Peer Influences on Motivation: A Review of 10 Years of AERA Scholarship (Poster 31)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Twelve
  In Poster Session: Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts 1

Abstract

Peer relations can affect students' academic motivation; however, the role of peers in students' motivation remains understudied compared to other social influences (Juvonen & Knifsend, 2016). The current investigation examined 2,895 abstracts to explore the extent to which researchers presenting in American Educational Research Association (AERA) units most directly focused on academic motivation (i.e., Division C, sections 2A and 2B, and the Motivation in Education Special Interest Group [SIG]) have examined peer influences on learners’ motivation over the past decade. Multiple coding steps were used to identify and examine the characteristics of studies focused on peer influence on motivational outcomes. We discuss patterns that emerged as well as gaps in the literature that can guide future work in this area.

Authors

• Utku Caybas, Michigan State University
  Presenting Author

• Anastacia Emily Cole, University of Kentucky
  Presenting Author

• Mayson Spillman, University of Kentucky
  Presenting Author

• Ellen L. Usher, Mayo Clinic
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jaeyun Han, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Non-Presenting Author