Both autonomy support and structure elevate students' motivation, engagement, and need satisfaction with moderate to large effect sizes¶
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q3 i? Autonomy support and structure each relate positively to student motivation, engagement, and need satisfaction. → Alexandra Patzak 2025
Evidence¶
Alexandra Patzak 2025¶
Alexandra Patzak, Xiaorong Zhang. (2025). Blending Teacher Autonomy Support and Provision of Structure in the Classroom for Optimal Motivation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-09994-2
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Meta-analysis of 170 correlations with student learning outcomes (85 with autonomy support, 85 with structure) from the 94 included studies. The synthesis reports both constructs "elevated students' motivation, engagement, and need satisfaction with moderate to large effect sizes"; the individual pooled values are not printed in the text provided.
"Autonomy support and structure both elevated students' motivation, engagement, and need satisfaction with moderate to large effect sizes."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Basic psychological need satisfaction is strongly associated with learning engagement among medical undergraduates — related
- Teacher autonomy support and provision of structure are positively correlated across studies, with a pooled correlation of r = 0.53 — related
- Teachers who facilitate both autonomy and structure report motivation to teach and felt teaching effectiveness — related
- A global factor across autonomy support, structure, and involvement provides optimal support to classroom-level engagement (global hypothesis supported) — related
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Both autonomy support and structure elevate students' motivation, engagement, and need satisfaction with moderate to large effect sizes |
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Both autonomy support and structure elevate students' motivation, engagement, and need satisfaction with moderate to large effect sizes |
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2025 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-21 |
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