Relationship between learning styles and academic motivation with students' academic engagement in online education

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 M.A. student in Educational Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University

2 Associated Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University

3 Faculty member of Organization for Educational Research and Planning

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between learning styles&academic motivation with academic engagement in the context of online education,which was done using a correlational method.The study population included all graduate students of the Psychology and Educational Sciences Faculty of Shahid Beheshti University in1400,194 of whom were selected as sample using the convenience sampling.Participants answered the Questionnaire Aspects of Academic Engagement(Reeve&Tseng, 2011),Learning Style Inventory(Kolb, 984)&Academic Motivation Scale(Vallerand,1992)online. Research data analysis was performed through multiple regression analysis. The findings showed that there is a relationship between learning methods except for reflective observation&academic motivation except for external motivation with students'academic engagement in online education.Also,intrinsic motivation predicted all dimensions of academic engagement and external motivation predicted all dimensions of academic engagement except the dimension of factor engagement. Motivation was only able to predict factor engagement.Among the learning styles, divergent and accommodating styles were able to predict only emotional engagement.Accordingly, in creating academic engagement among learners in online education contexts,in addition to external factors, it is necessary to pay attention to their internal factors&making conditions for upbringing academic motivation and respond to the needs of learners with different learning styles,students' academic engagement can be increased in the context of online education.

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Educational and Scholastic studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 02 July 2024

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