贫困城市高中学生的内在动机和学校成绩
Ting Dai1, Haeyoon Chung1, Jean Sack1
1Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago.
Journal of experimental education
|September 24, 2025
概括
学术动机对高中学生的学校成绩产生了积极的影响. 更高的内在动机与更好的成绩和出席率,以及更少的停职有关.
科学领域:
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 青少年发展 青少年发展
- 教育社会学教育的社会学
背景情况:
- 学术动机对于学生的成功至关重要,特别是在城市,低收入的高中,有大量的拉丁裔人口.
- 了解内在动机与学校成绩之间的关系对于开发有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查内在动机与学业成绩 (GPA),出席率和纪律处罚 (暂停) 的变化之间的关系,在9年级和10年级的学生中.
- 调查内在动机如何影响GPA轨迹,上学率和两学年的校外停学.
主要方法:
- 纵向研究追踪了来自低收入城市高中的463名学生在两学年 (9-10年级).
- 收集的数据包括GPA,上学记录,校外停学数据和内在动机的措施.
- 使用统计分析来评估内在动机与学校成绩之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在这两年里,内在的动机保持在中高水平. 九年级的GPA略有下降,然后在十年级恢复,出席率下降,停学增加.
- 第九年级的内在动机与第九年级的春季和第十年级的秋季的GPA (小效果大小),以及第十年级的上学率 (小效果大小) 有积极的相关性.
- 内在动机与第九年级和第十年级的校外停学有中度的负面关联.
结论:
- 内在动机显示出对放学和纪律问题的保护作用,其与暂停的负面关系证明了这一点.
- 虽然内在动机对GPA和出席率有一些好处,但其影响在所有学术指标上并不一致.
- 研究结果表明,培养内在动机可能是改善风险学生群体学校成绩的有价值策略.
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