Expectancies, Values, and Costs: Reciprocal-Effects Models

• In Event: Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: Motivation in Education SIG Poster Session 1

Abstract

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the temporal ordering of undergraduate biology students’ (n=334) perceptions of expectancies, values, and costs in order to establish the directionality of associations across a semester. We first investigated and established factorial invariance across time. Next, we assessed the structural relations between expectancies, values, and costs using a auto-regressive cross-lagged panel model with direct paths from self-efficacy and specific task value constructs at each time point to mid semester grade and final exam score. We find that the relationships that exist between expectancies and specific types of values and costs change across a semester, where these constructs were differentially predictive of one another and academic achievement across time.

Authors

• Rachel Part, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Harsha Perera, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Matthew L. Bernacki, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Gwen C. Marchand, University of Nevada - Las Vegas