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Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • International Comparative Education
  • Quantitative Psychology

Background:

  • Student motivation is crucial for academic achievement and engagement.
  • Limited research exists on school and national contextual factors influencing motivation.
  • Understanding these factors is vital for improving educational outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate individual, school, and country-level factors affecting 8th-grade students' math motivation.
  • To assess the predictive power of contextual variables on math interest, self-efficacy, and utility value.
  • To identify at-risk students and highlight the importance of school climate interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was employed.
  • Analysis of a large international dataset comprising 8th-grade students from 40 countries.
  • Examination of individual, school, and country-level predictors of math motivation.

Main Results:

  • Contextual variables significantly predict students' math interest, self-efficacy, and utility value.
  • Student perceptions of school climate strongly and consistently predicted math motivation.
  • Demographics and prior achievement were considered alongside school climate.

Conclusions:

  • School climate is a critical, often overlooked, factor in student math motivation.
  • Identifying students at risk for poor motivation is possible through contextual analysis.
  • Interventions focused on improving school climate are recommended to enhance student motivation.