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标题：Sense of Competence and Optimism as Resources to Promote Academic Engagement
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作者：Suvi Nurttila ; Suvi Nurttila ; Elina Ketonen 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2015
卷号：171
页码：1017-1026
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.225
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThis study investigated what kinds of studying profiles could be identified in terms of achievement strategies (optimism, task avoidance) and experienced challenge-competence balance, and whether such profiles are related to students’ academic engagement or disengagement. The participants (n=785) were Finnish undergraduate students from University of Helsinki (teacher education, chemistry, theology, law) and Aalto university (engineering). Three profiles were identified by K-means cluster analysis:pessimistic, boredandoptimistic.Pessimisticexpressed the highest task avoidance and lowest optimism and competence.Optimisticreported the lowest task avoidance and highest optimism and competence.Boredexperienced the lowest challenge as compared to bothpessimisticandoptimistic. ANOVAs revealed thatoptimisticexpressed the highest engagement, whereaspessimisticwere the most disengaged.Boredstudents’ problem appeared to be lack of interest rather than any other study problems.
关键词：academic engagement;achievement strategies;higher education;challenge;competence