The Fluidity of Expectancy-Value Effects Across Cultures: An Approach of Three-Level SEM With Random Slopes (Poster 2)

• In Event: Saturday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts 2

Abstract

The current paper explored the fluid effects of expectancy-value on reading achievement across countries/cultures. Drawing on PISA 2018 data by 356,581 students from 50 countries and world culture values from Hofstede Insights, we examined the relations of reading self-concept (expectancy) and reading enjoyment (value) to reading achievement and their variations across countries/cultures. Results of three-level modeling with random slopes showed: (1) both expectancy and value were positively related to reading achievement at the student level, (2) these effects varied across countries/cultures, and (3) the effect of expectancy (not value) amplified in cultures of individualism, less power-distance, and longer-term orientation. The results had significant implications for the recent development of the situated expectancy-value theory, teaching, and policymaking.

Authors

• Yuyang Cai, Shanghai International Studies University

• Jia Lin, Howard University