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ERIC Number: EJ1094319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0737-7363
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Motivations of Traditional and Nontraditional College Students: From Self-Determination and Attributions, to Expectancy and Values
Johnson, Marcus Lee; Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Clark, Lauren; Howell, Leah; Breen, Mishele
Journal of Continuing Higher Education, v64 n1 p3-15 2016
We surveyed 139 (88 traditional, 51 nontraditional) students on various motivational measures of self-determination, attribution, and expectancy-value to (a) investigate motivational differences by student status and (b) identify the motivational variables that best predict academic achievement by student status. Results of a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) indicated that nontraditional students report significantly higher levels of interest and teacher influence, just to name two. Results of two stepwise regression analyses suggest that ability-attribution and cost-value variables predict traditional students' academic achievement, and self-efficacy and peer-personal support variables predict nontraditional students' academic achievement. Implications are further discussed, along with avenues for future research.
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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 - Assessments and Surveys: Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
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