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1Department of Physical Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
Vocational students
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Sociology of Education
- Vocational Education
Background:
- Cognitive adaptability is vital for vocational students' career success.
- Previous research overlooked multilevel impacts of school climates on student outcomes.
- Social cognitive and social-ecological systems theories provide a framework for understanding these influences.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the multilevel effects of competitive and collaborative school environments on vocational students' competitive attitude, task motivation, and cognitive adaptability.
- To compare multilevel and single-level models for analyzing these hierarchical effects.
- To provide evidence-based recommendations for optimizing school environments in vocational education.
Main Methods:
- Multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) applied to PISA 2018 data.
- Analysis of data from 814 vocational schools and 20,978 students across 18 countries/regions.
- Maximum likelihood estimation with robust standard errors (MLR) used for model validation.
Main Results:
- Competitive attitude and task motivation positively predict cognitive adaptability at both student and school levels.
- Competitive environments boost student-level competitive attitudes and task motivation, but negatively impact school-level task motivation.
- Collaborative environments positively influence task motivation at both levels and competitive attitudes at the student level.
- Multilevel modeling offers a more accurate representation of school environment effects than single-level models.
Conclusions:
- Moderate student-level competition enhances motivation and adaptability; high school-level competition may suppress motivation.
- Collaborative school climates foster task motivation and cognitive adaptability.
- Balancing competition and collaboration is crucial for holistic student development in vocational education.
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