Latent Profile Analysis of Students' Achievement Goals and Self-Efficacy and Their Relations to Teamwork Satisfaction (Poster 12)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Eleven
  In Poster Session: Motivation, Antecedents, and Outcomes

Abstract

The present study investigated engineering college students’ goal orientations and self-efficacy profiles and how students’ teamwork satisfaction varies by these profiles. We surveyed 772 first-year undergraduate engineering students. A latent profile analysis suggested four profiles. A profile with moderately low mastery-approach goals and self-efficacy were associated with the lowest teamwork satisfaction level. Profiles with high mastery-approach goals and self-efficacy were associated with the highest teamwork satisfaction if both performance goals were either high or low. This study discussed the varying levels of teamwork satisfaction across profiles drawing upon achievement goals and self-efficacy theories. The results suggest the need for understanding students’ motivational characteristics to foster positive learning experiences and potentially increase the benefits of cooperative learning.

Authors

• Goun Choi, Michigan State University
  Presenting Author

• Garam A. Lee, Michigan State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Patrick Walton, Michigan State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University
  Non-Presenting Author