This study aims to explore the effects of motivational beliefs on non-English majors’ use of motivational regulation strategies by establishing a structural equation model. The survey of 301 sophomores indicated that...This study aims to explore the effects of motivational beliefs on non-English majors’ use of motivational regulation strategies by establishing a structural equation model. The survey of 301 sophomores indicated that(1)three motivational beliefs,self-efficacy,mastery goal orientation and task value correlated positively and significantly with each other;(2)all of them had direct and positive effects on the use of motivational regulation strategies and could predict 53% variance of the use of motivational regulation strategies;(3)self-efficacy had the largest direct and positive effects,mastery goal orientation’s effects were the second,and task value’s effects were the third.展开更多
基金sponsored by the Teaching Reform Project of Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University(111110011)(111416211)Foreign Language Teaching and Research Project of Foreign Languege Teaching and Research Press(2017121302)
文摘This study aims to explore the effects of motivational beliefs on non-English majors’ use of motivational regulation strategies by establishing a structural equation model. The survey of 301 sophomores indicated that(1)three motivational beliefs,self-efficacy,mastery goal orientation and task value correlated positively and significantly with each other;(2)all of them had direct and positive effects on the use of motivational regulation strategies and could predict 53% variance of the use of motivational regulation strategies;(3)self-efficacy had the largest direct and positive effects,mastery goal orientation’s effects were the second,and task value’s effects were the third.
