Impact of motivational scaffolding on learning achievement

ISBN-13: 9786204738888 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str.

Masoumeh Sohrabi; Hossein Siahpoosh; Asgar Mahmoudi

Opis

The present study investigated the effects of motivational scaffolding that favors self-efficacy, self-determination and improves learning achievement in EFL students with different cognitive styles in the Field Dependence/Independence (FDI) dimension. This study attempted to use both qualitative and quantitative data in order to get more reliable results. As a qualitative part, 15 EFL teachers participated. They were conducted in a semi-structured interview and the selected teachers were English teachers at a nonprofit language institute and non-profit university (Moghadas & Nonin) in Ardabil, Iran. All of them had been teaching English for more than ten years in the adults' section of the mentioned places. As a quantitative part, two groups of learners participated as experimental and control groups with 30 participants. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was used to determine students' academic self-efficacy. The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) was designed for use with college students and is based on the principles of self-determination theory.

O autorze

Sohrabi, MasoumehAs a phd student in EFL branch, in Islamic Azad university of Ardabil, Iran, my research interests include investigating teaching professional development and finding out the methods to improve learning proficiency in EFL learners.