Controlled motivation negatively predicts school grades and does not compensate for low autonomous motivation¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The linear relation of controlled motivation to grades is negative when autonomous motivation is low or moderate, and its confidence interval includes zero when autonomous motivation is high — controlled motivation never predicts higher grades. → Mouratidis 2021

Evidence¶

Mouratidis 2021¶

Mouratidis, A., Michou, A., Sayil, M., & Altan, S. (2021). It is autonomous, not controlled motivation that counts: Linear and curvilinear relations of autonomous and controlled motivation to school grades. Learning and Instruction, 73, 101433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101433

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Bootstrap of response-surface slopes (10,000 samples) in Sample 1 showed controlled motivation slopes of -3.29 (low autonomous) and -3.41 (moderate autonomous), with the CI including zero at high autonomous motivation. No standardized effect size is printed. The authors conclude controlled motivation failed to act as a compensatory mechanism (Hypotheses 3a and 3b supported).

"the linear relation of controlled motivation to grades was negative when autonomous motivation was low (at 1 SD below the scale midpoint: bx= 3.29 [95%-CI: 5.38, 1.23]) or moderate (at the scale midpoint: bx= 3.41"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• Autonomous motivation positively predicts subsequent school grades in both middle and high school students — related
• Autonomous regulation correlates positively with self-efficacy, learning strategies, and behavioral engagement, while controlled regulation shows no significant linear relations with these outcomes — related
• Autonomous motivation types positively relate to school achievement while controlled types show weak negative or null relations — related