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Autonomy support, personality, and mindset in predicting academic performance among early adolescents: The mediating role of self-determined motivation.

CITATION: Mammadov, S., & Tozoglu, D. (2023). Autonomy support, personality, and mindset in predicting academic performance among early adolescents: The mediating role of self-determined motivation. Psychology in the Schools, 60, 3754–3769. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22966 This paper supports a tenet that is highly unsurprising: Young adolescents—that is, middle school students—who are very conscientious and who have high levels of autonomy support from teachers and parentsContinue reading “Autonomy support, personality, and mindset in predicting academic performance among early adolescents: The mediating role of self-determined motivation.”

What tools or technologies are used to improve engagement?

FOCUSED LITERATURE REVIEW 8: Exploring the potential of LMS log data as a proxy measure of student engagement SOURCE: Henrie, C. R., Bodily, R., Larsen, R., & Graham, C. R. (2018). Exploring the potential of LMS log data as a proxy measure of student engagement. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 30(2), 344-362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-017-9161-1 Engagement—defined in thisContinue reading “What tools or technologies are used to improve engagement?”

What are strategies that enhance engagement in online courses?

FOCUSED LITERATURE REVIEW #7: “Engagement matters: Student perceptions on the importance of engagement strategies in the online learning environment“ Martin, F. & Bolliger, D.U. (2018). Engagement matters: Student perceptions on the importance of engagement strategies in the online learning environment. Online Learning 22(1), 205- 222. doi:10.24059/olj.v22i1.1092 In their research study, Martin and Bolliger issued aContinue reading “What are strategies that enhance engagement in online courses?”

What is engagement and is it different than motivation?

FOCUSED LITERATURE REVIEW #6: “The Relationship Between Student Motivation and Class Engagement Levels” Nayır, F. (2017). The Relationship between Student Motivation and Class Engagement Levels. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 17 (71), 59-78. This post is a little different than previous. EDU 811 “Motivation in Online and Blended Learning” requires weekly-ish deep reads of oneContinue reading “What is engagement and is it different than motivation?”