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Motivation And Perceptions Of Learner-Centered Practices At A Military Service Academy, Joel Leonard Witzel
Motivation And Perceptions Of Learner-Centered Practices At A Military Service Academy, Joel Leonard Witzel
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Considering today's expeditionary warfare, it is essential the United States military service academies produce cadets and midshipmen who are intrinsically academically motivated, intellectually curious, and ready to meet the diversity of "publics and parliaments" they may influence during worldwide deployments (Scheffer, 2007). Research shows teachers' learner-centered practices that focus on students' needs positively influence college students' academic motivation. The purpose of this study was to measure cadets' levels of academic motivation and perceptions of learner-centered practices at the United States Air Force Academy.
This was a quantitative correlational study examining the relationship between cadets' perceptions of five learner-centered domains of …