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Motivation-Engagement-Achievement Pathway in Learning Caloric-Balanced Living in High School Physical Education: An
Jihyun Song1, Wen-Yi Wang2, Chaojie Shang1
1Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education : JTPE
|November 21, 2025
Summary
Student motivation significantly impacts learning achievement in physical education. Cognitive engagement acts as a key mediator, linking motivation to better health behavior outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Health Behavior Research
- Physical Education
Background:
- Expectancy-value theory provides a framework for understanding motivation in academic contexts.
- Understanding factors influencing health behavior learning in physical education is crucial for student well-being.
- The Motivation-Engagement-Achievement Pathway model explores the links between psychological constructs and learning outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the Motivation-Engagement-Achievement Pathway in the context of learning caloric-balanced living.
- To determine the specific contribution of expectancy-value-based motivation to learning health behaviors.
- To examine the mediating role of cognitive engagement in this pathway.
Main Methods:
- Survey data collected from 575 high school students across six schools.
- Measures included expectancy-value-based motivation, cognitive engagement (descriptive, relational, reasoning tasks), and learning achievement.
- Statistical analyses, including regression, were used to test the proposed pathway.
Main Results:
- Expectancy beliefs significantly predicted cognitive engagement in reasoning tasks (β = 0.12, p = .012).
- Cognitive engagement positively influenced learning achievement across various task types (β = 0.02–0.27, ps < .05).
- Cognitive engagement in reasoning tasks mediated the relationship between expectancy beliefs and learning achievement (β = 0.02, p = .055).
Conclusions:
- Cognitive engagement plays a vital role in mediating the impact of motivation on learning health behaviors.
- Findings support the application of expectancy-value theory in physical education for promoting healthy living.
- Interventions aimed at enhancing student motivation and engagement may improve health behavior learning outcomes.
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