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Instructional Characteristics in Mathematics Classrooms: Relationships to Achievement Goal Orientation and Student Engagement
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Lazarides, Rebecca; Rubach, Charlott – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2017
This longitudinal study examined relationships between student-perceived teaching for meaning, support for autonomy, and competence in mathematic classrooms (Time 1), and students' achievement goal orientations and engagement in mathematics 6 months later (Time 2). We tested whether student-perceived instructional characteristics at Time 1…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Goal Orientation, Learner Engagement
Exploring the Relationship between High School Students' Physics-Related Personal Epistemologies and Self-Regulated Learning in Turkey
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Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa; Yalvac, Bugrahan; Loving, Cathleen C.; Willson, Victor – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
This article reports on an empirical exploration of the relations and strengths among Turkish grades 9-11 students' (n = 209) personal epistemologies (justification of knowledge, certainty of knowledge, source of knowledge, development of knowledge), self-regulated learning (extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, rehearsal, elaboration,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Independent Study, Foreign Countries, Physics
Students' Perceptions of the Goal Structure in Mathematics Classrooms: Relations with Goal Orientations, Mathematics Anxiety, and Help-Seeking Behavior
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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M.; Tangen, Truls N. – International Education Studies, 2015
This study explores relations between students' perceptions of the classroom goal structures, their personal goal orientations, mathematics anxiety, and help-seeking behavior in mathematics classes. The respondents were 309 Norwegian middle school students. The data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling (SEM). The analyses…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Goal Orientation, Mathematics Anxiety
Influence of Psychosocial Classroom Environment on Students' Motivation and Self-Regulation in Science Learning: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
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Velayutham, Sunitadevi; Aldridge, Jill M. – Research in Science Education, 2013
The primary aim of this study was two-fold: 1) to identify salient psychosocial features of the classroom environment that influence students' motivation and self-regulation in science learning; and 2) to examine the effect of the motivational constructs of learning goal orientation, science task value and self-efficacy in science learning on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Structural Equation Models, Student Motivation
Gender Differences in Student Motivation and Self-Regulation in Science Learning: A Multi-Group Structural Equation Modeling Analysis
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Velayutham, Sunitadevi; Aldridge, Jill M.; Fraser, Barry – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of students' motivational beliefs (learning goal orientation, task value and self-efficacy) in science learning on students' self-regulation in the science classroom. The study also examines the moderating effect of gender on the proposed relationships. Data were collected from 719 boys…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Intervention, Foreign Countries
Primary and Secondary Students' Motivation in Learning English: Grade and Gender Differences
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Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Lau, Shun; Nie, Youyan – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
Student motivation may have significant influences on essential academic outcomes. However, students' motivation may decline as they grow older. This study examined six motivation constructs (self-efficacy, interest, mastery goal orientation, engagement, avoidance coping, and effort withdrawal) of students from 78 schools in Singapore (N = 4214)…
Descriptors: Females, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation