The Effects of Motivation and Engagement on Academic Achievement Among College Students

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dc.contributor.advisor Holt, Aimee
dc.contributor.author McFerren, Jennie Genesis
dc.contributor.committeemember Marshall, Seth
dc.contributor.committeemember Rust, James
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2016-08-15T15:07:39Z
dc.date.available 2016-08-15T15:07:39Z
dc.date.issued 2016-07-13
dc.description.abstract ABSTRACT
dc.description.abstract A hierarchical multiple regression was used to explore the relation between student
dc.description.abstract engagement and overall college GPA. Specifically, the following three forms of student
dc.description.abstract engagement were examined: (a) academic behavioral; (b) cognitive; and (c) emotional.
dc.description.abstract Partial support was found for the current study’s hypotheses. Composite ACT scores
dc.description.abstract were found to be a significant predictor of overall college GPA at each step in the model.
dc.description.abstract None of the academic behavioral engagement variables were found to be significant
dc.description.abstract predictors of college GPA. Regarding cognitive engagement predictor variables, task
dc.description.abstract value was a significant predictor of college GPA and extrinsic motivation had a
dc.description.abstract significant, negative relation with college GPA. Regarding emotional engagement
dc.description.abstract predictor variable, family support was found to have a significant negative relation with
dc.description.abstract college GPA. The full model that contained previous achievement (ACT composite
dc.description.abstract scores) and all of the student engagement predictor variables (academic behavioral,
dc.description.abstract cognitive, and emotional) explained 81% of the variance in self-reported college GPA.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/5039
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.subject Academic Achievement
dc.subject ACT scores
dc.subject College Students
dc.subject Engagement
dc.subject Intrinsic/Extrinsic
dc.subject Motivation
dc.subject.umi Educational psychology
dc.subject.umi Higher education
dc.subject.umi Psychology
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters
dc.title The Effects of Motivation and Engagement on Academic Achievement Among College Students
dc.type Thesis
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