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Direct linkRuth Butler – Advances in Motivation and Achievement, 2019
In this chapter, I consider how and why gender continues to impact motivation, task engagement, self-regulation, and educational aspirations, choices, and outcomes among both boys and girls. How can motivation theory and research contribute to understanding gender differences in achievement at school, where girls now tend to do better than boys,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement, Self Control
Shepard, L. A.; Penuel, W. R.; Pellegrino, J. W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2018
To support equitable and ambitious teaching practices, classroom assessment design must be grounded in a research-based theory of learning. Compared to other theories, sociocultural theory offers a more powerful, integrative account of how motivational aspects of learning--such as self-regulation, self-efficacy, sense of belonging, and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Grading, Learning Theories
Shih, Shu-Shen – Elementary School Journal, 2008
In this study I examined how Taiwanese junior high school students' perceptions of autonomy support were related to their motivational characteristics, and the ability of these constructs to explain students' academic engagement. A total of 343 eighth-grade students completed a self-report survey assessing their perceptions of autonomy support…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Grade 8
Download full textGarcia-Sanchez, Jesus-Nicasio; Fidalgo-Redondo, Raquel – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
We examined the differential effects of the social cognitive model of sequential skill acquisition (SCM intervention) and the self-regulated strategy development model (SRSD intervention) for writing. One hundred and twenty-one 5th- and 6th-grade Spanish students with learning disabilities (LD) and/or low achievement (LA) were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement
Spera, Christopher; Wentzel, Kathryn R. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2003
This study examined student-teacher goal congruence and its relation to social and academic motivation. Based on a sample of 97 ninth-graders, high levels of goal congruence for each of the four goals measured (prosocial, responsibility, learning, performance) was positively related to student interest in class and perceived social support from…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Student Motivation, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation
