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Mathematics Motivation in Students With Low Cognitive Ability: A Longitudinal Study of Motivation and Relations With
Danielle Tracey1, Alexandre J S Morin1, Reinhard Pekrun1
1Danielle Tracey, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia; Alexandre J.S. Morin, Concordia University, Canada; Reinhard Pekrun, University of Munich, and Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Munich, Germany; A. Katrin Arens, German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt, Germany; Kou Murayama, University of Reading, UK; Stephanie Lichtenfeld, University of Durham, UK; Anne C. Frenzel, University of Munich, Germany; Thomas Goetz, University of Konstanz, Germany & Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Switzerland, Konstanz, Germany; and Christophe Maïano, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Saint-Jérome, Canada.
Abstract:
Expectancy-value theory (EVT) is a popular framework to understand and improve students' motivation. Unfortunately, limited research has verified whether EVT predictions generalize to students with low levels of cognitive ability. This study relies on Grade 5 and 8 data from 177 students with low levels of cognitive ability and a matched sample of 177 students with average to high cognitive ability from the German "Project for the Analysis of Learning and Achievement in Mathematics." Results showed that students with low levels of cognitive ability were able to differentiate EVT components. Both groups demonstrated a similar downward developmental trend in motivation from early to middle adolescence, and similar relations between EVT components and levels of efforts, self-regulation, and mathematics class grades.
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