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Profiles of the Sources of Science Self-Efficacy
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Chen, Jason A.; Usher, Ellen L. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate (a) the latent profiles that arise from middle and high school students' (N = 1225) reported exposure to information from the four hypothesized sources of self-efficacy; (b) the relationships between these latent profiles and science self-efficacy and science achievement; and (c) the differences in…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Self Efficacy, Profiles, Middle School Students
Achievement Goal Orientations and Academic Well-Being across the Transition to Upper Secondary Education
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Tuominen-Soini, Heta; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Niemivirta, Markku – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine students' (N = 579) achievement goal orientation profiles, the temporal stability of these profiles across the transition to upper secondary education, and profile differences in academic well-being (i.e., school value, school burnout, schoolwork engagement, satisfaction with educational choice). By means of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Burnout, School Choice, Academic Achievement
Not All Roads Lead to Rome--Comparing Different Types of Motivational Regulation Profiles
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Schwinger, Malte; Steinmayr, Ricarda; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The self-regulation of motivation represents a key feature of self-regulated learning. Recent studies have documented that students use a variety of strategies to sustain their learning motivation and that most of these strategies have positive effects. However, less is known about how students integrate the various motivational strategies into an…
Descriptors: College Students, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
Motivational Components of Self-Regulated Learning and Reading Strategy Use in University Students: The Role of Goal Orientation Patterns
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Kolic-Vehovec, Svjetlana; Roncevic, Barbara; Bajsanski, Igor – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
The aim of the present study was to identify dominant goal orientation patterns in university students, define their motivational profiles and their reading strategy use. The results of cluster analysis showed that four groups of students could be differentiated according to their goal orientation: mastery, mastery-performance,…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Multivariate Analysis