TY - JOUR A1 - Ekatushabe, Margaret A1 - Kwarikunda, Diana A1 - Muwonge, Charles Magoba A1 - Ssenyonga, Joseph A1 - Schiefele, Ulrich T1 - Relations between perceived teacher’s autonomy support, cognitive appraisals and boredom in physics learning among lower secondary school students JF - International journal of STEM education N2 - Background Boredom during learning activities has the potential of impeding attention, motivation, learning and eventually achievement. Yet, research focusing on its possible antecedents seems to have received less attention especially within the physics domain. Based on assumptions of the Control Value Theory of Achievement Emotions (CVTAE), this study aimed at examining gender differences and structural relationships between students' reported perceived teacher autonomy support (PTAS), cognitive appraisals (self-efficacy and task value) and learning-related boredom in physics. A sample of 375 (56% females) randomly selected 9(th) grade students (mean age = 15.03 years; SD = 1.02) from five secondary schools in Masaka district of Uganda took part in the study. Results Data collected from students' self-reports using standardised instruments revealed that higher levels of PTAS, self-efficacy, and task value were significantly associated with lower levels of boredom during physics learning. Females reported significantly greater task value for learning physics than the males. Self-efficacy (beta = - .10, p < .05) and task value (beta = - .09, p < .01) partially mediated the relationship between PTAS and boredom. PTAS showed significant direct negative contributions to boredom (beta = - .34, p < .001). Conclusion These findings provide support for theory and practice about the importance of promoting autonomy among students by adjusting instructional behaviours among teachers of physics. Teacher autonomy supportive behaviours influence formation of students' beliefs about ability, subjective value and learning-related boredom in physics. Implications and suggestions for further research are also discussed in this paper. KW - Teacher autonomy support KW - Cognitive appraisals KW - Self-efficacy KW - Task KW - value KW - Boredom KW - Gender KW - Physics Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-021-00272-5 SN - 2196-7822 VL - 8 IS - 1 PB - SpringerOpen CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiefele, Ulrich A1 - Schaffner, Ellen T1 - Teacher interests, mastery goals, and self-efficacy as predictors of instructional practices and student motivation JF - Contemporary educational psychology N2 - This study addressed the role of elementary school teachers' motivation as predictors of instructional practices and student motivation. The sample comprised 110 teacher-class pairs (1731 students). The results showed that teachers' didactic interest and self-efficacy predicted teacher reports of instructional practices. In contrast, student reports of instruction were significantly associated with teachers' educational interest and mastery goals. Moreover, student motivation was only related with student reports but not teacher reports of instructional practices. In particular, mastery-oriented practices contributed strongly to student motivation. Teacher educational interest predicted mastery-oriented practices and also showed a significant direct relation to student motivation. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. KW - Teacher motivation KW - Student motivation KW - Interest KW - Mastery goals KW - Self-efficacy KW - Instructional practices Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2015.06.005 SN - 0361-476X SN - 1090-2384 VL - 42 SP - 159 EP - 171 PB - Elsevier CY - San Diego ER -