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Jiuliang Li – Language Education & Assessment, 2024
This study attempted to examine the patterns of motivational factors and their interplay involved in EFL learning through the lens of self-regulated learning. 285 grade-one senior high students from three Chinese middle schools completed a questionnaire which was designed to assess motivation (mastery goal, task value, and self-efficacy) and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Self Efficacy, Self Management, English (Second Language)
R. Elizabeth Capps; Mary Lee Shea; Steven W. Evans – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2023
Objective: Children with ADHD exhibit deficits in academic motivation compared to their peers. Yet conceptualizations of motivation according to prominent motivation theories connected to achievement have not been studied in college-bound youth with ADHD symptoms. Method: This study examined motivation according to these theories, differences in…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Students with Disabilities, Student Motivation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Kim, Jung-In; de Long, Shauna P. A.; Gorelik, Wendi; Penwell, Kristen; Donovan, Courtney; Chung, Hyewon – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
The current study examined the role of family orientations on the achievement motivations (i.e., achievement goal orientations and intrinsic motivation) of high school youths of different generational status (i.e., from immigrant or non-immigrant families) when their perception of their parents' goals and classroom goal structures were tested…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Goal Orientation, Achievement Need, Children
Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Educational Psychology, 2020
This 2-year prospective study aimed to examine the predictive role of students' achievement goals (mastery-approach and performance-avoidance) on socioemotional adjustment in high school by assessing the potential mediating contribution of academic motivations. A total of 407 high school students (46% boys) were surveyed each year in Secondary 2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment
Nayir, Funda – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: Student engagement and interest in class are important conditions for active learning. For this they must be highly motivated. In other words, students who have high motivation make an effort to be engaged in class. Thus, knowing students' motivation level is important for active engagement in class. The aim of the present study is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Incentives
Dulun, Öykü; Lane, Jennie F.; Ateskan, Armagan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2019
This study used comparative case study methodology to investigate student perceptions of different programmes that prepare them for a challenging high school education programme: the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). Given the benefits and challenges of the programme, educators and stakeholders want to ensure students feel…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, International Schools, High Schools
Wang, Cen; Shim, Sungok Serena; Wolters, Christopher A. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
The present study investigated the mediating role of motivational self-talk strategies (i.e., mastery self-talk, extrinsic self-talk, and efficacy enhancement self-talk) in the relationships between achievement goals and academic engagement (i.e., involvement, withdrawal in the face of difficulties, avoidance of challenges, and disruptive…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Grade 10, High School Students
Warburton, Victoria; Spray, Christopher – European Physical Education Review, 2014
We examined the utility of distinguishing between appearance- and competition-focused approach and avoidance performance goals to our understanding of motivation in physical education. Four achievement goals were tested composed of approach-avoidance and appearance-competition components. Three hundred and two pupils, aged 11-14 years, completed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competition, Performance, Physical Education
Brown-Wright, Lynda; Tyler, Kenneth M.; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle; Thomas, Deneia; Mulder, Shambra; Hughes, Travonia; Stevens-Morgan, Ruby; Roan-Belle, Clarissa; Gadson, Nadia; Smith, La Toya – Urban Education, 2013
The current study examined the association between home-school dissonance and academic cheating among 344 high school juniors and seniors at two urban high schools. Students completed two subscales of the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scale (PALS) and one subscale of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). Analyses revealed that home-school…
Descriptors: Cheating, Measures (Individuals), Comparative Analysis, Student Motivation
Diseth, Åge; Samdal, Oddrun – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2015
The present study was aimed at investigating the relationships between students' perceived classroom achievement goals, school engagement and substance use in terms of smoking and drinking, and at investigating gender differences regarding these issues in a sample of 1,239 Norwegian 10th grade students. A multivariate analysis showed that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement
Reeve, Johnmarshall; Lee, Woogul – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Changes in motivation anticipate changes in engagement, but the present study tested the reciprocal relation that changes in students' classroom engagement lead to corresponding longitudinal changes in their classroom motivation. Achievement scores and multiple measures of students' course-specific motivation (psychological need satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Correlation, Scores
Simon, Rebecca A.; Aulls, Mark W.; Dedic, Helena; Hubbard, Kyle; Hall, Nathan C. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
To address continually decreasing enrollment and rising attrition in post-secondary STEM degree (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs, particularly for women, the present study examines the utility of motivation and emotion variables to account for persistence and achievement in science in male and female students…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Emotional Response
Harootunian, Alen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this study, relationships were examined between students' perception of their cognition, behavior, environment, and motivation. The purpose of the research study was to explore the extent to which 9th and 10th grade students' perception of environment, cognition, and behavior can predict their motivation in Algebra and Geometry courses. A…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 9, Grade 10, Algebra
De Castella, Krista; Byrne, Don; Covington, Martin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
A classic distinction in the literature on achievement and motivation is between fear of failure and success orientations. From the perspective of self-worth theory, these motives are not bipolar constructs but dimensions that interact in ways that make some students particularly vulnerable to underachievement and disengagement from school. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Fear, High School Students, Foreign Countries
Ciani, Keith; Ferguson, Yuna; Bergin, David; Hilpert, Jonathan – Educational Psychology, 2010
Some argue that the goal of education is to influence out-of-school learning activity, yet little research exists on how teachers can help students develop an interest in a topic and continue to pursue that interest outside of school. The current study tested classroom context variables from self-determination theory (teachers' autonomy support)…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Teacher Role, Student Motivation
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