High School Students' Expectancy, Value, and Cost Profiles and Their Relations With Engagement and Achievement in Math and English

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: Motivation and Cognitive Processes in Classrooms (San Diego)

Abstract

We investigated the latent profiles of high school students' self-efficacy, task values, and costs using a person-centered approach. In addition, we compared student profiles regarding academic functioning and personal characteristics. Latent profile analyses identified five distinguishable profiles: Low-all with average emotional cost, Average-all, High Self-efficacy/Values-Low Costs, High-all with average emotional cost, and Low Self-efficacy/Values-High Costs. Profile patterns were highly consistent across the math and English domains. Students in the five profiles also differed in their academic functioning. Furthermore, these five profiles demonstrated meaningful associations with student characteristics, including gender and socioeconomic status. Findings of the present study suggest the importance of considering students’ expectancy, value, and cost beliefs in order to better capture their motivational profiles in school.

Authors

• Linjia Zhang, East China Normal University

• Yue Li, East China Normal University

• Evgeniia Konorova, East China Normal University

• YuQing Xu, East China Normal University

• Yi Jiang, East China Normal University