Exploring Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Aspects of Middle School Students' Aspirations for Their Mathematics Learning

Autor/inn/en	Wilkie, Karina J.; Sullivan, Peter
Titel	Exploring Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Aspects of Middle School Students' Aspirations for Their Mathematics Learning
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, 97 (2018) 3, S.235-254 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1954
DOI	10.1007/s10649-017-9795-y
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Mathematics Instruction; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Environmental Influences; Context Effect; Educational Environment; Learning Activities; Goal Orientation; Mastery Learning; Cooperative Learning; Difficulty Level; Student Interests; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lernaktivität; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Kooperatives Lernen; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Studieninteresse; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Middle school students have been pervasively described in the research literature as exhibiting disaffection, disengagement, and a lack of interest in mathematics classrooms. This study investigated this notion empirically using students' own voice on their wishes for mathematics learning to see if they characterise themselves in this way in their self-reports. Over 3500 Australian middle school students responded to a free-format prompt and reported diverse but overwhelmingly positive aspirations related to intrinsic motivational features inherent in their disposition and to extrinsic factors in their environment, such as the learning context and activities provided. Evidence of all four goal orientations was found in the students' responses but most noticeably for the productive mastery-approach orientation. When these students described what they wish for in their mathematics classrooms, they mentioned challenging work, interesting work, and opportunities to collaborate. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01