TY - JOUR
T1 - Mathematics motivation in students with low cognitive ability : a longitudinal study of motivation and relations with effort, self-regulation, and grades
AU - Tracey, Danielle
AU - Morin, Alexandre J. S.
AU - Pekrun, Reinhard
AU - Arens, A. Katrin
AU - Murayama, Kou
AU - Lichtenfeld, Stephanie
AU - Frenzel, Anne C.
AU - Goetz, Thomas
AU - Maiano, Christophe
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Expectancy-value theory (EVT) is a popular framework to understand and improve students' motivation. Unfortunately, limited research has verified whether EVT predictions generalize to students with low levels of cognitive ability. This study relies on Grade 5 and 8 data from 177 students with low levels of cognitive ability and a matched sample of 177 students with average to high cognitive ability from the German “Project for the Analysis of Learning and Achievement in Mathematics.” Results showed that students with low levels of cognitive ability were able to differentiate EVT components. Both groups demonstrated a similar downward developmental trend in motivation from early to middle adolescence, and similar relations between EVT components and levels of efforts, self-regulation, and mathematics class grades.
AB - Expectancy-value theory (EVT) is a popular framework to understand and improve students' motivation. Unfortunately, limited research has verified whether EVT predictions generalize to students with low levels of cognitive ability. This study relies on Grade 5 and 8 data from 177 students with low levels of cognitive ability and a matched sample of 177 students with average to high cognitive ability from the German “Project for the Analysis of Learning and Achievement in Mathematics.” Results showed that students with low levels of cognitive ability were able to differentiate EVT components. Both groups demonstrated a similar downward developmental trend in motivation from early to middle adolescence, and similar relations between EVT components and levels of efforts, self-regulation, and mathematics class grades.
KW - Germany
KW - children with mental disabilities
KW - mathematics
KW - motivation in education
KW - study and teaching (secondary)
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:55560
U2 - 10.1352/1944-7558-125.2.125
DO - 10.1352/1944-7558-125.2.125
M3 - Article
SN - 1944-7515
VL - 125
SP - 125
EP - 147
JO - American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
JF - American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
IS - 2
ER -
