Achievement, effort-related variables, (meta-)cognitive learning strategies, and goal orientations are the most frequently reported correlates of motivation regulation¶

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q3 i? Across the mapped studies, achievement, effort-related variables, (meta-)cognitive learning strategies, and goal orientations were the most frequently reported correlates of motivation regulation. → Maike Trautner 2025

Evidence¶

Maike Trautner 2025¶

Maike Trautner, Carola Grunschel, Malte Schwinger. (2025). Motivating Motivation Regulation Research—An Evidence and Gap Map Approach. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10019-1

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Descriptive synthesis across the 289 included studies in the evidence and gap map, summarizing which variables appear most often in relation to motivation regulation. The review reports that "Achievement, effort-related variables, (meta-)cognitive learning strategies, and goal orientations were the most frequently reported correlates of motivation regulation."

"Achievement, effort-related variables, (meta-)cognitive learning strategies, and goal orientations were the most frequently reported correlates of motivation regulation."

Discussion¶

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