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JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Volume 113, Issue 1, Pages 13-25Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2019.1709402
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Approaches to learning; autonomy; competency matrices; self-efficacy; student-centered learning; teacher-directed learning
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The significant interplay between self-efficacy, autonomy support and approaches to learning in adolescent students is widely recognized. However, less is known about whether substantial differences exist between early and middle adolescent students from schools with different environments. To close this research gap, this study used latent mean comparison and multigroup structural equation modeling with questionnaire data from a sample of German adolescent students (N = 1153; M-AgeT1 = 13.97, SD = 1.37; M-AgeT2 = 14.27, SD = 1.25) in two waves. Multigroup structural equation modeling reveals that autonomy functions as a mediator in the association between self-efficacy and approaches to learning only for students from schools with a student-centered learning environment based on competence-matrices in contrast to a teacher-directed learning environment, particularly for early adolescent students. More specifically, adolescents' approaches to learning can be enhanced through autonomy-supportive learning independently of their self-efficacy.
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