The Relationship between Beliefs in Cooperation, Motivation, and Engagement in Cooperative Learning
- 1 Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu Women’s University, Kitakyushu, Japan
- 2 Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between beliefs in cooperation, motivation and engagement in cooperative learning. Beliefs in cooperation have three subscales: usefulness of cooperation, individual orientation and inequity. Self-reported questionnaire was administered to 181 undergraduate students at two universities. The results of path analysis indicated that usefulness of cooperation positively predicted self-efficacy and intrinsic value. Moreover, self-efficacy and intrinsic value positively predicted behavioral engagement, and intrinsic value positively predicted emotional engagement. On the other hand, individual orientation negatively predicted intrinsic value and inequity did not predict any motivational factors. The effects of beliefs in cooperation on cooperative learning process were discussed in light of the current findings.
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