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Promoting student teachers' well-being. A multi-study approach investigating the longitudinal […] Hartl, Anna; Holzberger, Doris; Hugo, Julia; Wolf, Kristin; Kunter, Mareike Journal Article | In: Zeitschrift für Psychologie | 2022 42913 Endnote: Author(s): Hartl, Anna; Holzberger, Doris; Hugo, Julia; Wolf, Kristin; Kunter, Mareike
Title: Promoting student teachers' well-being. A multi-study approach investigating the longitudinal relationship between emotional exhaustion, emotional support, and the intentions of dropping out of university
In: Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 230 (2022) 3, S. 241-252
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000495
URL: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/2151-2604/a000495
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Burnout-Syndrom; Deutschland; Einflussfaktor; Emotionaler Zustand; Faktorenanalyse; Fragebogenerhebung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudium; Lehrerausbildung; Leistungsversagen; Likert-Fragebogen; Motivation; Peergroup; Qualitative Forschung; Quantitative Forschung; Soziale Beziehung; Studienabbruch; Studienbedingungen; Universität; Unterstützung; Veränderung; Wohlbefinden
Abstract: Student teachers' well-being is particularly important in times of teacher shortage. To prevent student dropout and promote students' well-being, demands and resources within university teacher education need to be identified. Demands like workload or time pressure can lead to emotional exhaustion in the long-term, while resources like emotional support may foster well-being. By conducting a quantitative, longitudinal study on 903 student teachers from German universities, we investigate the relationship between the emotional support of peers (as a resource) and emotional exhaustion (an indicator of well-being). In addition, we conducted a qualitative study to analyze demands as possible reasons for dropout during teacher education. Latent change score models indicate that emotional exhaustion first increases and then slightly decreases over the course of three semesters. Emotional support by peers remains stable over time. The bivariate latent change model suggests that social support is not a predictor of later emotional exhaustion. The qualitative study analyzed three main dropout intentions: performance problems, lack of study motivation, and study conditions. Especially study conditions at university can be adjusted and act as a resource to increase students' well-being. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Lehr und Lernqualität in Bildungseinrichtungen

Wertfacetten im Grundschulalter in drei Fächern. Differenzierung, Entwicklung, Geschlechtseffekte […] Arens, A. Katrin Journal Article | In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie | 2021 39740 Endnote: Author(s): Arens, A. Katrin
Title: Wertfacetten im Grundschulalter in drei Fächern. Differenzierung, Entwicklung, Geschlechtseffekte und Zusammenhänge zu Noten
In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 35 (2021) 1, S. 32-52
DOI: 10.1024/1010-0652/a000257
URL: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1024/1010-0652/a000257
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Deutsch
Keywords: Grundschüler; Motivation; Wert; Erwartung; Deutschunterricht; Sachunterricht; Mathematikunterricht; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Interesse; Entwicklung; Selbstkonzept; Einflussfaktor; Schulnoten; Schuljahr 03; Schuljahr 04; Übergang; Weiterführende Schule; Relevanz; Differenzierung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Deutschland
Abstract: Im Rahmen der Erwartungs-Wert-Theorie zur schulischen Motivation betrachtete die Studie die beiden Wertfacetten intrinsischer Wert und Wichtigkeit in den Fächern Mathematik, Deutsch und Sachunterricht. Untersucht wurden die Ausdifferenzierung der beiden Wertfacetten, ihr Entwicklungsverlauf am Ende der Grundschule, Geschlechtseffekte und Zusammenhänge zu Noten. Die Stichprobe bestand aus N = 2.317 Schülern; die Variablen wurden zu drei Messzeitpunkten im Verlauf der dritten und vierten Klassenstufe erfasst. Die Schüler unterschieden in allen drei Fächern zwischen den beiden Wertfacetten; jedoch zeigten die beiden Wertfacetten im Sachunterricht einen besonders hohen positiven Zusammenhang. Die Ausdifferenzierung zwischen beiden Wertfacetten veränderte sich nicht über die drei Messzeitpunkte. In latenten Wachstumskurvenmodellen zeigte sich ein Einbruch in der mittleren Ausprägung des intrinsischen Werts in Mathematik. Zunahmen konnten in den mittleren Ausprägungen der Wichtigkeit in Deutsch und der Wichtigkeit in Sachunterricht verzeichnet werden. Allerdings waren die Veränderungen sehr klein und kaum praktisch bedeutsam, so dass man eher von Stabilität als von Veränderung in der mittleren Ausprägung fachspezifischer Wertfacetten am Ende der Grundschulzeit sprechen kann. Jungen und Mädchen zeigten eine ähnliche Struktur der fachspezifischen Wertfacetten, unterschieden sich aber in den mittleren Ausprägungen. Jungen berichteten höhere Ausprägungen auf beiden Wertfacetten in Mathematik; Mädchen berichteten höhere Ausprägungen auf beiden Wertfacetten in Deutsch. Jungen und Mädchen unterschieden sich nicht in der Wichtigkeit in Sachunterricht; Jungen hatten zu zwei Messzeitpunkten höhere Ausprägungen auf dem intrinsischen Wert in Sachunterricht. In allen drei Fächern zeigten beide Wertfacetten einen ähnlich hohen positiven Zusammenhang zu den fachspezifischen Noten. In allen drei Fächern wirkten sich gute Noten positiv auf den nachfolgenden intrinsischen Wert und auf die nachfolgende Wichtigkeit aus. In Mathematik hatte die Wichtigkeit zudem positive Auswirkungen auf nachfolgende Noten. Die Ergebnisse werden in Zusammenhang gebracht mit den Ergebnissen aus Studien mit Sekundarschülern und vor dem Hintergrund des Grundschulübergangs diskutiert. (DIPF/Orig.)
Abstract (english): This study built on expectancy-value theory and examined intrinsic value and attainment value related to math, German, and general studies with elementary school students. The research questions addressed the differentiation between the two value facets, their developmental trajectory at the end of elementary school, gender effects, and their relations to school grades. The variables were assessed with N = 2.317 students at three measurement waves during grade levels three and four. Students were found to differentiate between the two value facets in all three domains. However, intrinsic value and attainment value were highly correlated in general studies. The differentiation between the two value facets did not change across time. Latent growth models showed decreasing mean levels of math intrinsic value, but increasing mean levels of attainment values in German and general studies. Yet, the effect sizes for these changes were small indicating that domain-specific value facets are rather stable at the end of elementary school. Boys and girls did not differ in the structure of domain-specific value facets, but displayed different mean levels. Boys showed higher means on intrinsic value and attainment value in math; girls displayed higher means on both value facets in German. Boys and girls did not differ in the mean levels of attainment value in general studies, but boys reported higher mean levels on intrinsic value in general studies at two waves. In all three domains, intrinsic value and attainment value showed similar positive relations to domain-specific school grades. Across time, former school grades were positively related to later intrinsic value and to later attainment value in all three domains. In math, former attainment value also showed positive relations to later school grades. The findings are linked to results obtained with secondary school students and discussed against the background of the transition from elementary school to secondary school. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Bildung und Entwicklung

The joint power of personality and motivation dynamics for occupational success. Bridging two […] Brandt, Naemi D.; Isreal, Anne; Becker, Michael; Wagner, Jenny Journal Article | In: European Journal of Personality | 2021 42515 Endnote: Author(s): Brandt, Naemi D.; Isreal, Anne; Becker, Michael; Wagner, Jenny
Title: The joint power of personality and motivation dynamics for occupational success. Bridging two largely separated fields
In: European Journal of Personality, 35 (2021) 4, S. 480-509
DOI: 10.1177/0890207021996965
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0890207021996965
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Arbeitsbedingungen; Berufserfolg; Deutschland; Einflussfaktor; Erwachsener; Erwartung; Faktorenanalyse; Junger Erwachsener; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Messverfahren; Motivation; Persönlichkeit; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schulabschluss; Selbstkonzept; Selbstwirksamkeit; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Überzeugung; Veränderung; Zufriedenheit
Abstract (english): When establishing a career in adulthood, two major socioemotional ingredients are expected to affect people's success: how people act (personality) and what motivates them to act this way (motivation). However, little is known about whether and how personality and motivation change together and how their possible dynamic interplay predicts success. We investigated the roles that changes in personality and expectancy beliefs played in explaining occupational success in 4121 participants assessed after high school (Mage ¼ 22.80, SDage ¼ 0.70; 63% female) and about 20 years later. We used latent change models and moderated structural equation modeling to investigate correlated change and latent change interactions of personality and expectancy beliefs in predicting success. Results illustrated that besides being related in a nomological net, personality and expectancy beliefs also illustrated a strong interrelatedness in change across time. We found the clearest joint change dynamics between emotional stability, conscientiousness, self-concept, and self-efficacy. Changes in personality and expectancy beliefs were furthermore associated with objective and subjective occupational success. The results call for a more integrative view on personality-motivation dynamics across time for understanding the long-term adaptive ingredients of occupational success stories in adulthood.
DIPF-Departments: Struktur und Steuerung des Bildungswesens

Do schools reduce or exacerbate inequality? How the associations between student achievement and […] Dumont, Hanna; Ready, Douglas Journal Article | In: American Educational Research Journal | 2020 39964 Endnote: Author(s): Dumont, Hanna; Ready, Douglas
Title: Do schools reduce or exacerbate inequality? How the associations between student achievement and achievement growth influence our understanding of the role of schooling
In: American Educational Research Journal, 57 (2020) 2, S. 728-774
DOI: 10.3102/0002831219868182
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0002831219868182
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Vergleich; USA; Ungleichheit; Einflussfaktor; Schülerleistung; Kindergarten; Schule; Zusammensetzung; Soziale Herkunft; Sozioökonomische Lage; Ethnische Gruppe; Rasse; Grundschule; Schuljahr 01; Schuljahr 02; Lesekompetenz; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leistungssteigerung; Ferien
Abstract: This article explores how the associations between student achievement and achievement growth influence our understanding of the role schools play in academic inequality. Using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (ECLS-K:2011), we constructed parallel growth and lagged score models within both seasonal learning and school effects frameworks to study how student- and school-level socioeconomic and racial/ethnic backgrounds relate to student learning. Our findings suggest that seasonal comparative scholars, who generally argue that schools play an equalizing role, and scholars focused on school compositional effects, who typically report that schools exacerbate inequality, come to these contrasting findings not only because they ask different questions but also because they treat student initial achievement differently when modeling student learning. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Struktur und Steuerung des Bildungswesens

Für eine kontrollierte Öffnung der Erziehungs-, Bildungs- und Betreuungseinrichtungen im Vorschul- […] Kuper, Harm; Krägeloh-Mann, Ingeborg; Dickhäuser, Oliver; Spinath, Birgit; Kunter, Mareike; […] Working Papers | 2020 40468 Endnote: Author(s): Kuper, Harm; Krägeloh-Mann, Ingeborg; Dickhäuser, Oliver; Spinath, Birgit; Kunter, Mareike; Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola; Koletzko, Berthold
Title: Für eine kontrollierte Öffnung der Erziehungs-, Bildungs- und Betreuungseinrichtungen im Vorschul- und Schulalter. Gemeinsame Stellungnahme der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, des Vereins für Socialpolitik und der Stiftung Kindergesundheit
Published: Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, 2020
URL: https://www.gebf-ev.de/app/download/9196231376/Gem.StellungnahmeFINAL.PDF?t=1596019511
Publication Type: 5. Arbeits- und Diskussionspapiere; Stellungnahme/Positionspapier
Language: Deutsch
Keywords: Pandemie; Bildungseinrichtung; Kindertagesbetreuung; Schulschließung; Schulkind; Vorschulkind; Emotionale Entwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklkung; Soziale Entwicklung; Wirkung; Gesellschaft; Spaltung; Wirtschaftswachstum; Fachgesellschaft; Empfehlung; Öffnung; Deutschland
DIPF-Departments: Bildungsqualität und Evaluation

School attitude and perceived teacher acceptance. Developmental trajectories, temporal relations, […] Arens, A. Katrin; Niepel, Christoph Journal Article | In: British Journal of Educational Psychology | 2019 38725 Endnote: Author(s): Arens, A. Katrin; Niepel, Christoph
Title: School attitude and perceived teacher acceptance. Developmental trajectories, temporal relations, and gender differences
In: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 89 (2019) 4, S. 689-706
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12252
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-dipfdocs-188733
URL: http://www.dipfdocs.de/volltexte/2021/18873/pdf/Arens_Niepel_2019_School_attitude_and_perceived_teacher_acceptance_A.pdf
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Befragung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Hessen; Bayern; Deutschland; Grundschule; Einstellung <Psy>; Grundschüler; Lehrer; Akzeptanz; Wahrnehmung; Schüler-Schüler-Beziehung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Einflussfaktor; Lernverhalten; Schuljahr 03; Schuljahr 04; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Lernbedingungen; Veränderung
Abstract: Background: Positive school attitudes defined as students' school liking and school attachment are positively related to many desirable outcomes. Student-teacher relations have often been considered to be an important determinant of school attitudes. Aims: Students' perceived teacher acceptance was used as an indicator for student-teacher relations. Using a longitudinal data set, we examined the developmental trajectories of school attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance. In addition, we studied the temporal relations between both constructs.. We also examined gender differences in the mean levels, mean level development, and relations of school attitudes and teacher acceptance. Sample: The sample consisted of 2,376 German elementary school students. Methods: The students rated their school attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance three times across grade levels 3-4. Latent growth curve models were used to examine the developmental trajectories of both constructs. Cross‐lagged panel models were used to examine the temporal relations between both constructs. Results: Positive school attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance declined across time. School attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance were positively and reciprocally related across the three waves. Boys and girls did not differ in their temporal relations between school attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance and in the developmental trajectories of both constructs. Girls were found to display higher mean levels of school attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance. Conclusions: Research and practice should seek for effective means to counteract the decline of students' positive school attitudes and perceived teacher acceptance. Interventions to foster students' school attitudes might benefit from enhancing student-teacher relations, and vice versa. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Bildung und Entwicklung

Individuelle Entwicklungsverläufe beim Lesen. Macht das Geschlecht den Unterschied? Berendes, Karin; Becker, Michael; Jacoby, Johann; Flunger, Barbara; Nagengast, Benjamin; […] Journal Article | In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie | 2018 39351 Endnote: Author(s): Berendes, Karin; Becker, Michael; Jacoby, Johann; Flunger, Barbara; Nagengast, Benjamin; Trautwein, Ulrich
Title: Individuelle Entwicklungsverläufe beim Lesen. Macht das Geschlecht den Unterschied?
In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 50 (2018) 4, S. 192-208
DOI: 10.1026/a000002
URL: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1026/0049-8637/a000202
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Deutsch
Keywords: Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Baden-Württemberg; Deutschland; Lesen; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Mädchen; Junge; Sekundarstufe I; Einflussfaktor; Sozioökonomische Lage; Migrationshintergrund; Schulform; Motivation; Sozialisation; Lesetest; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract: Es ist ein vielfach replizierter Befund, dass Jungen im Durchschnitt über geringere Lesekompetenzen verfügen als Mädchen. Bezogen auf die Entwicklung von Leseleistungen stellt sich allerdings die Frage, ob und wie Unterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern im Laufe der Sekundarstufe zunehmen, abnehmen oder eher stabil bleiben. Vor allem aus dem englischsprachigen Raum liegen Hinweise dafür vor, dass eine Zunahme der Leistungsunterschiede zwischen Jungen und Mädchen auf Schülerinnen und Schülern mit niedrigem sozioökonomischen Status zurückgeht. Auch der Migrationsstatus und die besuchte Schulform werden als Moderatoren diskutiert. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde den genannten Fragestellungen mit Daten von 2.505 Schülerinnen und Schülern aus Baden-Württemberg nachgegangen. Auf Basis von Daten von vier Testzeitpunkten (5. - 8. Schuljahresstufe) wurden latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle für die Kompetenzbereiche Lesegeschwindigkeit und -verständnis modelliert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass ein Schereneffekt zu Ungunsten der Jungen sowohl in der Lesegeschwindigkeit als auch im Leseverständnis auftrat. Für den sozioökonomischen Status und den Migrationsstatus zeigten sich hingegen keine Schereneffekte der Leseleistungen. Des Weiteren ergaben die Analysen, dass der geschlechterbezogene Schereneffekt nicht durch den sozioökonomischen Status oder den Migrationshintergrund moderiert wird. Die besuchte Schulform stellte sich nicht als bedeutsamer Moderator heraus. (DIPF/Orig.)
Abstract (english): It is widely known that boys, on average, have lower reading competencies than girls. With respect to the development of reading competencies, research has yet to determine whether performance differences between genders increase, decrease, or remain stable over the course of secondary school. Some studies, mainly from the United Kingdom and the United States, suggest that an increase in performance differences between boys and girls is related to the development of students from families with low socioeconomic status. Moreover, students' immigration background and the school track have been discussed as a moderator. In the present study, the aforementioned research questions were addressed with data from 2,505 students from Germany. Using data collected at four time points (Grades 5 - 8), we applied latent growth curve modeling to analyze the competence areas reading speed and reading comprehension. The results showed a fan-spread effect that illustrated a disadvantage for boys in reading speed and comprehension. No fan-spread effects of reading performance growth occurred in relation to socioeconomic status or immigration background. Furthermore, the analyses showed that the gender-related fan-spread effects were not moderated by socioeconomic status or immigration background. The school track was not a significant moderator of the gender effects. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Struktur und Steuerung des Bildungswesens

Analyzing organizational growth in repeated cross-sectional designs using multilevel structural […] Hochweber, Jan; Hartig, Johannes Journal Article | In: Methodology | 2017 37972 Endnote: Author(s): Hochweber, Jan; Hartig, Johannes
Title: Analyzing organizational growth in repeated cross-sectional designs using multilevel structural equation modeling
In: Methodology, 13 (2017) 3, S. 83-97
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000133
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-158678
URL: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-158678
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Methodologie; Organisation; Wachstum; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Daten; Datenanalyse; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Mehrebenenanalyse; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; PISA <Programme for International Student Assessment>; Simulation; Statistische Methode
Abstract (english): In repeated cross-sections of organizations, different individuals are sampled from the same set of organizations at each time point of measurement. As a result, common longitudinal data analysis methods (e.g., latent growth curve models) cannot be applied in the usual way. In this contribution, a multilevel structural equation modeling approach to analyze data from repeated cross-sections is presented. Results from a simulation study are reported which aimed at obtaining guidelines on appropriate sample sizes. We focused on a situation where linear growth occurs at the organizational level, and organizational growth is predicted by a single organizational level variable. The power to identify an effect of this organizational level variable was moderately to strongly positively related to number of measurement occasions, number of groups, group size, intraclass correlation, effect size, and growth curve reliability. The Type I error rate was close to the nominal alpha level under all conditions. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Bildungsqualität und Evaluation

Self-esteem trajectories and their social determinants in adolescents with different levels of […] Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Arens, A. Katrin; Tracey, Danielle; Parker, Philip D.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; […] Journal Article | In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | 2017 36975 Endnote: Author(s): Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Arens, A. Katrin; Tracey, Danielle; Parker, Philip D.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; Craven, Rhonda G.; Maïano, Christophe
Title: Self-esteem trajectories and their social determinants in adolescents with different levels of cognitive ability
In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 122 (2017) 6, S. 539-560
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-122.6.539
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Australien; Befragung; Einstellung <Psy>; Eltern; Entwicklung; Erziehungsstil; Faktorenanalyse; Fragebogenerhebung; Integration; Kognitive Kompetenz; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Lesekompetenz; Mathematische Kompetenz; Peergroup; Schreibkompetenz; Schule; Schüler; Sekundarstufe I; Sekundarstufe II; Selbstwertgefühl; Test; Unterschied; Weiterführende Schule
Abstract: This study examines the development of self-esteem in a sample of 138 Australian adolescents (90 males; 48 females) with cognitive abilities in the lowest 15% (L-CA) and a matched sample of 556 Australian adolescents (312 males; 244 females) with average to high levels of cognitive abilities (A/H-CA). These participants were measured annually (Grade 7 to 12). The findings showed that adolescents with L-CA and A/H-CA experience similar high and stable self-esteem trajectories that present similar relations with key predictors (sex, school usefulness and dislike, parenting, and peer integration). Both groups revealed substantial gender differences showing higher levels of self-esteem for adolescent males remaining relatively stable over time, compared to lower levels among adolescent females which decreased until midadolescence before increasing back. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Bildung und Entwicklung

Change in test-taking motivation and its relationship to test performance in low-stakes assessments Penk, Christiane; Richter, Dirk Journal Article | In: Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability | 2017 36815 Endnote: Author(s): Penk, Christiane; Richter, Dirk
Title: Change in test-taking motivation and its relationship to test performance in low-stakes assessments
In: Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 29 (2017) 1, S. 55-79
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-016-9248-7
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-174284
URL: http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-174284
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Datenanalyse; Deutschland; Erfolg; Erwartung; Kognitive Kompetenz; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Leistungsmessung; Mathematik; Motivation; Schüler; Schülerleistungstest; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Test
Abstract (english): Since the turn of the century, an increasing number of low-stakes assessments (i.e., assessments without direct consequences for the test-takers) are being used to evaluate the quality of educational systems. Internationally, research has shown that low-stakes test results can be biased due to students' low test-taking motivation and that students' effort levels can vary throughout a testing session involving both cognitive and noncognitive tests. Thus, it is possible that students' motivation varies throughout a single cognitive test and in turn affects test performance. This study examines the change in test-taking motivation within a 2-h cognitive low-stakes test and its association with test performance. Based on expectancy-value theory, we assessed three components of test-taking motivation (expectancy for success, value, and effort) and investigated its change. Using data from a large-scale student achievement study of German ninth-graders, we employed second-order latent growth modeling and structural equation modeling to predict test performance in mathematics. On average, students' effort and perceived value of the test decreased, whereas expectancy for success remained stable. Overall, initial test-taking motivation was a better predictor of test performance than change in motivation. Only the variability of change in the expectancy component was positively related to test performance. The theoretical and practical implications for test practitioners are discussed. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Struktur und Steuerung des Bildungswesens