Student Motivational Dynamics

Autor/inn/en	McCaslin, Mary; Burross, Heidi Legg
Titel	Student Motivational Dynamics
Quelle	In: Teachers College Record, 110 (2008) 11, S.2452-2463 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-9620
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Student Motivation; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Educational Environment; Student Attitudes; Student Participation; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Interpersonal Relationship; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Schulische Motivation; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schülerverhalten; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung
Abstract	Background/Context: Student motivation typically has been studied as it relates to extrinsic (e.g., reinforcement) or intrinsic (e.g., personal choice) sources of influence, with scant attention to sociocultural context. This article builds on a previous article in this special issue that (1) addresses the role of opportunity in the motivation of students in Grades 3-5 who live in poverty and attend schools engaged in Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) and (2) presents the results of survey measures designed to capture student understandings of school. Findings suggested that students differentiate the social (school, teacher, classmates) from the academic (math, reading) domains of school. This article explores individual differences in students' global understandings of, and dispositions toward, school. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if and how students in Grades 3-5 who live in poverty and attend schools engaged in CSR differ in their understandings of, and dispositions toward, school. Research Design: Students in Grades 3-5 who live in poverty and attend schools engaged in CSR completed the "The thing about my school is..." measure. Study 1 involved 464 students in spring 2004, Study 2 involved 328 students in fall 2004, and in Study 3, a subgroup of 101 participants was tracked from one school year to the next. Conclusions/Recommendations: Exploratory factor analyses revealed individual differences in student dispositions toward school that refined global reports in ways that may prove amenable to motivational interventions. Findings suggest that the central motivational process for these students resides in a need for interpersonal validation in which achievement and affiliation concerns are mediated by participation-isolation tensions. These patterns also suggest the role of adaptation in motivation; participation and validation are central motivational processes for students in Grades 3-5 who cope with the challenges mobility and who attend schools engaged in comprehensive reform. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10