Sueli Édi Rufini Guimarães

Psicologia educacional nos cursos de licenciatura: a motivação dos estudantes

This study investigated the motivational orientations and involvement in Educational Psychology courses of 246 undergraduate majoring in teaching students at Londrina State University (Brazil). Measures of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (WPI) and scales for assessment of reported effort, as well as a questionaire regarding demographic and self-perception of achievement data were administred to all the participants. Analyses of Variance and correlational studies revealed significant differences between the measures employed and the demographic variables invetigated. Findings are discussed in terms of their contribuition not only for a deeper understanding of the students motivational patterns, but also for the improvement of Educational Psycology courses for undergraduates teaching students.

Crenças de eficácia de professores e motivação de adolescentes para aprender física

Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo medir las creencias de eficacia de profesores de fisica de la ensenanza secundaria, asi como tambien la motivacion de sus alumnos para aprender fisica. Para los 20 profesores que formaron la muestra fue utilizado un cuestionario con 20 items en escala Likert que evaluaron dos aspectos de las creencias: sentido de eficacia personal y sentido de eficacia de la ensenanza. Fueron aplicados cuestionarios tambien con 20 items, en escala Likert, a 200 alumnos de los tres grados de la ensenanza secundaria, que evaluaban su motivacion para aprender fisica y estrategias personales de estudio de esa disciplina. Las escuelas eran de tres regiones geograficas distintas. Entre los profesores, las puntuaciones promedio en las creencias de eficacia personal fueron significativamente mas altas que los promedios de las creencias de eficacia de ensenanza. Ademas de eso, las creencias de eficacia personal de los profesores se relacionan positivamente con la motivacion de los alumnos. Entre los alumnos, los promedios de puntuaciones variaron significativamente en funcion de la sala a la cual pertenecen, dentro del mismo grado. Tambien fue significativa y positiva la relacion entre la motivacion de los alumnos y el uso de estrategias personales de estudio. No hubo diferencias significativas en esas puntuaciones, ni en funcion de los grados ni en funcion de la localizacion geografica de la escuela. De los resultados fueron extraidas tres indicaciones de estrategias de motivacion en la ensenanza de fisica, asi como tambien sugerencias de nuevas investigaciones que amplien los conocimientos en el area

A construção de uma escala de estratégias de aprendizagem para alunos do ensino fundamental

Although learning strategies are important tools for schooling process, there is a lack of national instruments to evaluate their knowledge by brazilian students. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to describe the steps necessary for the construction of a scale to evaluate the learning strategies for basic education students and to present the preliminary study of its psychometric properties. It is also discussed the utility of this instrument for diagnosis, intervention and prevention in school and educational psychology.

A motivação de adolescentes em relação com a perspectiva de tempo futuro

The aim of the present study was to verify if adolescents (N=206) perceive their current academic tasks as means to accomplish their professional goals in the future. Data were collected through a Likert scale questionnaire. Initially, two groups were identified, those with a defined future professional goal and those that have not yet decided. Both groups were compared regarding motivation, study strategies (time management) and perception of present schooling as instrumental to attaining their future goals. Results showed some significant differences between groups. Among those with a defined future goal, their perspectives on the future were more associated to motivation, the use of strategies and perception of instrumentality. Regression analysis showed some important predictive values. Results were discussed in the light of modern motivational theories, with implications leading to the work of teachers in relation to the motivation of adolescents.

Crenças de eficácia de professores: validação da escala de Woolfolk e Hoy

Teachers’ efficacy beliefs relate to the judgement of their capabilities to bring about desired outcomes in classroom. Research evidence has consistently shown that teachers’ efficacy relate to students’ achievement, motivation, and efficacy beliefs. Moreover, it influences teachers’ level of aspiration, effort in teaching, and behavior in classroom regarding tasks planning and organization. Among several instruments created to measure teachers’ efficacy beliefs Woolfolk & Hoy’s scale contained 20 Lykerttype items that assess two distinct variables: personal efficacy and teaching efficacy. Present study aimed to assess psychometric proprieties of that scale’s translation into portuguese and applied in a large Brazilian sample. Exploratory two-factor analysis, betweenscales correlation and internal consistency indexes indicate instrument’s validity and reliability. Nevertheless, meaning of these results and implications for future research were discussed, and new paths for advanced studies on efficacy assessment were proposed.

Orientações motivacionais de alunos do curso de biblioteconomia

Motivation is an important research problem because it has direct implications on the quality of student engagement with learning. In this study, we analyzed the motivational orientations of students of librarianship, a public university in the north of Parana, from the identification of the type of motivation, learning strategies used, the perception of academic performance and Time Perspective future. Study participants were 143 students in four grades of course. The survey data were collected through a self-report questionnaire containing 80 likert-type questions, compiled and analyzed in accordance with the self-determination theory and the future time perspective theory. The results indicated a trend towards more autonomous types of motivation, setting goals to be achieved in the future and the perception of the academic activities of this as instrumental to achieving these future goals.Motivation is an important research problem because it has direct implications on the quality of student engagement with learning. In this study, we analyzed the motivational orientations of students of librarianship, a public university in the north of Paraná, from the identification of the type of motivation, learning strategies used, the perception of academic performance and Time Perspective future. Study participants were 143 students in four grades of course. The survey data were collected through a self-report questionnaire containing 80 likert-type questions, compiled and analyzed in accordance with the self-determination theory and the future time perspective theory. The results indicated a trend towards more autonomous types of motivation, setting goals to be achieved in the future and the perception of the academic activities of this as instrumental to achieving these future goals. Key-words: Motivation, learning, academic achievement. Orientaciones de motivación de alumnos de la facultad de biblioteconomía

Orientaciones de motivación de alumnos de la facultad de biblioteconomía

Motivation is an important research problem because it has direct implications on the quality of student engagement with learning. In this study, we analyzed the motivational orientations of students of librarianship, a public university in the north of Parana, from the identification of the type of motivation, learning strategies used, the perception of academic performance and Time Perspective future. Study participants were 143 students in four grades of course. The survey data were collected through a self-report questionnaire containing 80 likert-type questions, compiled and analyzed in accordance with the self-determination theory and the future time perspective theory. The results indicated a trend towards more autonomous types of motivation, setting goals to be achieved in the future and the perception of the academic activities of this as instrumental to achieving these future goals.Motivation is an important research problem because it has direct implications on the quality of student engagement with learning. In this study, we analyzed the motivational orientations of students of librarianship, a public university in the north of Paraná, from the identification of the type of motivation, learning strategies used, the perception of academic performance and Time Perspective future. Study participants were 143 students in four grades of course. The survey data were collected through a self-report questionnaire containing 80 likert-type questions, compiled and analyzed in accordance with the self-determination theory and the future time perspective theory. The results indicated a trend towards more autonomous types of motivation, setting goals to be achieved in the future and the perception of the academic activities of this as instrumental to achieving these future goals. Key-words: Motivation, learning, academic achievement. Orientaciones de motivación de alumnos de la facultad de biblioteconomía

Motivational orientations of library course students

Motivation is an important research problem because it has direct implications on the quality of student engagement with learning. In this study, we analyzed the motivational orientations of students of librarianship, a public university in the north of Parana, from the identification of the type of motivation, learning strategies used, the perception of academic performance and Time Perspective future. Study participants were 143 students in four grades of course. The survey data were collected through a self-report questionnaire containing 80 likert-type questions, compiled and analyzed in accordance with the self-determination theory and the future time perspective theory. The results indicated a trend towards more autonomous types of motivation, setting goals to be achieved in the future and the perception of the academic activities of this as instrumental to achieving these future goals.Motivation is an important research problem because it has direct implications on the quality of student engagement with learning. In this study, we analyzed the motivational orientations of students of librarianship, a public university in the north of Paraná, from the identification of the type of motivation, learning strategies used, the perception of academic performance and Time Perspective future. Study participants were 143 students in four grades of course. The survey data were collected through a self-report questionnaire containing 80 likert-type questions, compiled and analyzed in accordance with the self-determination theory and the future time perspective theory. The results indicated a trend towards more autonomous types of motivation, setting goals to be achieved in the future and the perception of the academic activities of this as instrumental to achieving these future goals. Key-words: Motivation, learning, academic achievement. Orientaciones de motivación de alumnos de la facultad de biblioteconomía