Andrea Carvalho Beluce

Students’ Motivation for Learning in Virtual Learning Environments

The specific characteristics of online education require of the student engagement and autonomy, factors which are related to motivation for learning. This study investigated students’ motivation in virtual learning environments (VLEs). For this, it used the Teaching and Learning Strategy and Motivation to Learn Scale in Virtual Learning Environments (TLSM-VLE). The scale presented 32 items and six dimensions, three of which aimed to measure the variables of autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and demotivation. The participants were 572 students from the Brazilian state of Parana, enrolled on higher education courses on a continuous education course. The results revealed significant rates for autonomous motivational behavior. It is considered that the results obtained may provide contributions for the educators and psychologists who work with VLEs, leading to further studies of the area providing information referent to the issue investigated in this study.Las caracteristicas especificas de la educacion en linea requieren activacion y autonomia de los estudiantes, factores que estan relacionados con la motivacion para aprender. Este estudio investigo la motivacion de estudiantes en ambientes virtuales de aprendizaje (AVAs). Se utilizo la Escala de Estrategia de Ensenanza, de Aprendizaje y Motivacion para Aprender en AVAs - EEAM-AVA. La escala abarcaba 32 items y 6 dimensiones, siendo que 3 de ellos se destinaban a la mensuracion de las variables motivacion autonoma, motivacion controlada y desmotivacion. Participaron 572 estudiantes del estado de Parana, matriculados en cursos de educacion superior y en un curso de formacion continua. Los resultados revelaron indices significativos para el comportamiento motivacional autonomo. Se considera que los resultados alcanzados pueden aportar contribuciones a los educadores y psicologos que actuan en AVAs, incitando nuevas investigaciones en el area y el proveyendo informaciones relacionadas con el tema investigado en este estudio.

Escala de estratégias e motivação para aprendizagem em ambientes virtuais

This study aimed to build and to gather evidence of validity for a scale of teaching, learning and motivational strategies for learning in online learning environments (EEAM-AVA). To investigate evidence for the validity of the scale, the internal structure and dimensions that emerged during this study were considered. Participating in the survey were 572 students enrolled on courses in mediated virtual learning environments. The research instrument was built using a scale of forty five items. The analysis of the data collected showed a structure of five dimensions, all with acceptable levels of inner consistency, indicating the validity of the scale and its psychometric properties. Additional studies to revise and improve the items presented on the scale were recommended. It is hoped that the results may be of benefit for educators and psychologists who research questions investigated in this study.Este estudo teve por objetivo construir e levantar evidencias de validade para a escala de estrategia de ensino, de aprendizagem e motivacao para aprender em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem (EEAM-AVA). A evidencia de validade da escala foi investigada por meio da estrutura interna e das dimensoes emergidas no decorrer deste estudo. Participaram da pesquisa 572 estudantes matriculados em cursos disponibilizados em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem. O instrumento de pesquisa elaborado constituiu-se em uma escala com quarenta e cinco itens. A analise dos dados coletados apresentou uma estrutura de cinco dimensoes, todas com indices de consistencia interna aceitaveis, evidenciando a validade da escala e suas propriedades psicometricas. Estudos adicionais que revisem e aprimorem itens da escala apresentada sao recomendados. Espera-se que os resultados tragam contribuicoes para educadores e psicologos que pesquisam as questoes aqui investigadas.

Motivação de alunos do ensino fundamental: estudo de duas realidades culturais

The motivation in the school context is a much discussed theme in the contemporaneity of education in different places and cultures. The present study dealt with the motivation construct in the light of the Self Determination Theory and sought to evaluate the motivation to learn from the first years of elementary school in two different cultural realities: Brazil and Chile. A total of 528 children participated in the study, of which 268 were Brazilian and 260 were Chilean who answered two questionnaires on motivation. The method used was for descriptive data analysis with survey designs and correlational. The results showed that most of the children in the two contexts investigated were motivated to learn. The discussion of the results considered the educational implications of the two cultural realities.

ESCALA DE ESTRATEGIAS Y MOTIVACIÓN PARA EL APRENDIZAJE EN ENTORNOS VIRTUALES

This study aimed to build and to gather evidence of validity for a scale of teaching, learning and motivational strategies for learning in online learning environments (EEAM-AVA). To investigate evidence for the validity of the scale, the internal structure and dimensions that emerged during this study were considered. Participating in the survey were 572 students enrolled on courses in mediated virtual learning environments. The research instrument was built using a scale of forty five items. The analysis of the data collected showed a structure of five dimensions, all with acceptable levels of inner consistency, indicating the validity of the scale and its psychometric properties. Additional studies to revise and improve the items presented on the scale were recommended. It is hoped that the results may be of benefit for educators and psychologists who research questions investigated in this study.Este estudo teve por objetivo construir e levantar evidencias de validade para a escala de estrategia de ensino, de aprendizagem e motivacao para aprender em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem (EEAM-AVA). A evidencia de validade da escala foi investigada por meio da estrutura interna e das dimensoes emergidas no decorrer deste estudo. Participaram da pesquisa 572 estudantes matriculados em cursos disponibilizados em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem. O instrumento de pesquisa elaborado constituiu-se em uma escala com quarenta e cinco itens. A analise dos dados coletados apresentou uma estrutura de cinco dimensoes, todas com indices de consistencia interna aceitaveis, evidenciando a validade da escala e suas propriedades psicometricas. Estudos adicionais que revisem e aprimorem itens da escala apresentada sao recomendados. Espera-se que os resultados tragam contribuicoes para educadores e psicologos que pesquisam as questoes aqui investigadas.

Scale of strategies and motivation for learning in virtual environments

This study aimed to build and to gather evidence of validity for a scale of teaching, learning and motivational strategies for learning in online learning environments (EEAM-AVA). To investigate evidence for the validity of the scale, the internal structure and dimensions that emerged during this study were considered. Participating in the survey were 572 students enrolled on courses in mediated virtual learning environments. The research instrument was built using a scale of forty five items. The analysis of the data collected showed a structure of five dimensions, all with acceptable levels of inner consistency, indicating the validity of the scale and its psychometric properties. Additional studies to revise and improve the items presented on the scale were recommended. It is hoped that the results may be of benefit for educators and psychologists who research questions investigated in this study.Este estudo teve por objetivo construir e levantar evidencias de validade para a escala de estrategia de ensino, de aprendizagem e motivacao para aprender em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem (EEAM-AVA). A evidencia de validade da escala foi investigada por meio da estrutura interna e das dimensoes emergidas no decorrer deste estudo. Participaram da pesquisa 572 estudantes matriculados em cursos disponibilizados em ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem. O instrumento de pesquisa elaborado constituiu-se em uma escala com quarenta e cinco itens. A analise dos dados coletados apresentou uma estrutura de cinco dimensoes, todas com indices de consistencia interna aceitaveis, evidenciando a validade da escala e suas propriedades psicometricas. Estudos adicionais que revisem e aprimorem itens da escala apresentada sao recomendados. Espera-se que os resultados tragam contribuicoes para educadores e psicologos que pesquisam as questoes aqui investigadas.