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Motivational Profiles across Domains and Academic Choices within Eccles et al.'s Situated Expectancy-Value Theoretical Framework
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Lazarides, Rebecca; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Rubach, Charlott; Oppermann, Elisa; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This longitudinal person-centered study aimed to identify profiles of subjective task values and ability self-concepts of adolescents in the domain of mathematics, English, biology, and physics in Grades 10 and 12. We were interested in gendered changes of profile membership, and in relations between profile membership and educational and…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Motivation, High School Students, Grade 10
Trajectories of Change in Students' Self-Concepts of Ability and Values in Math and College Major Choice
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Musu-Gillette, Lauren E.; Wigfield, Allan; Harring, Jeffrey R.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
This study extends previous research on the long-term connections between motivation constructs in expectancy-value theory and achievement outcomes. Using growth mixture modelling, we examined trajectories of change for 421 students from 4th grade through college in their self-concept of ability (SCA) in math, interest in math, and perceived…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Students, Academic Ability, Mathematics Skills