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Jihyun Song1, Wen-Yi Wang2, Chaojie Shang1
1Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Purpose:
Guided by expectancy-value theory, this study attempted to establish a Motivation-Engagement-Achievement Pathway to determine the contribution of expectancy-value-based motivation in learning caloric-balanced living in high school physical education.
Methods:
Expectancy-value-based motivation, cognitive engagement, and learning achievement were collected from 575 students in six high schools.
Results:
The findings verified expectancy beliefs' contribution to cognitive engagement in reasoning tasks (β = 0.12, p = .012). Cognitive engagement in descriptive, relational, and reasoning tasks had direct and/or indirect effects on learning achievement (β = 0.02-.27, ps < .05). Cognitive engagement in reasoning tasks mediated the relation between expectancy beliefs and learning achievement (β = 0.02, p = .055).
Conclusion:
These findings suggest the role of cognitive engagement in mediating the effects of expectancy-value-based motivation on learning achievement in high school physical education.
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