The classroom learning environment plays a crucial role in promoting student motivation. With this in mind, this study investigates the relationship between classroom learning environments and student motivation via self-regulation as a mediator. We collected data from 2033 students and analyzed them using structural equation modeling. Task…

This study employs a novel approach to investigate the effects of reading anxiety on middle school students' reading motivation and attitudes, along with the mediating impact of reading anxiety on these two variables. Utilizing a structural equation modeling framework, we aimed to understand the relationships among these variables and developed…

Despite the growing emphasis on the role of creativity, the underlying mechanisms associating self-efficacy and creativity with certain mediating roles remain partly ambiguous. Generally defined as having the skill to make something new and original, creativity is commonly acknowledged as a construct having many ties in common with several realms.…

Research shows a general declining trend in reading motivation as students progress through their schooling experience. This qualitative study examines how adjusting practices of rewarding reading can improve reading motivation among students. Teachers are trained in the principles of motivation and introduced to the proximal reward theory…

This special issue was motivated by the realization that student motivation is inherently complex and no single framework can capture it in its full richness. However, the current zeitgeist in educational psychology seems to explicitly discourage attempts at integration as researchers are incentivized to stay within their own theoretical camps. In…

This research aims to study factors related to sustainable training for youth dancesport in China. The second aim is to study mediating roles of motivation to learn and expectation fulfillment with sustainable training for youth dancesport in China. The third aim of the study is to improve sustainable training for youth dancesports in China. The…

Students' valuing of academic content impacts their engagement in learning and plays a pivotal role in shaping their future academic and career choices. Fortunately, practicing educators can integrate many readily applicable strategies into teaching to enhance students' valuing of academic content. Drawing from expectancy-value theory, Eric M.…

Competition is one of many teaching methods one can use in designing curriculum. Healthy competition has been a staple of SBAE across classroom instruction, FFA, and experiential learning for nearly 100 years. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to evaluate the ways in which SBAE teachers implement competition in their classrooms.…

The Self-Determination Theory posits that an autonomy-supportive motivating style can benefit students in numerous educationally important ways. The paradox and educational concern is that although teachers are cognizant that students can reap numerous benefits when they support their students' autonomy, many of them are nevertheless unable to do…

Motivational regulation, or the way learners purposefully initiate, maintain, or supplement their willingness for task engagement and completion, has been an important area of research in educational psychology. However, despite the surge of research on this topic, it remains unclear how specific motivational regulation strategies relate to…

The study investigated the relationships between students' grit, academic engagement, motivation and self-regulated learning (SRL). It explored the mediating role of academic motivation and SRL in the relationship between students' grit and academic engagement. Understanding these dynamics can help educators foster environments that enhance…

Learning is always a core activity in forming cognitive abilities and personality traits in people's growth process, and motivation is the key psychological mechanism that drives learning behaviour. Therefore, motivation in learning is an important area of research in educational psychology. It not only determines the initiation and continuation…

The study aimed to develop and validate academic motivation measures among university students. The study adopted the correlational method. An available sample of university students selected from the Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University. The study sample consisted of 453 people. The scales responded online to the students after they…

The current study sought to identify the characteristics of "motivational language" and the roles of this language used by successful school principals, and its effect on teachers' organizational commitment. The research was based on semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis in ten elementary school principals (the…

Gamification is widely used to enhance student learning and engagement. This meta-analysis focused on experimental research examining the effects of gamification on student motivation in K-12. Studies were retrieved from Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and ProQuest, resulting in 279 articles screened, with 31 meeting the inclusion criteria. The…