The interference of self-regulation of motivation in the use of reading comprehension strategies from junior high school students

• Grant number: 20/05567-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): February 01, 2021
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Ana Paula Porto Noronha
• Grantee: Mirelle Christina Pinheiro
• Host Institution: Universidade São Francisco (USF). Campus Campinas. Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Self-regulation is a present concept in Albert Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, and comes from the principle that self-generated thoughts, actions ans feelings are planned and cyclically adapted towards certain personal goal. In the self-regulation process, learners can engage and keep engaged in activites through motivation, here represented by achievement goals and self-efficacy beliefs, and also, make use of strategies that help them be more effective and consequently reach their goals. Thereby, it is important to look into self-regulation of motivation and into learning strategies. Beyond that, such constructs will be analyzed in the reading comprehension context, in view of its importance in the academic environment, and in society in general. Therefore, this present study aims on verifying the predictive potential of achievement goals and self-efficacy beliefs for the use of learning strategies in 500 male and female junior high school (6th to 9th grade) students from the inland public schools in the state of São Paulo. There will also be a verification of possible differences regarding self-declared performance on reading comprehension and academic failure history. For this evaluation, three scales of the Multidimensional Battery of self-regulation for reading comprehension, namely, Achievement Goals and Reading Comprehension Value, Self-Efficacy for Reading Comprehension and Methods for Reading Comprehension will be used. It is expected that these results contribute to the expansion of knowledge regading these constructs.