Collegiate athletes are required to excel both academically and athletically throughout their college careers. To maintain their eligibility, they face conflicting demands and pressures, such as ...

Are you finding it difficult to get started or sustain already devised study plans? Are you tempted to slip back to the fatal illusion of promising yourself that you will start studying tomorrow?

Why did you decide to go to college? Asking that question of new students in a more formal way might help colleges find ways to encourage more students to complete their programs, according to a new ...

Struggling to find motivation for work or study is a universal experience, but for many people there is little thought given to the reason behind a dip in enthusiasm. A Canterbury scientist is trying ...

The researchers discovered that when an action feels consistent with one’s identity, obstacles are seen as significant. In ...

University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these ...

This paper reports the results of a cross-age study dealing with high school students' motivational traits in science. Students' motivational traits in science were explored by a questionnaire whose ...