Motivation is a theoretical construct used to explain the initiation, direction, intensity, persistence, and quality of behavior, especially goal-directed behavior (Maehr & Meyer, 1997). In the classroom context, the concept of student motivation is used to explain the degree to which students invest attention and effort in various pursuits, which may or may not [...]

    The idea of individual learning styles began in the 1970’s with the publication of “Teaching Students through Their Individual Learning Styles” by Rita Stafford and Kenneth J. Dunn. In this seminal work Dunn and Dunn describe a learning style as that method of learning that allows an individual to learn best (Dunn and Dunn, 1978).The [...]