RT Journal Article
T1 Individual precursors of student homework behavioral engagement: The role of intrinsic motivation, perceived homework utility and homework attitude
A1 Suárez, Natalia
A1 Regueiro Fernández, Bibiana
A1 Estévez Blanco, Iris
A1 Ferradás, María del Mar
A1 Guisande Couñago, María Adelina
A1 Rodríguez, Susana
K1 Homework
K1 Behavioral engagement
K1 Intrinsic motivation
K1 Perceived utility
K1 Attitude
K1 Secondary education
AB Currently, the concept of engagement is crucial in the field of learning and schoolachievement. It is a multidimensional concept (e.g., behavioral, emotional, and cognitivedimensions) that has been widely used as a theoretical framework to explain theprocesses of school engagement and dropout. However, this conceptual frameworkhas been scarcely used in the field of homework. The aim of the present study wasto analyze the role of intrinsic motivation, perceived homework utility, and personalhomework attitude as precursors of student homework engagement (behavioralengagement) and, at the same time, how such engagement is the precursor ofacademic achievement. Seven hundred and thirty students of Compulsory SecondaryEducation (CSE) (7th to 10th grade) from fourteen schools northern Spain participated.A structural equation model was elaborated on which intrinsic motivation, perceivedutility and attitude were observed variables, and student engagement (time spent onhomework, time management, and amount of teacher-assigned homework done) andacademic achievement (Mathematics, Spanish Language, English Language, and SocialScience) were latent variables. The results reveal that (i) intrinsic motivation is a powerfulprecursor of student behavioral engagement (also perceived utility and attitude, althoughto a lesser extent), and (ii) academic achievement is closely linked to the level of studentengagement, qualifying the results of many of the previous studies conducted from atask-centered perspective (as opposed to a person-centered perspective)
PB Frontiers Research Foundation
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20795
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20795
LA eng
NO Suárez N, Regueiro B, Estévez I, del Mar Ferradás M, Guisande MA and Rodríguez S (2019) Individual Precursors of Student Homework Behavioral Engagement: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation, Perceived Homework Utility and Homework Attitude. Front. Psychol
NO This work was developed with the financing of the researchprojects EDU2013-44062-P (MINECO), EDU2017-82984-P(MEIC), and Government of the Principality of Asturias,Spain. European Regional Development Fund (Research GroupsProgram 2018–2020 FC-GRUPIN-IDI/2018/000199)
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