Table 3.
Overview of codes and themes.
| Codes | Themes | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Motivation to be a teacher | (1) Degree program choice | Student’s motivation for his or her degree program choice |
| Approach when performing study activities | (2) Getting started with study activities | Student’s approach for getting started with study activities |
| Positive feeling(s) when working on or completing study activities | (3) Engagement in study activities | How the student is engaged in study activities |
| Being in the flow: absorbed in the study activity | ||
| Motivation enhancing the study experience or study activity | ||
| Postponement behavior | (4) Ways of reacting to failure | How the student reacts to failure or difficult moments during study activities |
| Distracting thoughts during study activities | ||
| Focus on what is finished or what still needs to be done | ||
| Need for fun and contact with friends or other people | ||
| Dealing with setbacks when the activity is not successful | ||
| Dealing with moments of lack of motivation/boring study tasks/not seeing the usefulness of the study activity | ||
| Dealing with distracting multimedia (Facebook/WhatsApp) | ||
| Sense of conscience/discipline/responsibility | ||
| Attitude of life | ||
| Belief in oneself or in one’s ability to succeed | (5) View of oneself | The way the student sees himself or herself |
| Attitude of acceptance | (6) Study results | Expectations for and evaluations of study results |
| Expectation about exam results/results of assignments/feelings of anxiety about exams | ||