STUDENT MOTIVATIONS, LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND HUMAN-CAPITAL ACQUISITION - TOWARD AN INTEGRATED PARADIGM OF STUDENT-DEVELOPMENT

Researchers analyzed data from an initial. sample of 157 female and 11 9 male college students in an empirical test of a paradigm to identify a goodness of fit between students and educational environments. The findings point to the importance of students being motivated to engage in reciprocal relationships with their learning environments in order to enhance their human capital skills.