisition of skills in the use of digital technologies by teachers was confirmed: 45% of respondents carry out advanced training on their own, 41% – using online platforms, 31% – ask for help from colleagues in their educational institution, 30% – exchange experience with colleagues from others vocational institutions. In the absence of legislative regulation of the issue of mastering new digital competencies by the teaching staff of higher education institutions, the ways of solving this issue are proposed. The results of the research revealed that meeting the scientific productivity requirements for the teaching staff is one of the main sources of stress in the workplace (40% of respondents). It is concluded that in order to achieve quality indicators in the field of scientific activity, in order to prevent opportunistic behavior of the teaching staff, higher education institutions need to develop tools of internal motivation. The authors believe that an integrated approach to regulating the emotional burnout of teachers could also be applied in relation to minimizing the risks of professional burnout, that is, to adopt acts of legal regulation at the federal and local levels in order to prevent professional burnout.

Towards Resilient Critical Infrastructures – Motivating Users to Contribute to Smart Grid Resilience

AbstractSmart cities aim at improving efficiency while providing safety and security by merging conventional infrastructures with information and communication technology. One strategy for mitigating hazardous situations and improving the overall resilience of the system is to involve citizens. For instance, smart grids involveprosumers—capable of producing and consuming electricity—who can adjust their electricity profile dynamically (i. e., decrease or increase electricity consumption), or use their local production to supply electricity to the grid. This mitigates the impact of peak consumption periods on the grid and makes it easier for operators to control the grid. This involvement of prosumers is accompanied by numerous socio-technical challenges, including motivating citizens to contribute by adjusting their electricity consumption to the requirements of the energy grid. Towards this end, this work investigates motivational strategies and tools, including nudging, persuasive technologies, and incentives, that can be leveraged to increase the motivation of citizens. We discuss long-term and side effects and ethical and privacy considerations, before portraying bug bounty programs, gamification and apps as technologies and strategies to communicate the motivational strategies to citizens.

Dissecting The Monetization of Benefits Policy and Workers Productivity in Nigeria public Sector: 2004-2020

Monetization policy is one of the reforms agenda of former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration geared towards minimizing cost of governance as well as a motivation tool on the part of public servants. Monetization no doubt is an economic monetary reform programme, which allows its beneficiary more physical cash in the pocket in lieu of some benefits as condition of services. The main thrust of this study is to examine the nexus between monetization policy and workers productivity in Nigeria public-sector. The study adopted Two-Factor theory propounded by Fredrick Herzberg in the late 1950s and 1960s in explaining the linkage between monetization policy and workers productivity. The study made use of qualitative descriptive method of data analysis while relying on the secondary source of data collection such as internet sources, government documents, journals, conference papers, gazette, text books. The study made its findings and agrees that monetization policy implemented by Obasanjo's administration enhances workers productivity in Nigeria public sector. Finally, the study recommended some policy measures which if adhered to, will go a long way in ensuring smooth running of public services.

Управление трудовой мотивацией научного персонала

The specifics of research and academic profession presuppose special approaches to personnel management and motivation. The selection of adequate motivational tools is often done by trial and error. The paper attempts to substantiate short-term and long-term methods of motivating scientific personnel. The experiment featured the case of a Russian biotechnological company, whose personnel underwent S. Ritchie and P. Martin’s Motivational Profile Test. The dominant factors of job satisfaction included self-development opportunities, recognition, ambitious goals, creative tasks, etc. The authors developed some ways for the further development of methods for motivating research personnel.

CRM systems as a tool for staff motivation

CRM systems as a tool for staff motivation

Implementing Feminist Language Pedagogy: Development of Students’ Critical Consciousness and L2 Writing

Feminist pedagogy is a teaching practice, philosophy and process that seeks to confront and deconstruct oppressive power structures both within and outside of the classroom using a gendered lens. As Women’s Studies departments continue to grow in many universities, feminist pedagogy seems to be gaining popularity as an approach to engaging students in liberatory classroom practices. However, feminist language pedagogy (feminist pedagogy in the second language learning context) appears to have stagnated. This paper investigates the implementation of feminist language pedagogy in an EAP writing classroom for first-year students at a public university in the Southwest of the United States. Using action research, the teacher, who is the author of this paper, examined how feminist language pedagogy aids the development of her students’ critical consciousness and serves as a motivational tool for L2 writing development. The author finds that even in a short, sixteen-week semester, it is possible for students to foster critical consciousness without sacrificing linguistic development.

Gloss discourse as a gender tool of consumer motivation in the era of digital communications

The purpose of the article is to characterize the glossy magazine discourse (GMD) of the early 21st century as a powerful tool for influencing the recipient in a situation with prevailing digital communication and electronic advertising, as a special discursive process that acts as an explicit tool of globalization. The phenomenon of creating consumer motivation for predictable purchasing behavior, which is influenced by print and electronic glossy magazine discourse, is analyzed from the standpoint of the Linguistic and Rhetorical (L&R) Paradigm of the Sochi scientific school. The authors suggest an original synergetic methodology combining the methods of linguistics, new rhetoric, pedagogy, psychology and economic management emphasizing the novelty of this discourse in the context of its influence on the formation and transformation of the modern linguistic personality. It is concluded that this type of discourse, the latest in terms of chronology of the historical process, actualizes the polyethnic sociocultural & educational space of the early 21st century at a new level (on the example of Russia). It is proved that GMD stimulates transformations in line with the leading trend of the formation of a "planetary linguistic personality" with the value orientations of the "philosophy of glamour".

Leadership Styles and Labor Market Conditions

Why do some leaders use praise as a means to motivate workers, whereas other leaders use social punishment? This paper develops a simple economic model to examine how leadership styles depend on the prevailing labor market conditions for workers. We show that the existence of a binding wage floor for workers (e.g., due to trade union wage bargaining, minimum wage legislation, or limited-liability protection) can make it attractive for firms to hire a leader who makes use of social punishment. Although the use of social punishments generally is socially inefficient, it lessens the need for high bonus pay, which allows the firm to extract rents from the worker. In contrast, firms hire leaders who provide praise to workers only if it is socially efficient to do so. Credible use of leadership styles requires either repeated interaction or a leader with the right social preferences. In a single-period setting, only moderately altruistic leaders use praise as a motivation tool, whereas only moderately spiteful leaders use social punishment. Lastly, we show that when the leaders’ and workers’ reservation utilities give rise to a bigger income gap between leaders and workers, attracting spiteful leaders becomes relatively less costly and unfriendly leadership becomes more prevalent. This paper was accepted by Axel Ockenfels, behavioral economics and decision analysis.

Cognitive recovery in people with relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis: A randomized clinical trial on virtual reality-based neurorehabilitation

BackgroundMultiple sclerosis (MS) can adversely affect several domains of cognitive function, including attention, information processing, memory and learning, executive functions and visuospatial skills. In recent years, technological innovations have proven effective in improving motor and cognitive impairment in neurological patients, including those affected by MS. ObjectiveThe study aims to evaluate cognitive outcomes after rehabilitation training with the Virtual Reality rehabilitation system (VRRS) in patients suffering from MS. MethodsAll patients were randomized into either the control group (CG: 15 patients) receiving conventional cognitive rehab or the experimental group (EG) using virtual reality (VR) (15 patients). Both groups underwent the same amount of cognitive training, 3 times a week for 8 weeks. They were submitted to neuropsychological assessment before (T0) and after the rehabilitation treatment (T1). ResultsOur data showed that both conventional and VR cognitive rehabilitation approaches improved mood (p < 0.001) and visuospatial skills. However, only in the EG a significant improvement in specific cognitive domains (p < 0.001), including learning ability, short-term verbal memory, lexical access ability, as well as quality of life related to mental states, was found. ConclusionsThe present study demonstrated that VR can be a motivational and effective tool for cognitive recovery in MS patients.

International Investment Activity in the Context of the Foreign Relations of Ukraine with Countries of the European Union

The necessary regulation of international investment activity can be carried out using economic, administrative and legal methods, as well as tools of motivation and restraint was shown in the article. The domestic strategy in the field of foreign relations is not limited to creating favorable conditions for investment activity, but also includes an active role of the state government in shaping the system of long-term investment in the economy was researched. The benefits of public investment programs were considered. The main methods of risk assessment of international investment activity in the sphere of foreign relations of Ukraine were defined. Based on an analysis of the investment volume of projects of different directions over a five-year period, the tendency to increase investments was identified. The model for assessing the impact of EU foreign investment projects on the economy has been developed.

The effectiveness of using edublogs as an instructional and motivating tool in the context of higher education

The aim of this research is to study the impact of blogs on improving self-reported motivation and learning in a higher education context. A quasi-experimental study was carried out in a social science core unit of the Primary Education degree at the University of Murcia, Spain. The study involved two groups of student teachers, with a total of 101 participants, who created their own blogs as a framework for exchanging their views and sharing their ideas on a variety of contemporary issues related to social science teaching. Data were collected through pre- and post-tests to measure whether the expected changes had occurred as a result of using this digital information platform. The results indicate that the use of blogs helped students to develop their digital literacy, to enhance their social and civic skills, and increase their self-perceived motivation. It is therefore worth updating the current communication processes with regard to online learning with a view to promoting digital access to information and fostering a meaningful learning network through these web resources.