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Item Open Access Peer- relatedness in elementary EFL classes: its relation to student motivation and academic engagement(Bilkent University, 2020-12) Vaezi, KimiyaThis study investigated first and second grade students’ peer-relatedness, quality of L2 motivation, and their agentic and behavioral engagement in Turkish EFL classrooms. Students’ sense of relatedness was measured through the Relatedness to Social Partner Questionnaire (Furrer & Skinner, 2003), which was presented orally to students. Students’ quality of motivation was assessed with a Thematic Apperception Test-Like (TAT-Like) projective measure (Katz, Assor, & Kanat-Maymon, 2008) in one on one interviews with students. Their agentic and behavioral engagement were measured through a short survey adapted from the Behavioral Engagement Questionnaire (Skinner, Wellborn, & Connell, 1990), which was filled by EFL teachers. Therefore, a mixed method and corss-informant assessment was adopted. The sample included 62 first and second grade students along with eight EFL teachers from five private schools in Ankara, Turkey. Students participated from 10 different EFL classrooms. Logistic regression analysis showed that these students’ sense of peer relatedness was positively and significantly related to their autonomous motivation in EFL lessons. There was not any significant relation among students’ sense of peer relatedness and their agentic and behavioral engagement. Similarly, no significant relation was found among students’ quality of L2 motivation and their agentic and behavioral engagement. Supplementary analyses (non-parametric 2-independent Mann Whitney U Tests) showed that students with only autonomous motivation do not differ from students with only controlled motivation in their agentic and behavioral engagement. The findings of the study underscore the importance of the social environment in the elementary EFL classroom for young students’ quality of motivation.Item Open Access Teacher and student interest, quality of motivation and engagement in content-based EAP classes(Bilkent University, 2020-06) Doğdu, Ecem MerveThe present study sought to investigate if there was a relation among ENG 101/ 102 instructors’ and students’ interest, quality of motivation (i.e., autonomous versus controlled motivation) and students’ engagement in content-based EAP classes. The study was carried out at an English-speaking private university located in Ankara. The participants of the study were 52 freshmen (51% female, 49% male; Mean age = 19.59, SD = 0.5) taking ENG 101 and 102 classes which are compulsory English and essay composition courses. The results of the hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that students’ interest in the theme of their ENG 101/102 classes was a significant and positive predictor for students’ autonomous motivation as well as their agentic and behavioral engagement. Furthermore, instructors’ perceived quality of motivation in teaching the content of ENG 101/102 classes was significantly and positively linked to students ‘quality of motivation. On the other hand, while instructors’ and students’ interest and enthusiasm in the themes of ENG 101/102 classes were significant and positive predictors of students’ agentic engagement, students’ behavioral engagement was only predicted by autonomous student motivation and student interest in the themes of their class. The implications for practice were provided in the light of the findings.Item Open Access Week-to-week interplay between teachers’ motivating style and students’ engagement(Routledge, 2021-03-15) Michou, Aikaterini; Altan, Servet; Mouratidisa, Athanasios; Reeveb, J.; Malmbergc, L.Research has shown that teachers’ autonomy support and provision of structure relate to students’ agentic and behavioral engagement. Moreover, agentic engagement elicits higher teacher autonomy support. In the present 5-week diary study, we investigated the dynamic nature of this interplay between teachers and students through their cross-assessment of students’ agentic and behavioral engagement. We also considered the week-to-week student-reported teacher autonomy support and provision of structure as well as two student personal characteristics — proactive personality and situational autonomous versus controlled motivation. Two hundred fifty-seven Turkish middle school students and their teachers from 13 classes participated in the study. Multilevel analyses showed that students’ week-to-week perceived autonomy support and initial level of autonomous motivation positively predicted week-to-week agentic engagement (teacher- and student-reported). Students’ week-to-week perceived structure positively predicted week-to-week agentic and behavioral engagement (student-, but not teacher-, reported). These findings indicate the interplay between students’ situational engagement and teachers’ situational motivating style (i.e., autonomy support and provision of structure). They also suggest greater predictive power for students’ situational motivation over the personal trait of proactive personality.