Motivation
Does teacher support boost high-school English engagement?
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Among 314 Chinese senior high school students, perceived English-teacher support predicted engagement both directly and through motivation, with a larger path via intrinsic than extrinsic motivation.
Study at a glance
- Design
- Cross-sectional — Stratified school survey with structural equation modeling of self-report scales; Harman CMB check and bootstrap mediation.
- N
- N=314 · 314 valid questionnaires (~90% of 349 planned); 152 male (48.3%) and 162 female (51.7%).
- Population
- Chinese senior high school students in four schools (urban and county) in a southeastern province.
- Outcome
- Perceived English-teacher support, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, and student engagement (SEM paths).
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Key findings
Means were moderate-to-high (teacher support M=3.79; engagement M=3.55). Direct β from support to engagement = 0.173 (30.6% of total). Indirect via intrinsic motivation = 0.225 (39.8%); via extrinsic = 0.099 (17.5%). Model fit was acceptable (χ²/df=1.83, RMSEA=0.05).
Methodology
Stratified random sampling of four schools, paper Likert surveys of teacher support, motivation, and engagement, then confirmatory factor analysis and SEM with 5,000 bootstrap draws for mediation.
Limitations
Cross-sectional self-reports cannot prove causality; common-method bias was only partly ruled out; findings are English class in one Chinese province, not all subjects or countries.
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