@article{LazaridesDietrichTaskinen2018, author = {Lazarides, Rebecca and Dietrich, Julia and Taskinen, Paeivi H.}, title = {Stability and change in students' motivational profiles in mathematics classrooms}, series = {Teaching and teacher education : an international journal of research and studies}, volume = {79}, journal = {Teaching and teacher education : an international journal of research and studies}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0742-051X}, doi = {10.1016/j.tate.2018.12.016}, pages = {164 -- 175}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Person-centered research has shown that individuals can be assigned to different motivational profiles, but only scattered studies have addressed motivational profiles in specific domains. We investigated the stability and change in motivational profiles in mathematics classrooms and examined how perceived teaching predicted changes in profile membership. Data for this study stemmed from the PISA-I Plus study (N=6020). Latent profile analysis identified four motivational patterns: Medium, Low, High and Highly confident, hardly interested. Stability in profiles from grade 9 to 10 was typical. Instructional clarity and teaching for meaning predicted changes in profile membership.}, language = {en} } @article{WestphalKretschmannGronostajetal.2018, author = {Westphal, Andrea and Kretschmann, Julia and Gronostaj, Anna and Vock, Miriam}, title = {More enjoyment, less anxiety and boredom}, series = {Learning and individual differences : a multidisciplinary journal in education}, volume = {62}, journal = {Learning and individual differences : a multidisciplinary journal in education}, publisher = {Elsevier B.V.}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1041-6080}, doi = {10.1016/j.lindif.2018.01.016}, pages = {108 -- 117}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Students' achievement emotions are critical in their academic development. Therefore, teachers need to create an emotionally positive learning environment. In the light of this, the present study investigated the connection between students' enjoyment, anxiety, boredom and, in the first case, students' academic self-concept and, in the second, teachers' diagnostic skills. The third part of our study examined whether this link would be moderated by students' academic self-concept. Our sample comprised N = 1803 eighth-grade students who reported their achievement emotions and evaluated the diagnostic skills of both their German and mathematics teachers. Hierarchical models indicated that students experience more enjoyment and less anxiety and boredom if teachers exhibit better diagnostic skills. The role of teachers' diagnostic skills in relation to students' emotions was in part moderated by the students' self-concept. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for effective teaching.}, language = {en} }