Motivation and students’ use of learning strategies: Evidence of unidirectional effects in mathematics classrooms

Author: Berger, J.-L.; Karabenick, S.A.

Description: Considerable evidence indicates that student motivation and use of learning strategies are related. There is insufficient understanding, however, about their reciprocal effects—whether motivation affects strategy use, the converse, or whether the effects are bidirectional—and which components of motivation and strategies are involved. A two-wave longitudinal design was used to examine this issue among 9th grade students (N = 306) enrolled in high school mathematics classes during an academic term. A cross-lagged structural model found that students’ self-efficacy in mathematics and value predicted their reported use of learning strategies. There was no evidence, however, that learning strategy use predicted motivation and, thus, support for unidirectional effect of motivation during that time interval. Implications for models of self-regulated learning and instruction are discussed.

Subject headings: Learning strategies; Motivation; Cross-lagged correlation; Mathematics

Publication year: 2011

Journal or book title: Learning and Instruction

Volume: 21

Issue: 3

Pages: 416-428

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Type: Journal Article

Serial number: 1904