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AN EXAMINATION OF CLASSROOM SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON
MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF COLLEGE EARLY ENTRANT
HONORS STUDENTS
by
Richard S. Maddox
____________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Richard S. Maddox
Object Description
| Title | An examination of classroom social environment on motivation and engagement of college early entrant honors students |
| Author | Maddox, Richard S. |
| Author email | rsmaddox@usc.edu; rmaddox@cslanet.calstatela.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-12-11 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-02-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rueda, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Ragusa, Gisele Olsen, David |
| Abstract | This study set out to examine the relationships between the classroom social environment, motivation, engagement and achievement of a group of early entrant Honors students at a large urban university. Prior research on the classroom environment, motivation, engagement and high ability students was examined, leading to the assumption that the classroom environment was linked to student achievement. Early entrant students (n= 65) were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the classroom environment and their levels of motivation, engagement and achievement. An instructor support for engagement scale (Ryan & Patrick 2001) was used as an indicator of classroom environment. A goal orientation scale measuring mastery orientation, adapted from the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey (PALS; Midgley et al., 1996) was used to measure student motivation and engagement was assessed using the modified task-related interaction subscale Patrick (2007). Student achievement self-reported as grade point average (GPA) was collected. The results of the analysis revealed correlations between the classroom and student experience (r=.32, p>.01) and engagement (r=, .30, p>.05); engagement and motivation were correlated (r= .32, p> .01). None of the variableswere correlated with achievement. |
| Keyword | classroom social environment; engagement; motivation; gifted students |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2858 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Maddox, Richard S. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Maddox-3500 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Maddox-3500.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | AN EXAMINATION OF CLASSROOM SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF COLLEGE EARLY ENTRANT HONORS STUDENTS by Richard S. Maddox ____________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Richard S. Maddox |
