ERIC Number: EJ1237778
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jan
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Profiles of Motivational Beliefs in Math: Exploring Their Development, Relations to Student-Perceived Classroom Characteristics, and Impact on Future Career Aspirations and Choices
Lazarides, Rebecca; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Rubach, Charlott; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v112 n1 p70-92 Jan 2020
Four topics were investigated in this longitudinal person-centered study: (a) profiles of subjective task values and ability self-concepts of adolescents in the domain of mathematics, (b) the stability of and changes to the profiles of motivational beliefs from Grade 7 to 12, (c) the relation of changes to student-perceived classroom characteristics, and (d) the extent to which profile membership in early adolescence predicted mathematics achievement and career plans in late adolescence and the choice of math-related college majors and occupations in adulthood. Data were drawn from the Michigan Study of Adolescent and Adult Life Transitions Study. We focused on students who participated in the following 4 waves of data collection (N = 867): at the beginning of Grade 7 (Wave 3), at the end of Grade 7, in Grade 10 (Wave 5), and in Grade 12 (Wave 6). Four profiles that were stable across Grades 7 to 12 were identified using Latent Profile Analysis. Student-reported fairness and friendliness and competition in class predicted changes in profile membership. Profile membership in Grade 7 predicted math-related career plans in Grade 12. Profile membership in Grade 12 predicted the choice of math-related college major after finishing school and of math-related occupations in adulthood.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Occupational Aspiration, Career Choice, Attitude Change, Adolescents, Majors (Students), Grade 7, Grade 10, Grade 12, Self Concept, Teaching Styles, Competition, Junior High School Students, High School Students, Adults, Mathematics Achievement, Student Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10; High Schools; Grade 12
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
Grant or Contract Numbers: MH31724; BNS8510504; 1108778; HD17296; DBS9215008; DBS9215016