A self-regulation intervention conducted by class teachers: impact on elementary students' basic psychological needs and classroom engagement.

ABSTRACT: Literature has reported a decrease in students' engagement throughout schooling, but more worrying, is that elementary students already show signs of disengagement. This data sets the case to develop interventions at this school level. The narrative-based intervention "Yellow Trials and Tribulations" aimed to promote self-regulation has been proven to positively impact elementary students' school engagement. Acknowledging that classroom engagement is expected to be more closely related to learning and achievement than school engagement, the current study aims to extend the research of the mentioned intervention on elementary students' classroom engagement (i.e., behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and agentic dimensions), as well as on basic psychological needs (i.e., perceived autonomy, com

SUBMITTER: Cunha J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731458 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature