Intrinsic Motivation and School Outcomes for Underprivileged Urban High School Students.

ABSTRACT: In a longitudinal study 9th-10th grade, we aimed to understand whether academic motivation was associated with changes in school outcomes with 463 students from low-income urban high schools with large Latinx enrollments. We tracked students' GPA, school attendance, out-of-school suspension records, and intrinsic motivation for two consecutive school years. First, we observed similar means of intrinsic motivation at medium-high levels for these students over the first two years of high school. We depicted a quadratic GPA trajectory that showed small decreases in the 9th grade followed by a modest recovery in Spring of 10th grade. Attendance significantly decreased and out-of-school suspensions increased from 9th to 10th grade. Second, intrinsic motivation in 9th grade was positively

SUBMITTER: Dai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12453170 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature