Motivational Orientation, Self-efficacy and Expectancy: Cognitive En-gagement with Feedback in Virtual Environments

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https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.26.2.36242

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feedback, online, resubmission, engagement, motivational orientation, self-efficacy

Abstract

In order that online feedback plays its role regarding learning, students need to engage with it. However, few studies have addressed the role of individual differences in interaction with some characteristics of educational intervention in students’ cognitive engagement with online feedback. This study explores potential relationships between motivational orientation, control of learning beliefs, self-efficacy and success expectancy with cognitive engagement with feedback. In addition, it is analyzed whether the possibilities of resubmitting the assignment, based on the feedback received, generate different levels of cognitive engagement. A quasi-experiment with pre-post measures was designed. There were 87 students who had the possibility to rework the assignment from the feedback received during the process and to resubmit it, and 80 students from the control group with no possibility of rework. The results highlight that there were no significant differences in the incidence of motivational orientation relative to cognitive engagement with feedback, but all students showed a high level of learning motivational orientation. Beliefs about learning process control, self-efficacy, and expectations for success impacted on cognitive engagement with feedback received at the end of the activity. Providing feedback during the assignment mediated this influence.

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Author Biographies

Rosa M. Mayordomo Saiz, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC (Spain)

Profesora de los Estudios de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Su área de docencia se centra en la Psicología de la Educación y de la Instrucción, en el Grado de Psicología y en el Máster de Dificultades del Aprendizaje y Trastornos del Lenguaje. Es miembro del grupo de investigación Feed2Learn. Sus principales líneas de investigación son el análisis de los procesos de influencia educativa y el estudio de los procesos de evaluación y de feedback en entornos virtuales de enseñanza y aprendizaje.

Anna Espasa Roca, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC (Spain)

Profesora de los Estudios de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Su área de docencia se centra en la Psicología de la Educación y de la Instrucción, en el Grado de Psicología y en el Máster de Dificultades del Aprendizaje y Trastornos del Lenguaje. Es miembro del grupo de investigación Feed2Learn. Sus principales líneas de investigación son el análisis de los procesos de influencia educativa y el estudio de los procesos de evaluación y de feedback en entornos virtuales de enseñanza y aprendizaje.

Teresa Guasch Pascual, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC (Spain)

Decana de los Estudios de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universitat Oberta de  Catalunya  (UOC).  A  nivel  de investigación, codirige el grupo de investigación Feed2Learn  y  su foco de investigación está en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, las ayudas educativas  (e-feedback) y la escritura como herramienta para el aprendizaje en entornos virtuales.

Montserrat Martínez-Melo, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC (Spain)

Investigadora en los Estudios de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación y doctoranda del programa de doctorado e-Learning de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). También es profesora asociada de la Facultad de Educación de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) y miembro del Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación (MIDE). Miembro del grupo de investigación Feed2Learn, está especializada en métodos de investigación. Sus principales líneas de investigación se centran en la personalización del feedback en los entornos virtuales en Educación Superior.

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Published

2023-03-29

How to Cite

Mayordomo Saiz, R. M., Espasa Roca, A., Guasch Pascual, T., & Martínez-Melo, M. (2023). Motivational Orientation, Self-efficacy and Expectancy: Cognitive En-gagement with Feedback in Virtual Environments. RIED. Revista Iberoamericana De Educación a Distancia, 26(2), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.26.2.36242