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Teng Chen; Wan Ding; Qingfeng Yang; Yanling Chen; Weijian Li; Ruibo Xie – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
Prior studies showed that general basic psychological need satisfaction or social support affected academic engagement. However, it remains unknown how the mutual reinforcement between the perception of internal needs and external support influences adolescents' academic engagement, as well as whether academic engagement can shape psychological…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Need Gratification, High School Students, Learner Engagement
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Thomas K.F. Chiu – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Students' strongly positive STEM interest and identity predict their future study and career choices in a STEM field. STEM education studies addressing multiple disciplines together are insufficient, as they have produced mixed findings and inadequate direction for advancing integrated STEM education. Self-determination theory (SDT) provides an…
Descriptors: Self Determination, STEM Education, Science Interests, Student Interests
Patrick L. Halberg – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teenagers are often disengaged in high school. Self-determination theory suggests that support for competence, autonomy, and relatedness may facilitate engagement. Co-creation encourages students to take responsibility for their affective engagement and work with teachers to create a context that supports their basic needs. Youth Participatory…
Descriptors: Youth, Participatory Research, Cooperative Learning, High School Students
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Mastagli, Maxime; Van Hoye, Aurélie; Hainaut, Jean-Philippe; Bolmont, Benoît – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: The present study investigated the relationship between an empowering motivational climate and pupils' concentration and distraction in physical education, mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction and by positive and negative affect. Method: The participants were 425 French pupils (M[subscript age] = 15.36, SD[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Student Motivation, Educational Environment, Attention Control
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Chiu, Thomas K. F.; Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Ismailov, Murod – Educational Psychology, 2022
Digital literacy, a prerequisite for online learning, is fostered by active engagement with technology, a concept that is explained by self-determination theory (SDT). This two-study project took the unique opportunity afforded by COVID-19 to explore the effect of technology learning support for SDT-needs satisfaction on digital literacy and the…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Self Determination, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
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Eryilmaz, Ali; Basal, Ahmet; Bal Gezegin, Betül – Online Submission, 2021
Teachers have a critical role in the fulfillment of educational objectives. One of the fundamental factors affecting teachers while doing their demanding job is their subjective well-being state. This study investigates the subjective well-being of high-school teachers in terms of work engagement and work-related need satisfaction. The mediator…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Well Being, Teacher Motivation, Job Satisfaction