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ERIC Number: EJ1368881
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1863-9690
EISSN: EISSN-1863-9704
Boys' Motivation Profiles in Mathematics: Relations with Contextual Factors, Wellbeing and Engagement in a Boys-Only School
Beswick, Kim; Watt, Helen M. G.; Granziera, Helena; Geiger, Vince; Fraser, Sharon
ZDM: Mathematics Education, v55 n2 p315-329 Mar 2023
This study examined the extent to which boys fell into clusters comprised of different levels of motivations and costs. In turn, the antecedents of these clusters and associations with engagement and wellbeing outcomes were considered. Based on survey responses from 168 students across Years 5, 7 and 9 from an all-boys' school in Sydney, Australia, three clusters were identified: "Positively Engaged," "Disengaged," and "Struggling Ambitious." Performance-approach and avoidance achievement goals, mastery classroom goal structure, perceived peer valuing of mathematics and teacher enthusiasm differentially predicted profile membership. Clusters were also found to differ in terms of both wellbeing and engagement, such that students within maladaptive profiles evidenced the most negative outcomes. The study reaffirms prior work, holds implications for addressing student motivation in mathematics, and adds to understanding of the interplay of individual and classroom goal structures in relation to students' mathematics expectancies, values and resultant outcomes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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