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Understanding Shifts in Students' Academic Motivation across a School Year: The Role of Teachers' Motivating Styles and Need-Based Experiences
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Cohen, Rinat; Katz, Idit; Aelterman, Nathalie; Vansteenkiste, Maarten – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Students' adaptive motivation to study tends to decrease over time. However, the reasons for this decline are not fully understood. Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), we investigated whether changes in teachers' motivating style and students' associated need-based experiences could explain the motivational decline documented in the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teaching Styles, Motivation Techniques, Educational Change
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction toward Learning: A Longitudinal Test of Mediation Using Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
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Garn, Alex C.; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Lonsdale, Chris – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Student motivation research seeks to uncover greater understanding of when, how, and why students succeed or fail in school settings. Self-determination theory has been at the forefront of helping educational stakeholders answer questions on student motivation. This study investigates the motivation mediation model proposed by self-determination…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Need Gratification, Student Motivation, Self Determination