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Publication Date: 2018
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Students' Agentic Engagement Predicts Longitudinal Increases in Perceived Autonomy-Supportive Teaching: The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
Matos, Lennia; Reeve, Johnmarshall; Herrera, Dora; Claux, Mary
Journal of Experimental Education, v86 n4 p592-609 2018
Recognizing that teachers' motivating styles predict students' classroom engagement, we investigated whether students' classroom engagement might predict a change in teachers' motivating styles, though we investigated only students' perceptions of these changes. Using a self-determination theory framework and a classroom-based longitudinal research design, 336 Peruvian university students self-reported their teachers' perceived autonomy-supportive teaching and four aspects of their own engagement (behavioral, emotional, agentic, and cognitive) at the beginning (T1) and end (T2) of a semester. As expected, early semester perceived autonomy-supportive teaching predicted longitudinal increases in all four aspects of students' late-semester engagement. More importantly, students' early-semester agentic engagement predicted longitudinal increases in perceived autonomy-supportive teaching, which suggests that students' classroom engagement may recruit greater perceived autonomy support.
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Learner Engagement, Teaching Styles, Student Motivation, Prediction, Student Attitudes, Self Determination, College Students, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty, Personal Autonomy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Peru
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