Between-person value is weakly linked to app engagement, with no significant between-person links to subjective engagement measures¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i0 negligible
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q2 i0 Students who valued vocabulary learning more engaged more with the app (r = .14, below the .20 threshold), but engagement did not correlate significantly with satisfaction, effort, or task delay between persons. → Breitwieser 2026

Evidence¶

Breitwieser 2026¶

Breitwieser, J., Brod, G., & Malmberg, L.-E. (2026). Testing a three-phase model of the relationship between motivational appraisals, observable engagement, and subjective engagement: Insights from combining mobile learning data and daily diaries. Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0001009

q2 · i0 · associational · r2

Sample-size-weighted between-person correlations from 197–204 participants reported in the descriptive results and Table 1. Only the value–engagement correlation was significant, "r = .14, p < .05"; engagement's correlations with satisfaction, effort, and task delay were not significant.

"However, at the between-person level, only value was weakly correlated with vocabulary engagement (r = .14, p < .05), suggesting that students who valued vocabulary learning more tended to engage more with the vocabulary app than students who valued learning less."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Vocabulary engagement measured by app logs varies mostly within students across days — related
Within-person correlations between log-based vocabulary engagement and appraisals and subjective engagement are positive but very small — related
The three-phase model received partial support with weak self-report–behaviour correspondence in fifth graders' mobile vocabulary learning — a broader claim this one bears on

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`title`	`Between-person value is weakly linked to app engagement, with no significant between-person links to subjective engagement measures`
`description`	`Between-person value is weakly linked to app engagement, with no significant between-person links to subjective engagement measures`
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