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Jizhi Zhang; Mengyi Li – American Institutes for Research, 2023
Students' academic motivation has been highlighted as one of the most significant and malleable factors that influence their academic behaviors, college major and career choices, and academic performance. The AIR National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) research team has conducted four studies focused on the role of motivation, relating…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, National Competency Tests, Majors (Students), STEM Education
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Quirk, Matthew; Swami, Sruthi; Loera, Gustavo; Garcia, Sergio – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
Reading motivation may help explain some discrepancies in higher education attainment among Latinx adolescents. Using a person-centered approach to understand underlying reading motivation profiles among N = 254 Latinx adolescents, results identified four ordered classes of reading motivation including, (a) a "High" class characterized…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Adolescents, Reading Motivation, Academic Aspiration