Student Engagement in the Caribbean Region: Exploring Its Role in the Motivation and Achievement of Jamaican Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Tamica G.; Martin, Andrew J.; Evans, Paul
Titel	Student Engagement in the Caribbean Region: Exploring Its Role in the Motivation and Achievement of Jamaican Middle School Students
Quelle	In: School Psychology International, 38 (2017) 2, S.184-200 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0343
DOI	10.1177/0143034316683765
Schlagwörter	Learner Engagement; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Middle School Students; Student Surveys; Structural Equation Models; Expectation; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Elementary School Students; High School Students; Likert Scales; Factor Analysis; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerbefragung; Expectancy; Erwartung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Likert-Skala; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	Using an expectancy-value framework, the present investigation is the first to explore the generality of this theorizing and research in the emerging regional context of the Caribbean. Given high underachievement in the Caribbean region, we addressed the need to better understand the role of engagement in students' academic motivation and achievement. A total of 585 year 6 to 9 students from five Jamaican schools responded to a survey assessing their motivation milieu (academic expectations and values held by their parents, teachers, and peers), their self-motivation (expectancies and values), behavioral engagement (class participation, homework completion, school absenteeism), and their academic achievement (in mathematics, language arts, and science). Structural equation modeling showed that (a) students' own motivation was influenced by their motivation milieu, and (b) students' behavioral engagement significantly mediated the relationship between their motivation and their academic achievement. Findings confirm the generality of behavioral engagement effects among students in the developing Caribbean region and represent a novel contribution to the study of developing and emerging educational contexts more broadly. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01