Effects of a Value-Reappraisal Intervention on Statistics Students’ Motivation and Performance.
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| Title: | Effects of a Value-Reappraisal Intervention on Statistics Students’ Motivation and Performance. |
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| Authors: | Acee, TaylorW. (AUTHOR), Weinstein, ClaireEllen (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Experimental Education. Summer2010, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p487-512. 26p. 1 Chart, 1 Cartoon or Caricature. |
| Subjects: | Student attitudes, Student interests, Behavioral objectives (Education), Motivation (Psychology), Educational evaluation utilization, Performance, Statistics, Operant behavior, College teachers |
| Abstract: | The authors investigated the effects of an exploratory value-reappraisal intervention on students’ motivation and performance in an undergraduate introductory statistics course. They sampled 82 students from 2 instructors’ sections during both the fall and spring semesters. Students were randomly assigned within each section to either the Value-Reappraisal (VR) or Control condition (C). VR presented messages about the importance of statistics and guided students in exploring potential values of learning statistics. Results showed positive effects of VR on task value, endogenous instrumentality, and a choice-behavior measure of interest. The authors found VR to affect exam performance, but only for students who had a particular instructor. This research helps broaden literature on self-regulation and expectancy-value models of motivation by focusing on the regulation of value perceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | The authors investigated the effects of an exploratory value-reappraisal intervention on students’ motivation and performance in an undergraduate introductory statistics course. They sampled 82 students from 2 instructors’ sections during both the fall and spring semesters. Students were randomly assigned within each section to either the Value-Reappraisal (VR) or Control condition (C). VR presented messages about the importance of statistics and guided students in exploring potential values of learning statistics. Results showed positive effects of VR on task value, endogenous instrumentality, and a choice-behavior measure of interest. The authors found VR to affect exam performance, but only for students who had a particular instructor. This research helps broaden literature on self-regulation and expectancy-value models of motivation by focusing on the regulation of value perceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00220973 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00220970903352753 |
