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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Expectancy-Value Theory"”.
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Motivations for Studying French: Language Orientations and Expectancy-Value Theory
… focused on the orientations, expectancies, and values students have for studying French at a large, public university. The mixed methods research investigated students' reasons for enrolling in an intermediate French course with a self-report survey including short answer questions. The aim of …
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LOCUS OF CONTROL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: INTEGRATING SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY AND EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY
… graduation by integrating social learning theory and expectancy-value theory. Data came from a nationally-representative longitudinal database tracking 12,144 students over twelve years from 8th grade forward. Models for math achievement and college graduation were tested through structural …
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The expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation and the enumeration of possible selves: Evidence for outcomes during emerging adulthood
<p>The expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation (Eccles, Adler, Futterman, Goff, Kaczala, et al., 1983; Wigfield & Eccles, 2000) posits that an “individual’s choice, persistence, and performance can be explained by their beliefs about how well they will do on the activity and the extent to …
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Extending and Refining an Expectancy-Value Theory of Media Gratifications: Two Studies in the Domain of Soap Opera Watching
Arising out of dissatisfaction with stimulus-response or "effects research," intensive study of audience members has emerged as a significant trend in the past twenty-five years of mass communication research. The study of audience uses and gratifications has been the most visible exemplar of this …
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Just be There! Athlete Motivation and Parental Support: A Phenomenological Study
… of sub-themes. The study also used Eccles’ expectancy value theory to explain athlete motivation levels and their participation in sport. Results indicated that several factors within Eccles’ expectancy value theory lead to an athlete’s sport commitment and level of enjoyment. Athletes …
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Effects of task values, attributions, and cultural constructs on foreign language use anxiety among international teaching assistants
… study examines the relationships between task values, attributions, cultural constructs and foreign language use anxiety using expectancy-value theory, attribution theory, and Triandis’ (1995) cultural constructs model (i.e., individualism versus collectivism) as its theoretical bases. This …
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An alternate approach to educational reform in the United Arab Emirates : exploring students' motivation through PISA 2012
… reform programs. This study applied the Expectancy-Value Theory of achievement motivation on a student sample from the UAE. The sample was obtained from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2012). In addition to the overall motivational patterns, the findings revealed …
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Exploring Public Elementary School Educator Perceptions Of Student Goal Setting In The Classroom
… This research was guided by goal-setting theory and supported by related frameworks such as achievement goal theory and expectancy-value theory. Ten public elementary educators participated in semistructured interviews from which four major themes emerged: (a) goal setting for student …
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In Their Own Words: Post-9/11 Student Veterans’ Perceived Motivation in Higher Education
… narrative inquiry was informed by motivational theory (i.e., Situated Expectancy-Value Theory; SEVT) and veteran studies. Four Post-9/11 student veterans participated in semi-structured interviews. Narrative thematic analysis revealed two themes. The first theme was that Post-9/11 student …
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A Non-Conformist Choice: The Lifeworld of Young Women Pursuing STEM-Related TVET in Upper Secondary Technical Institutes in Ghana
… career choices. The current study employed the expectancy-value theory of achievement-related choice as the theoretical framework to investigate the research questions. The interpretative phenomenological analysis of 26 young women sampled from four Technical Institutes in Ghana’s Central and …
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Academic Procrastination and Achievement Motivation: An Expectancy Value Approach to Measure Academic Procrastination in University Online Courses
… using Eccles and Wigfield’s (2020) Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT), which conceptually understands a student’s achievement related choices and performance on a task, as influenced by the student’s valuation of that task, and their expectancy to succeed in completing that task. Within …
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THE LEVEL OF VALUE AND EXPECTANCY HELD FOR ADULT AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS IN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS
… (AAEI). AAEI was used to ascertain the level of expectancy and value held for adult agricultural education by secondary agricultural educators. The Expectancy-Value Theory (Eccles & Wigfield, 2002; Wigfield & Eccles, 2000) posits that if an individual holds high degrees of expectancy and value …
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Examining the Role of Motivation in the Relationship Between Perceived Academic Stress and Coping Among Freshmen
… causal attributions for academic stress and value of college education, were recognized as cognitive appraisals that were respectively placed into the TMSC to test their role in the relationship between perceived academic stress and the selection of stress coping. Three-hundred and twenty-one …
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A Model Of Nontraditional College Student Motivation And Success
… nontraditional student college success using the expectancy-value theory (Eccles et al., 1983) and achievement goals theory (Dweck, 1986; Maehr, 1989; Nicholls, 1984). A Model of Nontraditional College Student Motivation and Success was tested using a sample of undergraduate students enrolled in …
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Exploring Academic Acculturation Experiences of Chinese International Students with Low Oral English Proficiency: A Musically Enhanced Narrative Inquiry
… literary and musical narrative representations. Expectancy-Value Theory served as a theoretical framework that informed the study design and the interpretation of results. The narratives from all six Chinese students demonstrated high levels of psychological stress during their academic …
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Motivaatiotekijät ja matematiikan osaaminen : sukupuolierot ja koulujen väliset erot peruskoulun kolmannella luokalla
… in this study are mathematical self-concept and expectancy-value theory fields: intrinsic value, utility value and costs. The data used in this study was collected for the international MathMot investigation project. 215 third grade pupils from four different schools within Helsinki participated …
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An investigation into factors affecting motivation for boys playing string instruments at the transition to secondary school
… motivation, comprising a survey utilising expectancy value theory, followed by focus group interviews. The findings included specific recommendations for string teachers at the research school to implement to enhance motivation for students at the transition to secondary school. These …
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Social recovery following first-episode psychosis: the role of negative symptoms and motivation
… models of negative symptoms propose that expectancy appraisals are involved in the expression and maintenance of negative symptoms (Rector, Beck, & Stolar, 2005; Staring & Van der Gaag, 2010). Theories of motivation (e.g. expectancy-value theory; Eccles and Wigfield 2002) describe how …
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Where roots run deep: fostering youth environmental motivation through livelihoods in rural place-based education
… of the US, we grounded this study in Situated Expectancy Value Theory where we investigated how values, identity, and expectations of success contribute to motivation. We designed a Place-Based Education (PBE) climate change module where students engaged with participatory science data framed …
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